Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, December 14, 2018
Set One
[8:02 PM lights down, introduction by ?Tom; waiting for the duo…]
[8:05 PM Entrance of Béla & Abigail]
[8:06 PM] Railroad
[8:10 PM] ? (medley of unidentified banjo instrumentals)
[8:22 PM] If I Could Talk to a Younger Me
[Béla & Abigail swap instruments]
[8:28 PM] Over the Divide
[Béla talks about their instruments, swaps to cello banjo; Abigail swaps to fretless banjo]
[8:32 PM] Little Birdie
[8:40 PM] Come All Ye Coal Miners
[Béla moves to the stool at side stage to play the ukelele banjo]
[8:43 PM] ? (unidentified solo instrumental from Béla)
[Béla swaps back to the black banjo that he started the set on; Abigail up front to sing (without a banjo)]
[8:52 PM] My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
[set ends 8:58 PM]
Set Two
[9:24 PM lights down, waiting, Béla & Abigail out after a minute or so; Béla starts on cello banjo]
[9:26 PM] Don't Let It Bring You Down
[Béla hands the cello banjo to Abby; swaps to another instrument]
[9:30 PM] Bloomin' Rose
[Béla tells a tall one about how he met Abby via (fake online site)]
[9:44 PM] Song of the Traveling Daughter
[multiple banjo swaps as they figure out what tune will be played next]
[9:50 PM] (unidentified tune)
[Abby talks about singing with the SF Symphony; takes off her banjo for the next one]
[9:59 PM] And Am I Born to Die
[10:04 PM] (Béla solo segment: multiple tunes, including Chopin's Minute Waltz)
[10:11 PM ukulele banjo raffle – missed winning it by that much]
[Abby clogging for the last piece (no banjo for her!)]
[10:16 PM] Take Me to Harlan
[set ends 10:21 PM
Encore
[10:22 PM] Sing About It
[10:27 PM] Hear it Ring
[show ends 10:31 PM]
Béla Fleck: banjo, cello banjo, ukulele banjo, vox;
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