# Bill Frisell Trio with special guest Sam Amidon at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, February 28, 2019

[Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse](https://www.thefreight.org/event/1751681-bill-frisell-trio-tony-scherr-berkeley/) presents the [Bill Frisell](http://www.billfrisell.com/) Trio featuring Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen with Special Guest [Sam Amidon](http://samamidon.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, Thursday, February 28, 2019

## One Set

[8:06 PM; lights down, greetings and announcements from Leah Wollenberg]  
[8:10 PM; Band out, noodling]

01. [8:11 PM] \(unidentified tune \#1) »
02. [8:18 PM] \(unidentified tune \#2) »
03. [8:24 PM] \(unidentified tune \#3) »
04. [8:29 PM] \(unidentified tune \#4) »
05. [8:30 PM] \(unidentified Monk tune)  
[8:37 PM; Bill introduces the band, calls Sam out to join them. Sam starts out on violin]
06. [8:38 PM] _I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry_  
[Sam swaps to acoustic guitar]
07. [8:44 PM] _Blue Mountains_  
[Sam swaps to banjo]
08. [8:50 PM] _As I Roved Out_ »  
[Tony swaps to electric bass]
09. [8:57 PM] _Oh Death_  
[Sam takes off the banjo]
10. [9:02 PM] _Throughout_ (as listed on handwritten setlist onstage by Bill...couldn't find anything associated with Sam by that title)  
[Sam picks up the acoustic guitar]
11. [9:09 PM] _Saro_  
[Sam swaps back to violin; Tony swaps back to contrabass]
12. [9:14 PM] _Hard Times_  
[Sam swaps back to acoustic guitar]
13. [9:22 PM] _Wild Bill Jones_
14. [9:29 PM] _Your Lone Journey_  
[9:33 PM; thanks from Bill; band introduction; bow, then all off while the audience hoots and hollers for more]  
   
**Encore**  
[Sam on violin; Tony on bass guitar]
15. [9:35 PM] _That Was Then_  
[Sam swaps to banjo]
16. [9:42 PM] _Walkin' Boss_  
[Sam takes off the banjo]
17. [9:46 PM] _We Shall Overcome_  
[show ends 9:53 PM; thanks from Bill; band introduction; bow, then all off for good]

## Performers

* [Sam Amidon](http://samamidon.com/): guitar, violin, banjo, vox;
* [Bill Frisell](http://www.billfrisell.com/): guitar;
* Tony Scherr: bass, contrabass;
* Kenny Wollesen: drums.

## Notes

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Andrew Gilbert mentions this gig in an [article](https://www.sfcv.org/article/when-is-a-gig-more-than-a-gig) posted at SFCV.

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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