Setlist
Richard Thompson (acoustic, all request)
Solo (vocal, guitar), and with George Galt (harmonica)
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse; Berkeley, CA
1. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
2. Who Knows Where The Time Goes (Sandy Denny)
3. Runnin' Down a Dream (Tom Petty)
4. Now Be Thankful (Fairport Convention)
5. Valerie
6. Did She Jump or Was She Pushed? (Richard & Linda Thompson song)
7. Back in the U.S.S.R. (The Beatles)
8. Positively 4th Street (Bob Dylan)
9. The Angels Took My Racehorse Away
10. Dimming of the Day
11. Substitute (The Who)
12. Keep Your Distance
13. Do You Believe in Life After Love (a short song made up on the
spot in reponse to a request for a Cher song)
14. St. James Infirmary (traditional)
15. White Lightnin' (George Jones lyrics with improvised tune)
16. The Roy Moore Blues (a short improvised song with lyrics rhyming
"molested" and "arrested" etc., aborted after first verse)
17. I Misunderstood
18. Tear-Stained Letter (with George Galt (harmonica) and audience assistance)
Encore #1:
19. Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair
20. Waltzing's For Dreamers (with George Galt (harmonica))
Encore #2:
21. The End of the Rainbow
21a. (brief tease of a slow rendition of Doe a Deer (Sound of Music))
22. Persuasion
23. I Still Miss Someone (Johnny Cash song) (with George Galt (harmonica))
Streaming
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