Goose brought its ongoing 2024 summer tour—the first extended outing featuring the band’s new lineup with Cotter Ellis on drums—to the Southeast last week for a series of sold-out shows in North Carolina and Georgia.
Kicking off the Southeast run on Tuesday, Goose took the stage at Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh, NC ready to get down to business. Fresh off stellar show in Cleveland and a headlining set at Northlands 2024, the band kept up its momentum with a fluid, segue-heavy first set that featured a cover of Radiohead‘s “Weird Fishes”, played for the first time in 81 shows. Set two was highlighted by a big jam on “Pancakes” and a singalong rendition of Steppenwolf’s “Magic Carpet Ride”. Fan favorite “Hot Tea” capped off the set ahead of another beverage-themed selection, “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” by Rupert Holmes, in the encore slot.
Goose – “Pancakes” – 6/18/24
From there, Goose headed to Atlanta to set up shop for three consecutive nights at Fox Theatre. Taking the stage on Thursday with “Butterflies”, a song written by multi-instrumentalist Peter Anspach, the band settled into its inaugural run at the historic venue with a memorable “All I Need” jam and a pair of Kenny Loggins songs, “I’m Alright” and “Make The Move”, before treating fans to the full “Jive Suite”, or a “jivefecta”, by combining “Jive I > Jive II > Jive Lee” to close set one.
A dancey “So Ready” opened set two, which also included a jammed-out cover of Grateful Dead classic “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo”. A high-energy “The Empress of Organos” closed the set, and a 420-friendly “Doobie Song” encore finished the first of three nights on a high note.
Another sold-out show on Friday began with Echo & The Bunnymen’s “The Killing Moon”, from the soundtrack to beloved 2001 sci-fi thriller Donnie Darko. Along with solid versions of “Elizabeth”, “Drive”, and “Bob Don”, another highlight of the set was a cover of The Clash’s “Rock The Casbah,” featuring percussionist Jeff Arevalo on lead vocals.
Night two set two launched with “Hungersite” and the recently debuted “Give it Time”, followed by an incendiary “Thatch” and an upbeat “Feel it Now”. Singalong ballad”726″ offered some respite ahead of the title track from 2022’s Dripfield and a powerful “Turbulence & The Night Rays” encore.
Goose – “Hungersite” > “Give It Time” > “Thatch” – 6/21/24
Wrapping up the Fox Theatre run on Saturday, Goose dropped in with jazzy jam vehicle “Hot Love & The Lazy Poet” before busting out The Wood Brothers’ “Atlas” for the first time in 92 shows. Set one also included “Mr. Action”, a song dedicated to the band’s crew, and the Afrobeat-inspired “Arrow”.
Goose – “Arrow” – 6/18/24
The band finished strong with an improv-heavy second set that weaved together just three tunes: the optimistic “Tumble”, an emotive “A Western Sun”, and a soaring “Red Bird” that wound through different sections and time signatures. After receiving an enthusiastic ovation at the end of the show, Goose returned to the stage for an encore, capping off the Atlanta run with The Band’s “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” and “Factory Fiction”. The Band classic made its second-ever appearance in a Goose set, coming 597 shows after its debut on June 17th, 2016 when Goose played the Garcia’s bar attached to the larger Capitol Theatre where the band has since headlined nine times.
The band finished its Southeast sojourn on Sunday at Charlotte, NC’s Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre with yet another sold-out show. Both sets included covers that brought smiles to the faces in the crowd, with Pat Benatar‘s “Love Is A Battlefield” in the first set and Johnny Rivers‘ “Secret Agent Man” in the second—the latter making its first appearance at a Goose show since 2020. A “Pancakes” tease from Peter during a fast version of “Echo of a Rose” brought things full circle to the huge “Pancakes” jam that kicked off the Southeast run, and “Arcadia”, with “Nebula” teases from Rick, brought the run to a satisfying conclusion.
Click below to view photo galleries from Goose’s Southeast run courtesy of photographer Daniel Ojeda.
Goose’s summer tour continues with shows in Portland, Philadelphia, New York, and New Haven, with all shows available to stream exclusively via nugs.net. For a full list of upcoming shows and to purchase tickets, visit the band’s website. [Editor’s Note: Live For Live Music is a nugs affiliate. Ordering your nugs subscription or purchasing a download via the links on this page helps support our coverage of the world of live music. Thank you for reading!]
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