Richard Thompson at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, December 12, 2017

Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse presents a solo, all-request show with Richard Thompson
2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704-1104 USA
8:00 PM, Tuesday, December 12, 2017

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[8:02 PM lights down, announcements by ?Andrea Hirsig, 8:05 PM RT out to yack for awhile and then select the first tunes]

1. [8:12 PM] 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
   [RT reminisces about Sandy Denny & the Fairport Convention 50th Anniversary]
2. [8:20 PM] Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
3. [8:25 PM] Runnin' Down a Dream
   [RT muses: can we separate the artist from their art?]
4. [8:32 PM] Now Be Thankful
5. [8:37 PM] Valerie
6. [8:43 PM] Did She Jump or Was She Pushed? (aborts & restarts)
7. [8:49 PM] Back in the U.S.S.R.
8. [8:53 PM] Positively 4th Street
   [RT yacks about his first album and obsessive fans]
9. [9:00 PM] The Angels Took My Racehorse Away
10. [9:06 PM] Dimming of the Day
11. [9:11 PM] Substitute
12. [9:14 PM] Keep Your Distance
    [RT admits he doesn't know the next request, but fakes it anyways]
13. [9:19 PM] Do You Believe in Life After Love?
    [RT delivers tonight's history lesson, yay!]
14. [9:23 PM] St. James Infirmary
    [RT talks about Stetson Hats]
15. [9:28 PM] White Lightnin'
16. [9:32 PM] The Roy Moore Blues
    [Hermitage Museum Guide story]
17. [9:35 PM] I Misunderstood
    [add George Galt; RT rehearses the audience for their parts (center, left, right)]
18. [9:42 PM] Tear-Stained Letter
    [set ends 9:47 PM; RT back alone after a minute]
    
    First Encore
19. [9:48 PM] Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair
    [add George Galt; RT talks about meeting George in 1967]
20. [9:54 PM] Waltzing's For Dreamers
    [set ends 9:57 PM; RT back alone after a minute]
    
    Second Encore
21. [9:59 PM] The End of the Rainbow
22. [10:03 PM] Persuasion
    [add George Galt]
23. [10:08 PM] I Still Miss Someone
    [show ends 10:13 PM]

• George Galt: harmonica (t17, 19, 23);
• Richard Thompson: acoustic guitar, vox.

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2017 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2017 event list! ☸ On to the next event!