Upcoming Concerts

  • Sep 18
    The Guild Theatre
    Menlo Park, CA
  • Sep 19
    Summer's End Music Festival @ John Carter Park
    Half Moon Bay , CA
  • Oct 03
    Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - Swan Stage
    San Francisco, CA
  • Oct 11
    Sweetwater Music Hall
    Mill Valley, CA
  • Nov 08
    Sweetwater Music Hall
    Mill Valley, CA
  • Dec 06
    Sweetwater Music Hall
    Mill Valley, CA
Sep 18
The Guild Theatre - Menlo Park, CA
Sep 19
Summer's End Music Festival @ John Carter Park - Half Moon Bay , CA
Oct 3
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - Swan Stage - San Francisco, CA
Oct 11
Sweetwater Music Hall - Mill Valley, CA
Nov 8
Sweetwater Music Hall - Mill Valley, CA
Dec 6
Sweetwater Music Hall - Mill Valley, CA

Moonalice News

  • Moonalice Concert Posters By Dennis Larkins Featured in Exhibit in Hungary!
  • Nick Lowe loves our version of “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace Love and Understanding”!
  • Awesome Time Lapse of the Assembly of 4/20 Poster Sets
  • Moonalice offers free admission to holders of Skull & Roses tickets!
  • Poster Artist Feature: Dennis Larkins Interview
  • Let's Rock The World One Tree At A Time!
  • Acoustic Guitar reviews Full Moonalice, Volume 2!!
  • Moonalice plays a set on Jam In The Van
  • Glide Magazine interviews Pete Sears!
  • Acoustic Guitar Magazine: Barry, Roger and T’s play Nick and Woo Woo
Moonalice Concert Posters By Dennis Larkins Featured in Exhibit in Hungary!
Nick Lowe loves our version of “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace Love and Understanding”!
Awesome Time Lapse of the Assembly of 4/20 Poster Sets
Moonalice offers free admission to holders of Skull & Roses tickets!
Poster Artist Feature: Dennis Larkins Interview
Let's Rock The World One Tree At A Time!
Acoustic Guitar reviews Full Moonalice, Volume 2!!
Moonalice plays a set on Jam In The Van
Glide Magazine interviews Pete Sears!
Acoustic Guitar Magazine: Barry, Roger and T’s play Nick and Woo Woo

What To Watch (Archive)

  • Sep 12, 2026 / Ain't Necessarily Dead Fest at Auburn Regional Park (Auburn)
  • Aug 25, 2026 / Dugout Set at SF Giants Grateful Dead Night @ Oracle Park (San Francisco)
    The dugout set will be streamed at a later time. View the Triples Alley set view »
  • Aug 25, 2026 / Triples Alley Set at SF Giants Grateful Dead Night @ Oracle Park (San Francisco)
    The pre-show dugout set will also be streamed at a later date view »
  • Jul 30, 2026 / Summer Nights on the Green (Windsor)
    According to Moonalice legend, the town of Windsor descends from nobility. That’s right. We have proof...
  • Apr 19, 2026 / Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley)
    According to Moonalice legend, today is a day for the consumption of mass quantities. But you need to be ...
  • Jan 4, 2026 / Sunday Matinee at Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley)
    According to Moonalice legend, there is an old saying in our tribe: everyone complains about the weather,...
  • Sep 6, 2026 / Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley)
    Sweetwater rap According to Moonalice legend, tomorrow is Labor Day. It is a day traditionally celebra...
  • Jun 14, 2026 / Dead on the Creek Music Festival (Laytonville)
    According to Moonalice legend, these are weird times in the Moonalice tribe, which means it is time for a...
  • Aug 2, 2026 / Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley)
  • Sep 11, 2026 / Live on the Avenue (San Anselmo)
Sep 12, 2026 / Ain't Necessarily Dead Fest at Auburn Regional Park (Auburn)
Aug 25, 2026 / Dugout Set at SF Giants Grateful Dead Night @ Oracle Park (San Francisco)
The dugout set will be streamed at a later time. View the Triples Alley set view »
Aug 25, 2026 / Triples Alley Set at SF Giants Grateful Dead Night @ Oracle Park (San Francisco)
The pre-show dugout set will also be streamed at a later date view »
Jul 30, 2026 / Summer Nights on the Green (Windsor)
According to Moonalice legend, the town of Windsor descends from nobility. That’s right. We have proof...
Apr 19, 2026 / Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley)
According to Moonalice legend, today is a day for the consumption of mass quantities. But you need to be ...
Jan 4, 2026 / Sunday Matinee at Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley)
According to Moonalice legend, there is an old saying in our tribe: everyone complains about the weather,...
Sep 6, 2026 / Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley)
Sweetwater rap According to Moonalice legend, tomorrow is Labor Day. It is a day traditionally celebra...
Jun 14, 2026 / Dead on the Creek Music Festival (Laytonville)
According to Moonalice legend, these are weird times in the Moonalice tribe, which means it is time for a...
Aug 2, 2026 / Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley)
Sep 11, 2026 / Live on the Avenue (San Anselmo)

Tell Me It's Okay

Credits: 
Music and lyrics by Roger McNamee

Some times I lie awake and wonder what the world is coming to
It's been a wild ride; now I fear the bills are coming due.

Oh, there's trouble in my Valley.
Oh, there's trouble in my mind . . .
Tell me I'm okay.

I need to know what makes life real, what is the essence of my being
I struggle every day to deal with all the weird stuff that I'm seeing

Oh, there's trouble in my Valley.
Oh, there's trouble in my mind . . .
Tell me I'm okay.

How am I supposed to know what is real and what's for show?
Won't you tell me it's okay?
How am I supposed to know what is real and what's for show?
Won't you tell me it's okay?

Some times I lie awake at night and dream of things that might have been
I wonder why it is that someone has to lose so you can win

Oh, there's trouble in my Valley.
Oh, there's trouble in my mind . . .
Tell me I'm okay.

How am I supposed to know what is real and what's for show?
Won't you tell me it's okay?
How am I supposed to know what is real and what's for show?
Won't you tell me it's okay?
Won't you tell me, won't you tell me won't you tell me it's okay?
Tell me it's okay . . .

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Here's the back story to Tell Me It's Okay.

I wrote it in late 2000 or early 2001. The song is about dealing with economic calamity. When the internet bubble burst, our part of California melted down economically. People said and did things that really bothered me. A huge number of our friends were laid off without anyplace to go. Just like now.

The first line of the chorus was suggested by a friend. The parallel guitar parts I worked out myself. The FOBs recorded the song with no jam, but a long guitar solo at the end by Bert Keely. The jams at the beginning and in the middle of the song evolved at Moonalice shows. We didn't play the song at the first five Moonalice concerts - for some weird reason I was reluctant to play my FOB songs - but then we tried it at a free show in San Francisco.

T Bone Burnett didn't care for the song, so we never went past basic tracks in the studio. As a result, we thought it would be good to include the video produced by Elliot Mazer. Believe it or not the video is entirely live EXCEPT Pete's keyboard part (note that he also plays bass!) and GE's harmony vocal.

Tribe Comments

Kip Bailing's picture

What's the meaning of the designation, "Festival Version," that sometimes refers to this terrific song?