Full Shows Audio: May Erlewine, Mike Lynch & Crew Members Join Greensky Bluegrass In Kalamazoo

Michigan-based Greensky Bluegrass held a pair of hometown shows this weekend at the Kalamazoo State Theatre. Fellow Michigan native, singer-songwriter May Erlewine opened both of the concerts in Kalamazoo and she sat-in with GSBG each night as well. Lansing-based keyboardist Mike Lynch was a guest during Saturday’s performance that also saw the band welcome members of their crew to the stage for a celebratory finale.

Friday’s action featured three Greensky Bluegrass debuts, beginning with their first set opening cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Thank You.” A few songs later Erlewine was brought back to the stage to lead the first GSBG performance of her original “The River Jordan.” Erlewine stuck around for a subsequent take on “Past My Prime.” Opening night’s second set was highlighted by extended renditions of “Worried About The Weather” and Traffic’s “Light Up Or Leave Me Alone.” Another classic rock cover debut was in store for the encore as Greensky offered their arrangement of The Rolling Stones’ “Salt Of The Earth.”

A 20-minute “Leap Year” got Saturday’s first set started and segued into The Beatles’ “A Day In The Life,” which was followed by “The Four” and “Bottle Dry.” Erlewine’s sit-in on Saturday came toward the back half of the opening set, joining GSBG on a cover the Aretha Franklin hit “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.” The special guest also augmented a performance of “Reverend” before exiting ahead of the closing “Kerosene.”

GSBG kicked off their final set of the weekend in Kzoo with “Jaywalking.” Set two also included a cover of Grand Funk Railroad’s “We’re An American Band” as well as a rendition of “Broke Mountain Breakdown” that fit “Old Home Place” within. Lynch came out to add keys to “For Sure Uh Huh” and a lengthy “Ain’t No Bread in the Breadbox,” leaving ahead of the “Windshield” closer. A debut of Sly & The Family Stone’s “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” was selected for the encore as the stage was filled with Erlewine, Lynch and members of the Greensky Bluegrass crew to bring an end to the hometown run of shows with another “thankful” cover.

Full show audio of both concerts taped and shared by Todd Moore is presented below:

November 24, 2017

Setlist (via Camp Greensky)

Set One: Thank You, Burn Them > Rueben’s Train, Old Barns (1), All Four, The River Jordan (2), Past My Prime (2), Freeborn Man (3)(4), Miss September > Burn Them

Set Two: Merely Avoiding, Worried About The Weather, Wings For Wheels, Pig In A Pen, Hold On, Light Up Or Leave Me Alone, Room Without A Roof, Frederico (5), Just To Lie > Living Over

Encore: Salt Of The Earth (6)(7)

Notes:

• (1) – New Barns arrangement
• (2) – with May Erlewine
• (3) – lyric change “You didn’t like my haircut”
• (4) – Rueben’s Train tease
• (5) – Bruzza on vibraslap
• (6) – I Know You Rider tease
• (7) – Chalkdust Torture tease

November 25, 2017

Setlist

Set One: Leap Year > A Day In The life > The Four > Bottle Dry, White Freightliner Blues, In Control > A Letter To Seymour, Natural Woman (1), Reverend (1), Kerosene

Set Two: Jaywalking (2), We’re An American Band, Into The rafters, Blood Sucking F(r)iends, Demons, Broke Mountain Breakdown > Old Home place > Broke Mountain Breakdown, For Sure Uh Huh (3)(4), Ain’t No Bread in the Breadbox (3)(5), Windshield (3)

Encore: Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (6) (7)

Notes:

• (1) – w/ May Erlewine
• (2) – Revolution #9 quote
• (3) – w/ Mike Lynch
• (4) – Llama quotes
• (5) – w/ Living Over jam
• (6)- Sly and Family Stone cover
• (7) – w/ May Erlewine, Mike Lynch, Greg Burns, Guido Batista, Keith Kinnear, Chef Michael Rhody, Andrew Lincoln, Seth Williams, Dylan Langille