Greensky Bluegrass took on the Empire State with a recent run of four shows spanning Buffalo, Port Chester, and Utica, New York. The run was highlighted by a two-night stand at The Capitol Theatre featuring appearances from Neighbor frontman Lyle Brewer and Twiddle‘s Mihali Savoulidis.
Greensky began the weekend at Buffalo’s Town Ballroom, where Anders Beck reminisced with the crowd about the birth of “Casual Wednesday” that took place in Buffalo in 2014. The band then played the song despite it being a Thursday, with Beck exclaiming, “This Thursday in Buffalo is definitely the best Casual Wednesday of my life!” The show also featured a couple relatively rare covers, including “The Wind Cries Mary” by Jimi Hendrix and “When Doves Cry” by Prince.
Next came two nights at The Capitol Theatre with support from Boston upstarts Neighbor on Friday the 13th and Twiddle frontman Mihali the following night. Each show featured a notable sit-in from that night’s opener, with Neighbor guitarist Lyle Brewer joining Greensky at the end of the first set for the title track to the band’s recent album, Stress Dreams, and a cover of Derek & The Dominos‘ “Keep On Growing”, and Mihali following suit during the second set on Saturday, sitting in on “What You Need” and Cannon’s Jug Stompers‘ “Big Railroad Blues”.
Greensky Bluegrass wrapped up the New York run on Sunday with the band’s first-ever concert in Utica, NY at The Stanley. The show featured a cover of The Beatles‘ “A Day In The Life”, not played since the summer of 2021.
Watch pro-shot footage of Greensky Bluegrass performing “Stress Dreams” with Lyle Brewer and other pro- and fan-shot videos below, and scroll down to check out photos from the band’s weekend in New York from photographer Dylan Langille/ontheDL. Full-show audio is also available via Keith Litzenberger and Seth Nochajski.
Greensky Bluegrass w/ Lyle Brewer – “Stress Dreams” [Pro-Shot] – 1/13/23
Greensky Bluegrass – Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY – 1/12/23
Setlist: Greensky Bluegrass | Town Ballroom | Buffalo, NY | 1/12/23
Set 1: Merely Avoiding, Broke Mountain Breakdown > Wind Cries Mary (The Jimi Hendrix Experience), Murder of Crows, Less Than Supper, Just to Lie, Streetlight > When Doves Cry (Prince)
Set 2: Give a Sh–t, 33443, All Four, Like reflections, Fixin’ to Ruin, Casual Wednesday*, In Control > Can’t Stop Now (New Grass Revival), Worried About the Weather
Encore: Hit Parade of Love (Jimmy Martin)
* Anders recounts story of the birth of Casual Wednesday on 2/5/14 at the Town Ballroom when band played despite a huge snowstorm. Band begins to sing “Causal Wednesday”… on thursday. Anders screams: “This Thursday in Buffalo is definitely the best Casual Wednesday of my life!”
Setlist: Greensky Bluegrass | The Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, NY| 1/13/23
Set One: Wish I Didn’t Know > It’s Not Mine Anymore, Small Axe, Get Sad, Foggy Mountain Special, Reasons to Stay, Crying Holy Unto The Lord, Stress Dreams*, Keep On Growing* (Derek and the Dominos)
Set Two: Do It Alone, Living Over, Freeborn Man (Keith Allison) > Bottle Dry, Monument, All For Money, Past My Prime > Run Or Die
Encore: Forever Young (Bob Dylan)
*with Lyle Brewer of Neighbor
Notes:
“Forever Young” – LTP 01/31/20
“Foggy Mountain Special” – LTP 02/05/20
Setlist: Greensky Bluegrass | The Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, NY| 1/14/23
Set 1: Reuben’s Train (Traditional), Take Cover, Get Out > Burn Them, Against the Days, Miss September, Demons, Forget Everything, Leap Year
Set 2: Old barns, Clinch Mountain Backstep (Ralph Stanley), What You Need*, Big Railroad Blues* (Cannon’s Jug Stompers), Screams, Radio Blues, Worry for You > One More Night in Brooklyn, Don’t Lie
Encore: The Four
*w/ Mihali Savoulidis of Twiddle
Notes:
“Big Railroad Blues” – LTP 05/18/17
“One more night in Brooklyn” – LTP 05/25/12
Setlist: Greensky Bluegrass | The Stanley | Utica, NY | 1/15/23
Set 1: Train Junkie, A Day in the Life (The Beatles), Who Is Frederico, Courage for the Road, Congratulations and Condolences, I’d Probably Kill, Little Maggie (Traditional), Before Bring Out Your Dead, Bring Out Your Dead
Set 2: Grow Together, Absence of Reason, Jaywalking, New & Improved, Bone Digger (Cris Jacobs), Room Without a Roof, Windshield, Kerosene
Encore: White Freightliner Blues (Townes van Zandt)
Notes:
First time playing in Utica
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