Booker T. Jones at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, February 1, 2019

Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse presents Booker T. Jones
2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704-1104 USA
8:00 PM, Friday, February 1, 2019

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

1. [8:09 PM] Hang 'Em High
2. [8:18 PM] Groovin'
3. [8:22 PM] Summertime
   [yack about Albert King]
4. [8:30 PM] Born Under a Bad Sign
   [yack about being 74; Booker swaps to guitar; being neighbors with Bob Dylan]
5. [8:39 PM] Knockin' on Heaven's Door
   [drop DG, LS; yack about Prince]
6. [8:45 PM] Purple Rain
   [Booker back to B-3; band back]
7. [8:51 PM] Green Onions
   [yack: don't introduce George Harrison to your wife]
8. [8:58 PM] Something
   [Booker swaps back to guitar; meandering yack: college life – early Isley Brothers – London – Monterey Pop – Hendrix]
9. [9:05 PM] Hey Joe
   [Booker back to B-3]
10. [9:12 PM] Hip Hug-Her (w/DG speed rap)
    [yack: recording in NYC in 1971]
11. [9:17 PM] Melting Pot
    [yack: now for the original BBC Test Match Cricket Theme Song]
12. [9:26 PM] Soul Limbo
13. [9:32 PM] Everything Is Everything
14. [9:38 PM] Time Is Tight
    [9:48 PM; set ends, brief pause]
    
    Finale
15. [9:49 PM] Hey Ya! » [Booker swaps to guitar]
16. [9:52 PM] I've Been Loving You Too Long
    [9:57 PM; show ends, Booker sneaks off out the back side door…then around to the merch table in front to glad hand with the fans]

• Darian Gray: drums, emcee, vox;
• Booker T. Jones: Hammond B-3 organ, guitar, vox;
• Ted Jones: guitar, vox;
• Lawrence Shaw: 5-string bass.

Booker T is a national treasure. I'm really glad to have gotten another chance to hear him play (has it really been ten years? sad!), and I look forward to reading his memoir if he ever gets it finished!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2019 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2019 event list! ☸ On to the next event!