Name: David Wilcox
Start: 2025-02-20T20:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-02-20T21:30:00-08:00
Location: The Back Room

David Wilcox

Local musician Sam Rudin owns and operates The Back Room in downtown Berkeley, which honors his vision to recreate the cozy ambience of the original Freight & Salvage. Rudin describes his venture as a small space (100 people max), with great acoustics and comfortable seating, that showcases the musicians with respect and appreciation. This is a BYOB (21+), all ages listening space dedicated to (mostly) acoustic music of all kinds. For more information, please visitThe Back Room's website.

Sam Rudin

Please join us for an evening with celebrated folk singer/songwriter David Wilcox.

The Back Room

<a href="https://www.davidwilcox.com/" title="https://www.davidwilcox.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">David Wilcox</a> is a penetrating storyteller. The revered folk musician has an effortless talent for spinning lyrics that quietly cut deep, and crafting melodies that seamlessly ride the plot twists and turns. Wilcox handily exemplifies the power of lyrical and musical catharsis.Pick any song from Wilcox’s new acoustic album, My Good Friends, and you will find yourself instantly immersed. Sometimes you’ll see yourself in the lyrics, other times you’ll marvel at the four-minute mini-movie. My Good Friends is a stripped-down, acoustic collection of ten songs, a fan-requested creative respite for Wilcox as he also continues to work on a full band album coming in 2024.Of special note on the new recording is “Jolt,” with its jittery rhythm playing perfect backdrop to lyrics about today’s obsession with online fear mongering and internet disinformation. The title track is a folk-blues number about living a life filled with close calls and surviving them all. Then there’s a trio of story songs – “Dead Man’s Phone,” “This Is How It Ends,” and “Lost Man” – that are as cinematic as they are charismatic. Wilcox says those last three songs “create a whole movie in my imagination.”In fact, the way Wilcox feels about every tune on My Good Friends proves this is indeed a fan-requested labor of love. “I am grateful for the community that sustains me – my good friends,” he says. “These are the kind of friends that get you through difficult times. The kind of friends that you go to for a fresh perspective when the future looks grim. These songs grew out of conversations with friends, and they hold ideas that I like to have around.”Tickets are $30 general admission. Children under 12 are free. Advance tickets are available here, or if the show is not sold out, you may purchase your tickets at the door before the show.Doors open one half hour before show time. We accept cash or Venmo only at the door.The Back Room is an all-ages, BYOB (for those 21+) space, dedicated to (mostly) acoustic music of all kinds. You are welcome to bring your own food and beverages. The venue is ADA accessible. If you need more information or have any questions, please call us: #510-381-1997.To join our mailing list, <a href="https://backroommusic.com/newsletter-sign-up" title="https://backroommusic.com/newsletter-sign-up" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">please click here.</a>Thank you for your support!Please note: Although masks are no longer required, we strongly encourage their use to keep everyone safe in our intimate space.

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