On Sunday night, Mike Gordon returned to The Sinclair in Cambridge, MA for the final show of his four-night tour-closing run. On Saturday, Phish fans were in for a real treat when band member Trey Anastasio emerged for the second half of Gordon’s two-set show.

After getting started with “Pendulum”, Gordon and his band—comprised of guitarist Scott Murawski, keyboardist/organist Robert Walter, drummer John Kimock, and percussionist Craig Myers—moved into “Put Down The Phone”, a new Murawski tune debuted earlier in the tour at Asheville, NC’s Orange Peel. The quintet moved forward with a cover of Tom Petty‘s “Wildflowers” before unveiling “The Grid”, a tune off of Gordon and Leo Kottke‘s 2005 Sixty-Six Steps release.

“The Grid” was played for the first time of the year last night, and only the sixth since 2011. With Kimock anchoring the ship behind the kit, the band dove into “Mother’s Song”, followed by a crowd-pleasing rendition of “Spock’s Brain”. Gordon and his bandmates brought the first set to a close with a smooth segue pairing of “Infinite” into “Say Something”.

Following a brief set break, Mike Gordon and his bandmates returned to open their second set with “Only A Dream”, played for the first time since 2017. Gordon moved forward with “Steps” off of his 2017 OGOGO release before delivering a rockin’ cover of Beck‘s “Black Tambourine”. Following the full-throttle “Black Tambourine, the quintet sandwiched a recently debuted cover of Olivia Holt‘s “Thin Air” in between an exploratory “Yarmouth Road”, which was followed up by a silky-smooth pairing of “Jumping” into “Marissa”. Gordon closed out his second set and final set of the weekend with “Go Away”. The five-piece reemerged for their encore to deliver a two-song pairing with “I Am Random” and a show-closing cover of The Spencer-Davis Group’s “Gimme Some Lovin'”.

Mike’s only currently scheduled upcoming shows with his solo project include a show at New Orleans’ Joy Theater on May 3rd, followed by the band’s debut performance at Morrison, CO’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre on June 1st. For more information and ticketing, head to Gordon’s website.

Setlist: Mike Gordon | The Sinclair | Cambridge, MA | 3/24/2019

Set One: Pendulum, Put Down The Phone, Wildflowers, The Grid [1], Mother’s Song, Spock’s Brain, Infinite > Say Something

Set Two: Only a Dream, Steps, Black Tambourine, Yarmouth Road, Thin Air > Yarmouth Road, Jumping > Marissa, Go Away

Encore: I Am Random, Gimme Some Lovin’

[1] With additional lyrics.