Greensky Bluegrass made their way to The Egg Performing Arts Center in Albany, NY for a casual Wednesday eggstravaganza last night. Nestled inside The Egg’s nearly-1,000 person capacity Kitty Carlisle Hart Theatre, Greensky treated fans to a balance of tasteful covers and bluegrass originals with the occasional “egg” pun sprinkled in.
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Following an opening set by Ghost Light, the quintet made their way to the stage in the sold out room. Members Paul Hoffman, Anders Beck, Dave Bruzza, Michael Arlen Bont, and Mike Devol started things off with a cover of Flatt & Scruggs‘ “Bringing in the Georgia Mail”. It didn’t take long for the band to start making egg references. After “Lose My Way” came a rendition of “Dustbowl Overtures” in which Hoffman changed the lyrics to “like a soft-boiled egg.”
The bluegrass veterans then moved through “Better Off”, “Hot Dogs (On Parade)”, and “I’d Probably Kill You” before the egg puns returned. During a rendition of Hot Rize‘s “Nellie Kane”, the lyrics were changed from “’til then I was the rambling kind” to “’til then I was the scramblin’ kind”. They then closed set one with “What You Need”, “Broken Highways”, and “Courage for the Road”.
Check out fan-shot videos of “What You Need” and “Courage for the Road” below.
Greensky Bluegrass – “What You Need” – 1/29/20
[Video: Matt Frazier]
Greensky Bluegrass – “Courage for the Road” – 1/29/20
[Video: Matt Frazier]
Set two began with the much-anticipated pre-song egg puns from the members of Greensky Bluegrass before launching into “Take Cover”. “Collateral Damage”, “Do It Alone” and “A Letter to Seymour” followed before the customary Wednesday night rendition of “Casual Wednesday”.
The five-piece proceeded with “New Rize Hill” before a cover of Bruce Springsteen‘s “Atlantic City” segued to “Just Listening”. A cover debut of Paul Simon‘s “Mother and Child Reunion” preceded the Airborne or Aquatic? cover, “Exuberance”, which segued into “Kerosene” to close out the second set.
Greensky Bluegrass – “Atlantic City” – 1/29/20
[Video: Matt Frazier]
Finally, Greensky Bluegrass closed out their performance at The Egg with a cover of Jimmy Martin‘s “Drink Up and Go Home”, which contained teases of Eric Clapton‘s “Let It Grow”.
Greensky is back on the road tonight for a show at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe, PA before heading to The Anthem in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 31st. Head to their website for tickets and more tour information. Scroll down for a setlist of their performance at The Egg.