Watch Greensky Bluegrass Debut Harry Styles Cover In Kansas City

See GSBG turn the Uptown Theatre into Harry’s House.

By Nate Todd Feb 27, 2023 10:08 am PST

Greensky Bluegrass wrapped up their 2023 Winter Tour at the Uptown Theatre in Kansas City on Saturday. The quintet unveiled a cover of Harry Styles’ “As It Was” as the penultimate song of the second set.

GSBG — mandolinist Paul Hoffman, guitarist Dave Bruzza, banjo player Michael Bont, bassist Mike Devol and dobro player Anders Beck — kicked off the concert with “Grow Together” off their latest album Stress Dreams. The first set also saw a performance of oldie “Broken Highways,” along with standards like “Burn Them,” “Old Barns” and set closer “Leap Year.”

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The second set got going with another vintage number, “The Radio Blues.” The quintet also went heavy on the Stress Dreams tracks during the second frame offering “Screams,” “Absence Of Reason” and “Worry For You.” The band’s take on instrumental from Beck’s time in The Wayword Sons followed “Worry For You” and flowed into the debut of Harry Styles’s “As It Was.”

The song’s opening synth line — handled by Bont on the banjo — and upbeat nature translated well to bluegrass. Hoffman led the band through the Harry’s House cut ahead of set closer “Living Over.” Greensky Bluegrass returned to encore with “Fixin’ To Ruin.”

Watch Greensky Bluegrass debut Harry Styles’ “As It Was” below:


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Setlist (via Phantasy Tour)

Set One: Grow Together, Cryin’ Holy Unto The Lord (Rock Where Moses Stood), Broken Highways, Burn Them, Take Cover, Get Out, Old Barns, Forget Everything, Leap Year

Set Two: The Radio Blues, Screams, Courage for the Road, Room Without a Roof, Absence of Reason, Worry for You, Tarpology > As It Was[1], Living Over

Encore: Fixin To Ruin

Notes:

[1] first time played

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