# Allison Miller & Boom Tic Boom at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, October 17, 2018

[Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse](http://www.thefreight.org/event/1710318-allison-millers-boom-tic-boom-berkeley/) presents [Allison Miller](http://www.allisonmiller.com/) & Boom Tic Boom featuring [Ben Goldberg](http://www.bengoldberg.net/), [Kirk Knuffke](http://kirkknuffke.com/), [Myra Melford](http://www.myramelford.com/), [Jenny Scheinman](http://jennyscheinman.com/), and [Todd Sickafoose](http://www.toddsickafoose.com/), with special guest, [David Flores](http://www.dmfdrums.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, Wednesday, October 17, 2018

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## One Set

[8:07 PM lights down, announcements, band out]

01. [8:11 PM] ? (unidentified tune)  
[Greeting from Allison; yack about new album]
02. [8:26 PM] _Daughter & Son_  
[more yack; KK off]
03. [8:34 PM] _White Wolf_  
[KK back; Allison brings up David Flores]
04. [8:44 PM] ? (unidentified tune)  
[more yack; DF off]
05. [8:54 PM] _Vine and Vein_ AKA _Tuesday_  
[DF back]
06. [9:02 PM] _Malaga_
07. [9:11 PM] ? (unidentified tune)
08. [9:22 PM] _Glitter Wolf_  
[set ends 9:39 PM; group bow, then all off]  
   
**Encore**
09. [9:41 PM] _the Listener_  
[show ends 9:49 PM; thanks and then all off]


## Performers

* [Allison Miller](http://www.allisonmiller.com/): drums;
* [Ben Goldberg](http://www.bengoldberg.net/): clarinet, contra-alto clarinet;
* [Kirk Knuffke](http://kirkknuffke.com/): cornet;
* [Myra Melford](http://www.myramelford.com/): piano;
* [Jenny Scheinman](http://jennyscheinman.com/): violin;
* [Todd Sickafoose](http://www.toddsickafoose.com/): contrabass.

### special guest

* [David Flores](http://www.dmfdrums.com/): percussion.

## Notes

Tonight's show was super good. Hopefully one of my pals sitting in the front row got a picture of the setlist so that I'll eventually be able fill in those blanks above!

Allison was super talkative, taking time to chat with the audience between almost every song. Sometimes that can be tiresome, but in the context of hearing her introduce a new album's worth of tunes one-by-one tonight, it was interesting.

The first time that Ben played contra-alto -- on _Daughter and Son_ -- it was really hard to hear his contribution ... there was just too much low-register competition with the rhythm section. Happily, he got a long solo turn at the start of t07, and picked it up again during _the Listener_.

It was obvious from the stage set-up that there was going to be an extra percussionist playing tonight, but Allison made us wait nearly 45 minutes before bringing out her guest, local drum whiz David Flores. It was definitely cool to hear the rhythmic accents he added to the musical stew, and fun also to see the other musicians cracking smiles or trading startled looks when Flores came up with something particularly surprising.

_Malaga_ and _Glitter Wolf_ were my two favorite tunes of the night.

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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