They closed the night and early morning with “I Shall be Released” and “Signature”. I left shortly after Rider returned and missed “Slow Down” and one of my favorite Murawski originals: “You Let me Down Again”. “The Same Things” blended into a spacey jam with just Scott and the drummers as Mercier and Rider left the stage, later followed by Murawski while Rider came back on with the drummers. I’m not sure how Mark remembers all the lyrics and I think he changed them here and there but I am always captivated how his rich voice draws you in to the tale he is telling on his ballads. “Southbound Train” had some excellent harmonies before drummer Bill Carbone took to the vocals on “I’ll be Your Baby Tonight”. After some Auld Lang Syne teases, Mark Mercier launched into another of his original ballads “Said and Done”. John Rider then launched into “Blood Red Roses”. For some reason I always think of pirates holding up glasses of grog and singing along when I hear this song but two young male Creekers in front of me engaged in a ‘mosh’ dance. As Set two opened with “Louisiana Sun”, steam gathered and the room was soon full again. Creekenders had returned to their rooms to get prepared for the second set and were a little slow to return. With eight songs averaging over 10 minutes each shows why Max Creek is a jamband legend.Īfter a brief intermission the band returned to a room that had emptied out.
Barking and baying and a vocal jam ended the first set at about 12:50 AM. Set oneclosed with Warren Zevon’d “Werewolves of London”, which I was surprised they broke out the first night. It was then Murawski’s turn to get playful on the lyrics of “Trippin'” (Scott heard someone had the best little kitty in town). There is always a bust out or two at Max Creek shows and up next was the seldom played “Silver Jack”. The energy upped a notch on the Grateful Dead’s “Bertha” before Mark Mercier took on country ballad “Long Black Veil”. The core three took turns on vocals with Murawski on his own original “If you Ask Me”, Mercier on cover “After Midnight” and Rider on his original “Devil’s Heart”, which featured some great interplay between Murawski on guitar and Rider on his bass. I was a big fan of the ‘Gregs’ and the other ‘Scott’ and of course the late great Rob Fried but going back to a percussion drum setup vs drums, the latter has added a color to the music missing since the passing of Fried. Over the years, the drums have been the section that has had a rotating cast of characters while the core trio of Scott Murawski (lead guitar and drums when he takes to the kit), John Rider (bass), and Mark Mercier (keyboards) have remained intact. This was the second show I’ve caught with the ‘noobs’, the very talented Jamemurrell Stanley on percussion and the equally talented Bill Carbone on drums. Max Creek took the stage at the fashionably late time of 11:20 PM with only keyboardist Mark Mercier in costume.
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