On Sunday, Greensky Bluegrass continued their 2019 fall tour with an appearance at East Aurora, NY’s Borderland Music & Arts Festival. The quintet welcomed Keller Williams for a Yonder Mountain String Band cover three songs into their set.
Greensky Bluegrass opened up their festival set with “Old Barns” before working through “Don’t Lie”, allowing Paul Hoffman, Anders Beck, Dave Bruzza, Mike Devol, and Michael Arlen Bont a chance to fire off a twangy solo as they rolled down the line. Moving forward, the five-piece welcomed Keller Williams to the stage for a debut cover of Yonder Mountain String Band’s “New Horizons”, as the musicians paid homage to the band’s late mandolinist, Jeff Austin. The Austin-penned tune appears on Yonder’s 2008 studio album, Town by Town.
Greensky Bluegrass continued on with originals “Windshield”, “Can’t Make Time”, Just To Lie”, and “All Four” before working through a cover of Jimmy Martin‘s “Hit Parade Of Love”. Following “Jaywalking”, the quintet closed out their set with Prince‘s “When Doves Cry”, played for the first time in 2019 according to PhantasyTour.com.
What an incredible night at @borderlandfest last night to cap off a huge week! #FallTour continues this week, hope to see you out there somewhere!
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— Greensky Bluegrass (@campgreensky) September 23, 2019
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Greensky Bluegrass. Feels like it was just yesterday I heard them the first time. #borderland
Check out a select gallery of photos from Sunday night’s show below courtesy of photographer ontheDL Photo (Dylan Langille).
Next up for Greensky Bluegrass is a performance at The Caverns in Pelham, TN this Wednesday, September 25th. For a full list of the band’s upcoming tour dates, ticketing, and more information, head to Greensky Bluegrass’ website.
Setlist: Greensky Bluegrass | Borderland Music & Arts Festival | East Aurora, NY | 9/22/2019
Set 1: Old Barns, Don’t Lie, New Horizons 1,2, Windshield, Can’t Make Time, Just to Lie, All Four, Hit Parade of Love, Jaywalking, When Doves Cry
- w/ Keller Williams (guitar, vocals)
- first time played