“Who came with their grandma tonight?” Leon Bridges asked the crowd at the Greek Theatre on Tuesday night. The crowd roared as one grandma waved her arms excitedly.
It was a night of cross-generational joy, as the 29-year-old Texan laid down some gospel-infused soul in support of his new album “Good Thing,” released in May. He played two hours, finally getting the crowd off their feet by prodding, “Y’all scared of dancing? Dance with me, L.A.” He dedicated “Lisa Sawyer” to “all the females in the crowd tonight” and then said this of “Brown Skin Girl”: “I love all types of women, but on this song I’m celebrating my brown type of girls.” John Mayer came out for “Mrs.” to play guitar — he was first introduced as just “John,” with the crowd not realizing who he was. They erupted moments later when Bridges added the last name.
Fellow Texans Khruangbin opened the night.
Setlist: If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be), Bad Bad News, Better Man, Shy, Coming Home, Beyond, Ana, Georgia To Texas, Forgive You, Lions, You Don’t Know, Lisa Sawyer, Brown Skin Girl, Mrs., Smooth Sallin’, Flowers. Encore: River, Mississippi Kisses