Jan. (Feb.) 1995 schedule, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA
Rudi Schmid
NOTE: This schedule is being posted on both rec.music.folk and
rec.music.country.western. Although most performers at the Freight & Salvage
fall into the category of folk, a few have been categorized as country or
rock (e.g., Billy Joe Shaver, Don Edwards).
The Freight & Salvage Coffee House (Berkeley Society for the Preservation of
Traditional Music) is located at 1111 Addison St., Berkeley, California
94702 (510/548-1761 program, 548-7603 business office).
LOCATION: To get there take the freeway (I-80) to Berkeley's University Ave.
exit. After several blocks turn right (south) on San Pablo Ave. The next
street (parallel to University Ave., perpendicular to San Pablo) is Addison.
The Freight is located east just up the street. Street parking is readily
available in the area.
THE SETTING: Wheelchair access; no smoking; intimate ambiance (238 capacity,
small circular tables that are candle lit, large stage just before the
first-row seats); sporadic, movable chairs (some much more comfortable than
others!); superb acoustics (both for acoustic and electrical instruments);
non-alcoholic refreshments sold in the back of the room (actually the front
of the building).
ADVANCE TICKET SALES: During all shows plus 3:00-5:00 PM Tues.-Fri. and
1:00-3:00 Sat. For mail order send check and SASE at least 10 days before
show date. Also BASS ticket outlets.
TIMES: Music starts (occasionally promptly) 8:00 Sundays-Thursdays, 8:30
Fridays and Saturdays. Doors open half an hour earlier. Seating is on a
first-come basis. There is usually a 30-minute or so intermission.
MEMBERSHIPS:
$15.00 priority mailing of calendar
$30.00 priority mailing, $1.00/show discount
$60.00 priority mailing, $1.00/show discount, 2 tickets
$100.00 priority mailing, $1.00/show discount, 4 tickets
JANUARY SCHEDULE: Prices are advance/at the door!
4 Rye Straw, $7.50/$8.50 [great new bluegrass band]
5 Michael McNevin and Box Set, $7.50/$8.50 [wonderful acoustic singer-
songwriter double bill]
6 Sally & Daniel Van Meter, Delbert Williams & Chris Lewis, $8.50/$9.50
[hot traditional bluegrass]
7 The Cheap Suit Serenaders, $10.50/$11.50 [string jazz band with a
difference]
8 Kristina Olsen with Nina Gerber & Cary Black, with Karen Olmquist
opening, $7.50/$8.50 [multi-talented singer-songwriter]
10 Open mic, hosted by Jim Carter, $2.50 [all performers welcome]
11 Sara Hickman, $8.50/$9.50 [great original songwriter from Texas]
12 Mark Graham and Orville Johnson, $7.50/$8.50 [original and traditional
songs with harmonica and/or dobro accompaniment]
13 The Edlos, $11.50/$12.50 [the return of the bad boys of a cappella]
14 The Gospel Hummingbirds, $9.50/$10.50 [great Bay Area black gospel
group]
15 Vickie Randle & Lindsay Tomasic, with Nina Gerber $9.50/$10.50 [inspired
duet plus great guitar]
16 Northern California Songwriters Association's open mic, $4.50
17 Open mic, hosted by Jim Carter, $2.50 [all performers welcome
18 John Cephas & Phil Wiggins, $10.50/$11.50 [inspired guitar-harmonica
blues duets]
19 Neal & Leandra, $7.50/$8.50 [great original duets from Minneapolis]
20 U. Utah Phillips, $10.50/$12.50 [songs and stories about railroads,
cowboys, hobos, and the labor movement]
21 Robin Flower & Libby McLaren, $9.50/$10.50 [inspired original and
traditional duets]
22 Baguette Quartette, with Odile Lavault, $8.50/$9.50
24 Open mic, hosted by Jim Carter, $2.50 [all performers welcome
25 Cosy Sheridan, with Jim Infantino opening, $7.50/$8.50 [wonderful
original singer-songwriter]
26 Chuck Brodsky, $7.50/$8.50 [album release show, _A fingerpainter's
murals,_ original songs]
27 Golden Bough, 15th anniversary celebration, $8.50/$9.50 [Celtic,
Scandinavian, and American music in the traditional mode]
28 Darryl Henriques's birthday, $8.50/$9.50 [the human impersonator walks
among us]
29 John Renbourn and Isaac Guillory, $13.50/$15.50 [acoustic steel string
guitar wizards]
31 Open mic, hosted by Jim Carter, $2.50 [all performers welcome
FEBRUARY SCHEDULE (tentative): Prices are advance/at the door!
1 Erica Wheeler, $7.50/$8.50
2 La Musgana, $9.50/$10.50
3 Laurie Lewis & Grant Street, $10.50/$11.50
4 Lou & Peter Berryman, $8.50/$9.50
5 Bay Area Folk Harp Society benefit, with Maureen Brennan, Robin Petrie,
Sarah Voynow, Natalie Cox, Dan Reiter, Ramon Romero, et al.,
$12.50/$13.50
9 Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, $8.50/$9.50
10 Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, $16.50/$18.50, at St. John's
Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave., Berkeley
11 Cats & Jammers, $9.50/$10.50
12 Radim Zenkl & Michael Manring, $8.50/$9.50
15 Barry & Holly Tashian, $8.50/$9.50
18 2:00 PM, San Francisco Piper's Club benefit, with Paddy Keenan, Dale
Russ, et al., $9.50/$10.50
19 Lui Collins & Marguerite Conti, $7.50/$8.50
22 Bob Franke, $8.50/$9.50
23 Tommy Sands, $8.50/$9.50
24 Robert Lowery, Alvin Youngblood Hart, $9.50/$10.50
25 Bettie Blount, "A tribute to the finest"--one woman-show tribute to
Pearl Bailey, Billey Holliday, Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington,
Mahalia Jackson, Josephine Baker, $8.50/$9.50
26 Rob Laurens, Jamie Byrd, $7.50/$8.50
--Rudi Schmid, Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley (sch...@garnet.berkeley.edu)