And the crowd was right there with them, happily fanning the flames. By the time they’d gotten to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, they were burning down the house. Harrison had felt this magical connection between the band and its audiences from the first dates they’d played in Florida and Los Angeles on the maiden Remain in Light tour in 2021 and ’22. On that crisp fall evening, there was a rare feeling of community in the air as Harrison, Belew and their kinetic band - a powerhouse 11 pieces in all - unspooled spirited renditions of Talking Heads songs, hits such as “Once in a Lifetime,” “Psycho Killer” and “Take Me to the River,” that fans of the seminal new wave band hadn’t heard played live for ages. There were a few other people who wanted to see them as well - an expectant crowd estimated at more than 50,000 filled every square inch of grass from the stage into the far reaches of Golden Gate Park.

It had been a long day of music at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival this past October, but there was one last band I wanted to see before heading home: Marin’s own Jerry Harrison, a former member of the Talking Heads, and King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew playing songs from the Talking Heads’ groundbreaking 1980 album “Remain in Light.”

Lost in the storm song