the Back Room presents Damn Skippy
the Back Room
1984 Bonita Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704 USA
8:00 PM, Tuesday, December 26, 2023

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[8:08 PM] {Welcome from Sam}
[8:10 PM] {Band out; JS razzes the crowd for not applauding long enough}

1. [8:12 PM] Dry Land Tourist (Will Bernard)
   [8:18 PM] {back- & fore-announcements}
2. [8:19 PM] Paper Trombones (Todd Sickafoose)
   [8:29 PM] {Sam runs up front to tell JS not to play so loud!}
3. [8:31 PM] Humph (Thelonius Monk)
   [8:38 PM] {SA: And Monk did it exactly like that!; tuning break; JS goofs up the tune introduction; barbershop quartet joke}
   [8:41 PM] {JS false start (wrong tune!)}
4. [8:42 PM] Home School (Will Bernard)
   [8:50 PM] {JS: Dare I ask what we play next?}
5. [8:51 PM] the Mighty (Scott Amendola)
   [8:59 PM] {back announcement}
6. [9:00 PM] Bedtime (John Schott)
   [9:06 PM] {JS talks about his agenda}
7. [9:07 PM] Spires #2 (John Schott)
   [9:12 PM] {back announcement; digression about TJ Kirk and problems getting a release license to include one riff from It's a Man's‚ Man's‚ Man's World in the next song}
8. [9:15 PM] Ruby‚ My Dear (Thelonius Monk)
   [9:21 PM] {JS dedicates the next tune to Julius Priester}
9. [9:22 PM] Harvest (John Schott) »
10. [9:32 PM] Deep Eyes (Scott Amendola)
    [9:40 PM] {applause at set end and words of thanks from JS}
    [9:41 PM] {“encore” break; JS swaps to acoustic guitar; WB plinks on the piano while JS tunes the new guitar}
    
    Finale
11. [9:42 PM] Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot) »
    [9:44 PM] {JS swaps back to guitar while WB plinks on the piano} »
12. [9:44 PM] Raindrop (John Schott)
    [9:48 PM] {final applause; band introduction by Scott; thanks and goodbyes}

• Scott Amendola: drums, electronics;
• Will Bernard: guitar, slide guitar;
• John Schott: guitar, acoustic guitar, vox;
• Todd Sickafoose: contrabass.

For an hour's practice (if you can believe these jokers!), Damn Skippy! put on a damn good show! It was clear that everyone was having fun tonight. Let's do it again next year!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2023 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2023 event list! ☸ On to the next event!