Everyone Orchestra 11/9/16 Toads Place

Nice diversion from the verge of trumpocalypse. Everyone Orchestra is a jam alum consortium conducted by SF native Matt Butler. Steve Kimock on guitar, Vin Damico (moe.) on drums, Marc Brownstein (Disco Biscuits) bass, Aaron Manger (Disco Biscuits) keys, Tim Palmieri (Kung Fu, Z3, and local hero) guitar, singer/congas from the Motet, sax and trumpet players nicked from Brooklyn jazzbos Snarky Puppy. The group played extended jams with Butler goading members with hand gestures and iPad directions. Butler had a handcrafted garish suit and matching hat, prowling the stage he looked like a psychedelic mashup of Cab Calloway and Hunter Thompson. The funky soul stylings of the Motet guy grounded the extendo jams. Two full sets of music at this historic venue offered several hours of escapism from this hell-on-a-fast-train "society" that we live in. We can only hope that Johnson and Johnson is working on a long term ecstasy drip that will be over prescribed in 2017.