Nashville singer-songwriter Maggie Rose got some help from Phish bassist Mike Gordon at her Halloween show on Thursday night. The aptly spooky collaboration marked Gordon’s second sit-in with Rose and her band following their chance encounter at Burlington, VT’s Nectar’s in September.
With the stage adorned by cobwebs and other Halloween accouterments, Rose and her band worked their way through songs from her 2024 LP No One Gets Out Alive, a howling take on Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog”, and more. Following a rousing run through Have a Seat track “What Makes You Tick”, Maggie Rose (dressed as a vampire) welcomed Mike Gordon (in devil horns) for a stab at her live staple “Smooth” and a run through The Cranberries’ Halloween-appropriate hit “Zombie”. Gordon stuck around to jam on a lively cover of the Allman Brothers Band’s “Whipping Post” before clearing the stage for a set-closing “No One Gets Out Alive”.
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For the show’s encore, Rose and the band lurked back onstage with vocalist Billy Allen (who opened the show with his band, Billy Allen + The Pollies) and channeled the funk of forty thousand years with a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”. While Mike Gordon didn’t play along with the band on the final number, he did take the stage midway through the song for an impassioned reading of its Vincent Price-originated spoken-word narration while Rose led a “Thriller” dance flash mob in the audience.
Watch the full Volume livestream of the Maggie Rose Halloween show featuring Mike Gordon and more here. View the full setlist and a selection of photos from the show below.
Maggie Rose will be back onstage in Nashville on November 11th for a live edition of her Salute the Songbird podcast at featuring special guest Emily Ann Roberts. From there, she’ll get back on the road with her band for a three-night, three-city Texas run featuring stops in Austin (11/15), Dallas (11/16), and Houston (11/17). For a full list of upcoming Maggie Rose tour dates, head here.
Setlist: Maggie Rose | Eastside Bowl | Nashville, TN | 10/31/24
Set: Dead Weight, Do It, Under the Sun, Vanish, What Are We Fighting For, Underestimate Me, Saint, Mad Love, Lonely War, Black Dog [1], For Your Consideration, Fake Flowers, What Makes You Tick, Smooth [2], Zombie [3], Whipping Post [4], No One Gets Out Alive
Encore: Thriller [5]
[1] Led Zeppelin
[2] Frankenstein teases
[3] The Cranberries; with Mike Gordon on bass
[4] Allman Brothers Band; with Mike Gordon on bass
[5] Michael Jackson; with Billy Allen on vocals and Mike Gordon performing Vincent Price monologue. Thriller dance flash mob in the audience led by Maggie Rose.
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