Tim O'Brien Band at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, November 15, 2019

Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse presents the Tim O'Brien Band
2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704-1104 USA
8:00 PM, Friday, November 15, 2019

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[8:02 PM; lights down; greetings and announcements from Leah Wollenberg; Band out; Tim on acoustic guitar for the whole set]

1. [8:06 PM] High Flying Bird
2. [8:09 PM] Workin'
3. [8:12 PM] Beyond
   [8:15 PM; JF out for the next tune]
4. [8:16 PM] (unidentified fiddle tune)
   [8:18 PM; Tim introduces the band]
5. [8:19 PM] Diggin' My Potatoes
   [8:25 PM; Tim story about his sister Brigid]
6. [8:26 PM] Guardian Angel
   [8:31 PM; Tim story about Tony Rice, John Prine; JF + mandolin]
7. [8:31 PM] Amazing Love
8. [8:34 PM] My Love Lies in the Ground
   [8:38 PM; JF out for the next tune; banjo stories]
9. [8:39 PM] Earl's Breakdown
   [8:41 PM; JF back]
10. [8:41 PM] Windy Mountain
    [8:45 PM; JF + mandolin; Deep state/deep catalog yack]
11. [8:46 PM] Hold to a Dream
    [8:49 PM; JF takes off the mandolin; Tim plugs Woody Guthrie]
12. [8:50 PM] Pastures of Plenty
    [set ends 8:52 PM]

[9:12 PM; Ack! band out onstage with no warning! Tim starts out on acoustic guitar again]

1. [9:13 PM] Train on the Island
2. [9:16 PM] Drunkard's Walk
   [9:19 PM; WV Hall of Fame stories]
3. [9:20 PM] Grandma's Hands
4. [9:24 PM] Brother Wind
5. [9:29 PM] A Few Old Memories
   [9:33 PM; Tim talks about his forefather walking to Virginia from the end of the railroad line in 1851]
6. [9:34 PM] Where The River Meets The Road
   [9:38 PM; JF + mandolin; Tim swaps to violin]
7. [9:38 PM] Hop Down Reel »
8. [9:40 PM] Johnny Doherty's Reel
9. [9:42 PM] Maggie's Farm
   [9:47 PM; JF drops the mandolin; Tim swaps back to the acoustic guitar; tacks about Mac Wiseman]
10. [9:47 PM] I Still Write Your Name In The Sand
    [9:51 PM; JF + mandolin; Cowboy poetry story]
11. [9:52 PM] Wind
    [9:56 PM; JF drop mandolin; Norman Blake story]
12. [9:57 PM] Last Train From Poor Valley
13. [10:03 PM] Look Down That Lonesome Road
    [set ends 10:07 PM; band off for about 30 seconds]
    
    Encore
14. [10:09 PM] Little Annie (When the Springtime Comes Again)
    [show ends 10:11 PM; the band bolts offstage; house lights up right away. Dang!]

• Mike Bub: contrabass, baritone vox;
• Shad Cobb: violin;
• Jan Fabricius: vox;
• Tim O'Brien: acoustic guitar, violin, vox;
• Patrick Sauber: banjo, vox.

A really fine show, featuring a healthy dose of tunes from Tim's latest two albums, as well as a sprinkling of well-chosen gems.

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