# Richard Thompson at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, December 12, 2017

[Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse](http://www.thefreight.org/event/1534715-richard-thompson-berkeley/) presents a solo, all-request show with [Richard Thompson](http://www.richardthompson-music.com/)  
[2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704-1104 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2020+Addison+Street,+Berkeley,+CA+94704-1104+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Tuesday, December 12, 2017

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## One Set

[8:02 PM lights down, announcements by ?Andrea Hirsig, 8:05 PM RT out to yack for awhile and then select the first tunes]

01. [8:12 PM] _1952 Vincent Black Lightning_  
[RT reminisces about Sandy Denny & the Fairport Convention 50th Anniversary]
02. [8:20 PM] _Who Knows Where the Time Goes?_
03. [8:25 PM] _Runnin' Down a Dream_  
[RT muses: can we separate the artist from their art?]
04. [8:32 PM] _Now Be Thankful_
05. [8:37 PM] _Valerie_
06. [8:43 PM] _Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?_ (aborts & restarts)
07. [8:49 PM] _Back in the U.S.S.R._
08. [8:53 PM] _Positively 4th Street_  
[RT yacks about his first album and obsessive fans]
09. [9:00 PM] _The Angels Took My Racehorse Away_
10. [9:06 PM] _Dimming of the Day_
11. [9:11 PM] _Substitute_
12. [9:14 PM] _Keep Your Distance_  
[RT admits he doesn't know the next request, but fakes it anyways]
13. [9:19 PM] _Do You Believe in Life After Love?_  
[RT delivers tonight's history lesson, yay!]
14. [9:23 PM] _St. James Infirmary_  
[RT talks about Stetson Hats]
15. [9:28 PM] _White Lightnin'_
16. [9:32 PM] _The Roy Moore Blues_  
[Hermitage Museum Guide story]
17. [9:35 PM] _I Misunderstood_  
[add George Galt; RT rehearses the audience for their parts (center, left, right)]
18. [9:42 PM] _Tear-Stained Letter_  
[set ends 9:47 PM; RT back alone after a minute]  
   
**First Encore**
19. [9:48 PM] _Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair_  
[add George Galt; RT talks about meeting George in 1967]
20. [9:54 PM] _Waltzing's For Dreamers_  
[set ends 9:57 PM; RT back alone after a minute]  
   
**Second Encore**
21. [9:59 PM] _The End of the Rainbow_
22. [10:03 PM] _Persuasion_  
[add George Galt]
23. [10:08 PM] _I Still Miss Someone_  
[show ends 10:13 PM]

## Performers

* George Galt: harmonica (t17, 19, 23);
* [Richard Thompson](http://www.richardthompson-music.com/): acoustic guitar, vox.

## Notes

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[[2017-12-10|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2017|Up to the 2017 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2017#December_events|Up to the 2017 event list!]] ☸  [[2017-12-15|On to the next event!]]