Small Potatoes in concert Oct. 10

FALLBROOK — Small Potatoes (a.k.a. Rich Prezioso and Jacquie Manning) chose their name in 1993, saying that if they didn’t make it, the name would be a reminder of their limitations, and if they did, it would be wryly amusing.

Since then, they have traveled a million miles while appearing on every major folk stage in the nation and being popular repeat performers.

Their music is wonderfully eclectic, as they say, “through carefully developed indecision,” covering cowboy to Celtic. If they have a motto, it is “Make ’em laugh, make ’em cry, make ’em think.”

Prezioso’s song “1,000 Candles, 1,000...