After a few weeks off the road, moe. brought their jams to the Saranac Brewery in Utica, NY to kick off a two-night run yesterday. Few bands have captured the hearts of Upstate New York music fans as powerfully as moe., and their return to Utica was certainly cause for celebration. With their Hoppy Hour Hero on tap and Ryan Montbleau Band opening up, moe. brought a ton of energy and some great moments during their performance

The show started with an insane “Timmy Tucker > Threw It All Away > Timmy Tucker” combination, before the band dusted off their classic tune “Don’t Fuck With Flo.” After giving fans a version of “CalifornIA,” the group segued into the David Bowie cover “Fame.” Once the funky song was done, moe. called on Ryan Montbleau and vocalists Kit Holliday and Lydia Harrell for a set-closing cover of Steely Dan’s “Bodhisattva.” What a set!

The second set was also chock full of great jams, with a sequence of “Water > Hector’s Pillow > Bring You Down” to open things up. The next section was easily a highlight of the night, as the band brought out No Guts, No Glory track “Silver Sun” and segued into Grateful Dead classic, “The Other One.” Not played since 1/24/15, moe. rocked the Grateful cover before returning to their psychedelic “Silver Sun” song. “Mar-DeMa” into “Y.O.Y” kept things going, and it was “Plane Crash” that closed out the set. With an encore of “Sensory Deprivation Bank,” moe. bid their fans a fond farewell.

moe. continues their run at Saranac tonight, July 30th, with support from Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. Check out some video highlights and the full setlist, provided by moe., below.

Bring You Down (clip)

Silver Sun > The Other One (clip)

Setlist: moe. at Saranac Brewery, Utica, NY – 7/29/16

Set One: Timmy Tucker > Threw It All Away > Timmy Tucker, Don’t Fuck With Flo > CalifornIA >(nh) Fame, Bodhisattava*

Set Two: Water > Hector’s Pillow > Bring You Down, Silver Sun > The Other One# > Silver Sun, Mar-DeMa >(nh) Y.O.Y, Plane Crash

Encore: Sensory Deprivation Bank

* – w/ Ryan Montbleau, Kit Holliday and Lydia Harrell
# – Last Time Played = January 24, 2015