{"id":38,"date":"2019-01-12T15:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2019\/2019\/01\/12\/greensky-bluegrass-winter-tour-opener-albany\/"},"modified":"2019-01-12T15:00:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T15:00:46","slug":"greensky-bluegrass-winter-tour-opener-albany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2019\/2019\/01\/12\/greensky-bluegrass-winter-tour-opener-albany\/","title":{"rendered":"Greensky Bluegrass shows fans the love at Winter Tour opener in Albany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For their Winter Tour opener in support of the upcoming album\u00a0All\u00a0For\u00a0Money<\/em>, Greensky Bluegrass <\/a>found an enthusiastic welcoming crowd at The Palace Theatre<\/a> in Albany on Thursday, January 10. Fan familiarity has grown greatly throughout New York in the past few years with two memorable shows at The Egg (the latter of which sold out), and now, a tremendous show at The Palace in Albany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Circles Around the Sun performed a 45-minute opening set of instrumental Grateful-Dead-inspired compositions. The first few rows were packed-in with fans of Neal Casal\u2019s Fare Thee Well project, which is finding tremendous response from fans in the live setting. The pairing with Greensky Bluegrass could not have been more perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid a sea of bobbing heads, who were rapt with attention throughout the night, Greensky kicked off their first set of the tour with a quick jumpstart in “A Letter to Seymour” and “In Control,” off 2014’s If Sorrows Swim. <\/em>“All for Money,” the title track of their latest release was an early highlight, featuring instrumental consonance that was coupled with exquisite vocal harmonies, and had room to jam built in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“All 4” had an ebb and flow during the slow developing improv; one that grew to a remarkable peak before returning to a unified point. Greensky really shines when they unleash a jumble of jam inside their songs, always with an ear to bandmates and eventually finding their way home with applause to end the journey. It was followed by Dire Straits “Money for Nothing” to wrap up the first set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dobro-extraordinaire Anders Beck said, as the band returned to the stage shortly after 10pm, “You can tell it’s Set 2 because it’s after the first,\u201d and with that Yogi-ism it started with “Old Barns” and “Murder of Crows.” The lights on this evening towered over the band, and illuminated the audience in a minimalist design that fit the stage and sound aptly.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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