Dogs In A Pile made their eighth trip to Garcia’s a special one with the debut of two new original songs and a Rolling Stones cover. The rising jam quintet’s Thursday show at The Capitol Theatre‘s side club in Port Chester, NY also marked their first sellout at the venue.
The band—comprised of guitarist/vocalist Jimmy Law, keyboardist Jeremy Kaplan, guitarist/vocalist Brian Murray, drummer Joe Babick, and bassist Sam Lucid—front-loaded the first set with road-tested originals including “Crazy”, “Westward”, and a pairing of “Blues for Brian” and “Snow Day”. The back half of the set also included “Thomas Duncan Part 2” before Dogs In A Pile paid tribute to the venue’s namesake with Grateful Dead‘s “Dupree’s Diamond Blues” and finally closed with “G Song”.
It was clear that Dogs In A Pile had plenty of surprises in store when they returned for set two with “Stranger” and the debut of a new original tune, “Frosty”. A “Bubble” > “EDM Song” combo came next ahead of a rendition of “Brent Strange” that included a tease of Phish instrumental “What’s The Use?”. The Dogs then dedicated the ensuing “Spun” to keyboardist Jeremy Kaplan‘s father before segueing into the second original debut of the evening, “Appleseed”. The debuts kept on coming as the band performed its first-ever take on The Rolling Stones’ “Shine A Light”—dedicated to the nycfreaks community—before closing the show with “Charlie”.
Check out a gallery of images from Dogs In A Pile at Garcia’s courtesy of photographer Ken Spielman. Next up, the band heads to UNION Craft Brewing in Baltimore on August 25th to play alongside Muskrat Flats and Greasy Hands for Road to The Ramble Festival.
Following Phish’s Friday, September 2nd show at Dick’s Sporting Goods Arena, Dogs In A Pile will head to Denver, CO’s Cervantes’ for a late-night dance party. While Dogs In A Pile perform at Cervantes’ Other Side, the adjoining Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom will host Purple Party: A Tribute To Prince featuring members of The Motet, Trey Anastasio Band, The Nth Power, John Mayer/D’Angelo‘s bands, former members of Turkuaz, and more. Tickets allow patrons to move freely between the two shows. Get tickets here.
Setlist: Dogs In A Pile | Garcia’s | Port Chester, NY | 8/11/22
Set One: Crazy, Westward, Blues for Brian > Snow Day, Thomas Duncan Part 2, Dupree’s Diamond Blues (1), G Song
Set Two: Stranger, Frosty (2), Bubble > EDM Song, Bent Strange (3), Spun (4) > Appleseed (5), Shine A Light (6), Charlie
(1) Grateful Dead
(2) Debut
(3) What’s The Use – Phish tease
(4) Dedicated to Jeremy’s Dad
(5) Debut
(6) Rolling Stones, Debut, for the nycfreaks
