Peter Rowan at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, December 8, 2018

Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse presents Peter Rowan
2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704-1104 USA
8:00 PM, Saturday, December 8, 2018

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[8:05 PM lights down, greetings and announcements from Leah Wollenberg, Peter out alone to open the show]

1. [8:09 PM] If This Old Guitar Could Talk
   [8:12 PM add Scott Law, acoustic guitar]
2. [8:12 PM] Doc Watson Morning »
   [8:15 PM add the rest of the band]
3. [8:15 PM] ? (unidentified instrumental)
   [short yack from Peter]
4. [8:19 PM] Uncle Pen
5. [8:23 PM] Midnight on the Stormy Deep
6. [8:29 PM] Jerusalem Ridge
7. [8:36 PM] I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling (DR)
8. [8:41 PM] Drumbeats on the Watchtower
9. [8:44 PM] A Tiny Broken Heart
10. [8:48 PM] Carter Stanley's Eyes
11. [8:52 PM] Let Me Love You One More Time
    [set ends 8:55 PM]

[9:21 PM, Peter and Paul out without warning, followed shortly by the rest of the band]

1. [9:22 PM] Alabama Bound
2. [9:26 PM] Roane County Prison
3. [9:31 PM] Christmas Time's A-Comin
4. [9:35 PM] Pike County Breakdown
5. [9:38 PM] Too Late to Cry
6. [9:40 PM] Three Time Loser
7. [9:46 PM] Walls of Time
8. [9:52 PM] Midnight Moonlight
9. [10:01 PM] Riding on That Midnight Train
   [show ends 10:03 PM; all off after a minute, no Encore tonight]

• Paul Knight: contrabass;
• Scott Law: acoustic guitar;
• Peter Rowan: acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Don Rigsby: mandolin, lead and harmony vox;
• Patrick Sauber: banjo, harmony vox;
• Blaine Sprouse: violin. ## Notes

The show opened with enthusiastic greetings from Leah, then the curtain parted and Peter shuffled out slowly, sat himself on the stool placed center stage, and opened things up with If This Old Guitar Could Talk, playing on the Martin D18 formerly owned by Charles Sawtelle, AKA Slade: very touching!

I was sorry to see Peter hobbled tonight: hard to tell if the issue is hip or knee, but either way, it looked like he was hurting, despite his protestation to the contrary. I'm guessing that pain was an indirect contributor to the slightly abbreviated second set.

His band was darn good, and great fun to listen to. Maybe not so flashy as the Travelin' McCourys, but they kept my attention all night, and I'll be happy to put Peter back on my calendar again soon!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2018 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2018 event list! ☸ On to the next event!