# Ben Sidran at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, April 18, 2019

[Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse](https://www.thefreight.org/event/1813171-ben-sidran-berkeley/) presents [Ben Sidran](http://www.bensidran.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, April 18, 2019

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## Set One

[8:05 PM lights down, announcements, band out]

01. [8:09 PM] _Anthropology_ (Charlie Parker instrumental)
02. [8:15 PM] _I Might Be Wrong_ » _Picture Him Happy_
03. [8:29 PM] _I Might Be Wrong_  
[8:36 PM; soundchecking the kick drum; false start to next tune]
04. [8:37 PM] _Drop Me Off in Harlem_  
[8:43 PM; Ben talks about Garcia Lorca's visit to New York in 1929]
05. [8:44 PM] _The King of Harlem_  
[8:52 PM; Leo picks up the guitar; talks about touring with his daughter]
06. [8:52 PM] _Take Me Back to Barcelona_ (LS)  
[8:56 PM; Leo talks about Michael Franks]
07. [8:57 PM] _Antonio's Song_ (LS)  
[9:01 PM; Leo yacks; moves to piano for 4-hands with Ben]
08. [9:02 PM] _Leo's My Name_ (LS)  
[9:05 PM; Leo moves back to drums]
09. [9:05 PM] _Don't Cry For No Hipster_
10. [9:11 PM] _Tangled Up in Blue_
11. [9:15 PM] _Subterranean Homesick Blues_  
[9:19 PM; false start; Ben then yacks over intro noodle]
12. [9:20 PM] _Take a Little Hit_
13. [9:24 PM] _Was_  
[9:28 PM; set ends; all off for a moment]  
  
**Encore**
14. [9:29 PM] _Too Much Too Late (What Mose Said)_  
[show ends 9:34 PM; bows, then all off by 9:35 PM]

## Performers

* [Billy Peterson](http://www.petersonbilly.com/): bass, contrabass;
* [Ben Sidran](http://www.bensidran.com/): piano, vox;
* [Leo Sidran](http://www.leosidran.com/): guitar, piano, keyboards, drums, vox;

## Notes

Well I'm really glad that I fit this show into my schedule, because it was super good! It's a shame that the venue wasn't more than 3/4 full, but the folks who showed up were attentive and enthusiastic, and if the hipsters were too cool to make it, well, that's their loss, right?

Not being all that familiar with Ben's tunes, it seems likely to me that the initial segment (tunes 2+3 above) contains more than just the two tunes listed -- I jotted "memory" on one line, yet couldn't find any lyrics to match that, drat! And my notes indicate a full stop in there, or I wouldn't have listed the 'break' at 8:29; thinking back to what happened, I think Ben simply waved the band to a stop so that he could rap for awhile about Sisyphus, and then went back into _I Might Be Wrong_ as a way of wrapping things up. Hard to say! Maybe someday someone will help me straighten things out!

During _Take Me Back to Barcelona_ and _Antonio's Song_, Leo played **both** guitar (with his hands) and drums (pedaling the kick drum and/or hi hat). Good trick!

## Photos

Tonight's sad photo gallery comes from ol' squinty! Maybe someday he'll get some better glasses (or a better camera?), but until then, all you gonna get is a few blurry pics per show at best. Sorry!

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