On Saturday, The String Cheese Incident played their second show of the weekend at Aspen, CO’s inaugural The Après, a new festival in collaboration with the area’s renowned live music venue, Belly Up Aspen. The night prior, the sextet offered up an electric two-set performance at the Belly Up.
Following a brief weather delay, The String Cheese Incident opened up their first set with “Manga”, a fairly new tune that was inspired by legendary Cameroonian bassist Andre Manga and debuted last summer at Electric Forest. The band moved forward with an exploratory take on “Texas”, highlighted by some explosive work from Michael Kang on his electric mandolin. Following a brief pause, Kang picked up his fiddle as the sextet moved forward with “Valley Of The Jig”. Michael Travis and Jason Hann set the tone with a tight trancey rhythm behind their kits, allowing keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth to send the jam into a spacey realm, as he messed around with his synth. A tender take on “Barstool” came next, followed by “Illegal” and a roaring “It Is What It Is”. The String Cheese Incident brought their first set to a close with the Hollingsworth-led “Colliding”.
Following a brief setbreak, The String Cheese Incident returned to open up their second set with “So Far From Home”. Bill Nershi offered up some nice work on the acoustic guitar, along with some funky interplay out of Hollingsworth’s corner. With Keith Moseley laying down a meaty groove on the bass, the band moved forward with “Sirens”, giving Kang a chance to fire off a scorching solo. Fighting through the cold rain, SCI continued with “One Step Closer”, “Bhangra Saanj”, and a crowd-pleasing rendition of “Shantytown”. “Shantytown” made way for a “Drums” segment before the band closed out their second set with “Let’s Go Outside”.
Tonight, The String Cheese Incident returns to The Après in Aspen, CO for their final performance of the weekend.
The String Cheese Incident’s 25th-anniversary schedule will continue with a two-night stand at The Fox Theatre in St. Louis, MO on April 19th and 20th. From there, the band will head down to the Big Easy during the second weekend of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for a trio of special performances including a show at The Orpheum on May 2nd and a pair of shows at Mardi Gras World with support from Pigeons Playing Ping Pong on May 3rd and 4th.
The band will continue with a performance at Cumberland, MD’s DelFest on May 24th, followed by a three-night run at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY on May 25th, 26th, and 27th. SCI will also make summer festival appearances at Electric Forest, The Peach Music Festival, and FloydFest, as well as a four-night Independence Day run, and their annual three-night homecoming run at Morrison, CO’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre on July 19th, 20th, and 21st.
For ticketing information and a full list of The String Cheese Incident’s upcoming tour dates, head to the band’s website.
Setlist: The String Cheese Incident | The Après | Aspen, CO | 4/6/2019
Set One: Manga, Texas, Vally Of The Jig, Barstool, Illegal > It Is What It Is, Colliding
Set Two: So Far From Home > Sirens > One Step Closer > Bhangra Saanj, Shantytown > Drums > Let’s Go Outside
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