Charleston, SC welcomed The Infamous Stringdusters to an intimate theatre setting on Wednesday, April 3rd at The Charleston Music Hall. The Stringdusters are on tour promoting their album Rise Sun, which released tidat. With Bill Murray in attendance and Rise Sun at merch stands early, the band showed off songs from the album, dusted off some covers, and teased Grateful Dead tunes.
The first set kicked off with their new single, “Rise Sun” which had bassist Travis Book flexing his vocals. “Rise Sun” gave way to a fiddle solo from Jeremy Garret that transitioned smoothly from the studio rendition. “Night on the River” off 2012’s Silver Sky came next with Garret and Chris Pandolfi (banjo) climbing to a very sharp peak. On the dark side of this summit laid a subtle tease of “Wharf Rat” leading into the first sequence of songs of the night.
“Well Well” boasted well for Long Island’s Andy Falco on lead guitar. Falco moved up and down the frets showing off progressive guitar effects in a traditional bluegrass setting. This led the band to “Somewhere In Between” and treated Charleston to another song off the new album, “Drank”. Within “Drank”, the band crowded Hall as he kneeled for a screaming solo on dobro. “Drank” went into an unsuspecting “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” jam as a nod to the late Earl Scruggs. During a pause, Book pointed out how great it is to visit Charleston between the cuisine and hanging down on Folly Beach. The Stringdusters ran into “Peace of Mind” and their cover of the pop hit “Get Lucky” that got the seated crowd, stood up for and remained ready for the second set of a true General Admission show.
Set two kicked off with a cover of Traveling Wilburys’ “End of the Line” and The Infamous Stringdusters hit “Gravity” that wrapped into a reprise by Andy Hall on dobro. Up next, was the single off their first album “Fork in the Road” with a brief Falco-led “Terrapin Station” tease. The second of three songs off 2017’s Laws of Gravity came next with “Back Home” leading way to yet another cover. This time Jimi Hendrix got the call with The Duster’s rendition of “Manic Depression”.
The Infamous Stringdusters went to a string of originals with the heavily covered “Black Elk”, a song fresh off the new album, “Wake the Dead”, “1901: A Canyon Odyssey”, and “Let Me Know”. The final cover of set two was from The Cure with their 1987 song “Just Like Heaven” which was followed by “Hillbillies” to close out the show. After bowing out, The Stringdusters came right back for a quick and shuffling cover of the Bill Monroe classic “Uncle Pen” before leaving stage on their way up the coast with Jon Stickley Trio.
The Infamous Stringdusters put on a good time in the days leading up to the release of what is promised to be their most quality album to date. The Dusters will be celebrating their album release for Rise Sun at 9:30 Club in Washington, DC tonight, April 5th. This performance is followed by a show at The National in Richmond, Virginia. Head to their website for tickets and info.
Thx for coming out guys, really fun night at the @chsmusichall 
: @sneetchcvilleSetlist: The Infamous Stringdusters | The Charleston Music Hall | Charleston, SC |4/3/19
I: Rise Sun > Night River # > Well Well, Somewhere in Between > Drank, Foggy Mountain Breakdown^ Jam > Peace of Mind > Get Lucky
II: End of the Line > Gravity % > Fork, Back Home > Manic Depression > Black Elk, Wake the Dead, Canyon, Let Me Know, Likes > Hillbillies
Encore: Uncle Pen*
# w/ Wharf Rat tease
^ Earl Scruggz cover
% Terrapin Station tease
*Bill Monroe Cover
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