Greensky Bluegrass is having one of those types of years when everything simply clicks. Their album, If Sorrows Swim, was one of the breakout albums of the year and even made the number one spot of our top 20 albums of 2014. They played an incredible two-night run at Brooklyn Bowl in January and have continued to spread like wildfire in 2015. In one of the more shining moments of their career, the band played a career-defining show last night at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, CA with Grateful Dead bassist and idol Phil Lesh.
Lesh joined the band mid-way through their second set on electric bass, with Mike Devol playing upright bass, for takes on “All Four”, “Don’t Lie” (both Greensky originals), and covers of the Dead’s “Mr. Charlie”, “Black Muddy River”, and “Franklin’s Tower”. The group ended the night with an encore of “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You” and “Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad.”
Greensky Bluegrass at Brooklyn Bowl: Transcending Bluegrass (Review)
Greensky will be off the road until the Dear Jerry show at Merriweather Post Pavilion in MD on May 14th. Until then, you can stream and download last night’s show, courtesy of The Barn Presents.
[cover photo courtesy of Brian Spady Photography]
   Terrapin Crossroads 3/24/2015
   Set 1
   A Letter to Seymour
   In Control
   Leap Year
   Wings for Wheels
   Kerosene
   The Four
   Burn Them$
   China Cat Sunflower>>
   Midnight Rider~
   Set 2
   Better Off
   Windshield
   Mr. Charlie**
   All Four**
   Black Muddy River**
   Franklin’s Tower**
   Don’t Lie>>Eyes of the World>>Don’t Lie**
   Encore:
   Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You@
   Going Down The Road Feeling Bad+
   Notes:
   $ W/ Keith Kinnear (tambourine)
   ~ The Allman Brothers Band
   ** with Phil Lesh
   @ Bob Dylan
   + Anders Beck We Bid You Goodnight ending tease