Phish bassist Mike Gordon is currently making his way around the nation on a 17-date Fall Tour in support of his newly released album, OGOGO. In addition to the scheduled performances, Gordon announced two intimate daytime performances/autograph signings in local record stores. The first of the pair was yesterday, Thursday, September 28th, at The Sound Garden in Syracuse, New York, prior to Mike’s scheduled performance at Syracuse’s Wescott Theatre tonight, Friday, September 29th.
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Roughly 100 fans showed up for the lunchtime show, for which he played three tracks from OGOGO: “Victim,” “Stealing Jamaica,” and lead single “Steps.” “We’ve been working on these songs for a year but we still don’t really know what they’re about,” said Gordon to his unusually small audience, “It could be the light side of darkness. Or the mushy side of solidness.”
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Gordon’s second special record store appearance will take place at Denver’s Twist and Shout Records on October 14th—the afternoon of Gordon’s final show of his fall tour at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, CO.
You can watch crowd-shot footage from the intimate performance below, via YouTube user Casezille Elizabeth:
Mike Gordon’s solo tour continues tonight in earnest at The Westcott Theater in Syracuse, before the band heads to Toronto on Saturday and Detroit on Sunday. For a full list of dates, see below. For more information, or to buy tickets, head to Mike’s website.
Remaining Mike Gordon Fall 2017 Tour Dates:
Fri 9/29 The Westcott Theater, Syracuse, NY
Sat 9/30 Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto
Sun 10/1 St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI
Tue 10/3 Bells Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo, MI
Wed 10/4 20th Century Theater, Cincinnati, OH
Thu 10/5 The Vogue, Indianapolis, IN
Fri 10/6 The Metro, Chicago, IL
Sun 10/8 Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, WI
Tue 10/10 Slow Down, Omaha, NE
Wed 10/11 Madrid Theatre, Kansas City, MO
Fri 10/13 Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO
Sat 10/14 Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO
[Cover photo via Katrina Tulloch]
[h/t – Syracuse.com]