Setlist - Show 517 - Davis Jazz Festival, Village Bakery & Grill Stage, Davis,CA -Oct 10, 2009.

INSTAGON #517
October 10, 2009
DAVIS JAZZ FESTIVAL
Village Bakery & Grill Stage, Davis, CA

Invokation>
Evil Jazz 23,
introductions,
Simpsons*,
(theme from)Brainwashed Love,
So What**,
Echophobic,
I Dream of Jeanie*,
Space Walk,
The Little Turtle,
2nd intro,
Jazz for Davis***,
Deamon's Tube,
The Virus >
The Sickness,
Sex Bomb#
(84:00)

* TV theme songs
** Miles Davis riff
*** Jazz for Satan with different lyric
# riff by Flipper


LOB - lead bass
CHAD E. WILLIAMS - guitar
DEX LOPAZ - keyboards
MARK HALVERSON - drums
JAROBA - sax / baritone clarinet

At first upon arrival we were worried.. it did not look as though the venue was prepared for an electric band. The band before us, The David O'Keefe Trio, were mostly an acoustic ensemble. But we managed to squeeze our little quintet into the space they provided for us, and really had a pretty damn good time at the Davis Jazz Festival. The event was sponsored by the John Natsoulas Gallery and featured a number of different stage locations around the downtown Davis area.

We, somehow, became the last band playing on the schedule on any of the stages.. so we were happy to have a nice spot. It was a beautiful night in Davis.. the weather was perfect for an outdoor set. We played in this little courtyard in front of the Village Bakery & Grill. Our friend, Jaroba, had played earlier in the evening with his trio at the Bistro 33 stage, and we asked him to come over and sit in with us later, and he did..and it was a great time..

Jaroba is a fun player to have involved in the groove.. Also playing this evening was Mark Halverson on the drums.. this is his 3rd time playing with Instagon.. and he seems to get the grip on things really fast.. he will probably be playing a lot more upcoming shows.. so watch for him.

Chad E. Williams played his 40th appearance with Instagon on guitar.. and as usual people in the audience were asking for him to turn it up.. he just needs an a mp that goes to eleven.. that is all. Dex Lopaz played some really funky groove keyboards.. it was Dex's first show since the spring time.. it was swell to play with him again.

As a group we were really tight.. there were chaotic moments of course, but all and all it was a really great show.. filled with lots of structure and improvisation all at the same time.. fine ass garage jazz for the Davis Jazz Fest! "Brainwashed Love", "Echophobic", & "Deamon's Tube" were all really smokin' jams for this show.. and the twisted upstepped jazz version of "Thee Sickness" with the "Virus" in tro was just right to fit the night.. The long slow, mellow, shoe gazer/psychedelic rendition of "Sex Bomb" made for an awsome closer to a nearly 90 minute set.

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all photos by Yvette Lucas
photo collage by Lob