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The Back Room

Berkeley, CA
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05/16/2018
Lonely Heartstring Band
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
CommentGeorge Clements - lead vocals, guitar
Charles Clements - bass, vocals
Patrick McGonigle - fiddle, vocals
Gabe Hirshfeld - banjo
Matt Witler - mandolin, vocals

guests
Brandon Godman - fiddle
Greg Blake - vocals
Sam Rudin - piano

High Water Line opened
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05/20/2018
Sheldon Brown
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
CommentSheldon Brown ss,ts
Darren Johnston t
Dave MacNab g
Dan Zemelman p
Michael Wilcox b
Alan Hall d
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10/18/2018
Tracy Grammer
Set 1Shadows of Evangeline
Gun-Metal Eyes
Hard to Make It
Forty-Niner
The Emperor is Naked Today-O
Mercy
The Verdant Mile
Set 2Crocodile Man
Daffodil Days
Hole
Were You Ever Here
Winter When He Goes
Love is Alive
Good Life
Solitary Man
Gentle Arms of Eden
Set 3
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03/17/2023
George Brooks
Set 1Sam Rudin Introduction
Honeysuckle Rose
Talk
Going Up The Country
Talk
Come Together
Talk
Pennies From Heaven
Talk
Nightlife
Talk
My Favorite Things
Talk
Lookin' Just As Hard As They Can
Talk
When I Fall In Love
Talk
Higher Ground
Outro
Set 2
Set 3Sam Rudin Introduction
Superstition
Talk
Homesick Theme From American In Paris
Talk, Finding Bongos
Caravan
Talk
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Talk
That's The Way Of The World
Talk
Two-chord Jam
Applause Before Encore, Talk
Take The A Train
Outro
CommentGeorge Brooks - Tenor Sax
Sam Rudin - Piano, Vocals
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12/26/2023
Scott Amendola
Set 1Dry Land Tourist
Paper Trombone
Humph
Home School
The Mighty
Bedtime
Spires II *
Ruby, My Dear
Harvest #
Deep Eyes

Encore :
Sundown >
Ringdrop
Set 2
Set 3
Comment* (for Simon Rodia)
# (for Julian Priester)
Scott Amendola - drums, percussion, electronics
Will Bernard - electric guitar, piano
John Schott - electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
Todd Sickafoose - contrabass

https://scottamendola.com/
https://willbernard.com/
https://johnschott.com/
https://toddsickafoose.com/

- Billed as Damn Skippy: "A Tribute To Damn Skippy"
- Sold-out show
- Fotos: https://flickr.com/photos/michaelz1/albums/72177720313665992
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07/11/2024
Scott Amendola
Set 1Dry Land Tourist
Swagger Of The Tail Wagger
Spires I
Buffalo Bird Woman
Spires II
Abdurahim*
Truth Serum*
Thelonious
Home School**
Volunteered Slavery**
Bemsha Swing**

Encore: Ringdrop
Set 2
Set 3
Comment*first time performed
**with Peter Apfelbaum

Damn Skippy:
Scott Amendola - drums, electronics
Will Bernard - electric guitar
John Schott - electric guitar
Todd Sickafoose - contrabass

with special guest:
Peter Apfelbaum - tenor saxophone, melodica

https://scottamendola.com/
https://willbernard.com/
https://johnschott.com/
https://toddsickafoose.com/

- Sold-out show
- Fotos: https://flickr.com/photos/michaelz1/albums/72177720318749913
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12/11/2024
Scott Amendola
Set 1Self Evident >
In Walked >
Three Ingredients
Lions Heart >
Here To There >
Porch Concert Material 2 >
Let's Cool One [Monk]
Interospection
November 4
Porch Concert Material 6

Encore: Echo
Set 2
Set 3
CommentBen Goldberg - clarinet. effects
Todd Sickafoose - contrabass
Scott Amendola - drums, percussion, electronics

https://bengoldberg.net/
https://toddsickafoose.com/
https://scottamendola.com/
https://toddsickafoose.bandcamp.com/album/here-to-there

- Featuring pieces from their new album, Here To There (released Oct 25, 2024, Secret Hatch Records)
- Music inspired by the bridges of Thelonious Monk compositions
- Fotos: https://flickr.com/photos/michaelz1/albums/72177720322531096
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04/16/2026
Scott Amendola
Set 1(A Cry For) John Brown
Shady
If Only Once
Last Licks
Diana Maria
Oumou
The Crush Of Dawn >
Sun
Oladipo*
Buffalo Bird Woman*
Set 2
Set 3
CommentAll compositions by Scott Amendola

Jenny Scheinman - violin
Ryan Schaeffer - guitar
Mat Muntz - contrabass
Scott Amendola - drums, percussion, electronics

*with Sam Rudin - piano

https://scottamendola.com/
https://backroommusic.com/about-the-back-room

- 10th anniversary of The Back Room (opened Apr 16, 2016)
- First performance of this quartet
- Fotos: https://flickr.com/photos/michaelz1/albums/72177720333139107
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