To celebrate the beginning of 2018, Twiddle laid out a two-night run at the Palace Theater in Albany, New York. For their New Year’s Eve celebration proper, the four-piece Vermont-based band had special plans in the works, inviting the Giant Country Horns out for the entirety of their second set and a portion of their third. Composed of Dave Grippo on alto saxophone, Russell Remington on tenor saxophone, and Carl Gerhard on trumpet, The Giant Country Horns are best known for their performances with Phish during the 1991 “Horns Tour”.
Twiddle stuck close to their traditional catalog throughout the night, mixing select songs from their most recent release PLUMP with older numbers and sure-fire crowdpleasers. While set one saw the band doing what they do best as a four-person unit, set two saw the band welcome special guests, The Giant Country Horns, to the stage for the entirety of their six-song set.
“Lost In The Cold”
[Video: Leah F]
With the new year right around the corner, coming back for set three, the group opened with the one-two punch of “Atlantic Mocean” into “Barbeque”, with the latter containing the new year’s countdown. Twiddle invited the Giant Country Horns back onto stage for a rendition of “Auld Lang Syne”, and the horn trio stayed on for a take on “Grandpa Fox” before the core four members of Twiddle closed out the set with the classic combination of “Hatti’s Jam” into “When It Rains, It Pours”.
You can listen to the full show audio below, courtesy of Edmund Edwards.
Setlist: Twiddle | Palace Theater | Albany, NY | 12/31/2017
Set One: Subconscious Prelude, Drifter, Bronze Fingers, The FRENDS Theme, Wildfire, Dr. Remidi’s Melodium, Too Many Puppies, Dr. Remidi’s Melodium
Set Two: Orlando’s, Lost In The Cold, Brick Of Barley, Nicodemus Portulay, Bee Hop, Beethoven & Greene
Set Three: Atlantic Mocean > Barbeque, Auld Lang Syne, Grandpa Fox, Hatti’s Jam > WIRIP
[Audio: Edmund Edwards]
[Cover Photo: Paul Citone Photography via Twiddle’s Facebook page]