moe. Plays Creature Theme Set At Adirondack Independence Music Festival
The band also dusted off “All Roads Lead To Home” for the first time since Chuck Garvey’s stroke.
By Scott Bernstein Sep 3, 2024 • 12:22 pm PDT
Several bands have developed Labor Day Weekend traditions over the years including Phish at Dick’s near Denver and Dave Matthews Band at The Gorge. moe. forged one of their own as headliners of the Adirondack Independence Music Festival in Lake George, New York since 2021. The trend continued on Saturday and Sunday with Saturday’s performance including a creatures-themed first set and the return of a Chuck Garvey-penned favorite.
moe. played two sets on both Saturday and Sunday, the second two days of the 2024 Adirondack Independence Music Festival. The band — guitarists Chuck Garvey and Al Schnier, bassist Rob Derhak, percussionist Jim Loughlin, keyboardist Nate Wilson and drummer Vinnie Amico — opened on Saturday with “Crab Eyes” and then dropped into “Yellow Tigers.”
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When “Billy Goat” and “Bear Song” were linked to follow, fans began to sense a theme. Oldie “Spine Of A Dog” came next along with the recently debuted “Bat Country.” moe. sealed the frame with a “Moth” that encompassed “Godzilla,” a Blue Oyster Cult song about a fictional reptile.
Chuck Garvey stepped up to the mic to lead his bandmates through “All Roads Lead To Home” to start the second set on Saturday. moe. hadn’t performed the song since Garvey suffered a stroke in November of 2021 besides a version played on December 11, 2021 when Reid Genauer handled lead vocals — a span of 158 shows. Next up was the instrumental “Mar De Ma” and Schnier-penned “Tailspin.” The ensuing +20-minute “Timmmy Tucker” formed the improvisational bulk of the frame before a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “No Quarter” closed. moe. returned to punctuate the night with a “Puebla” encore.
Watch moe.’s creature-themed set in Lake George via audience-captured video below:
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moe. has a series of festival appearances on the books this fall. First up are sets at The Ramble in Maryland and at North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Jam October 11 – 13.
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Photos by Paul Citone
Official Audio (via nugs.net)
Setlist
Set One: Crab Eyes, Yellow Tigers, Billy Goat > Bear Song, Spine Of A Dog, Bat Country, Moth > Godzilla > Moth
Set Two: All Roads Lead To Home*, Mar-De-Ma, Tailspin > Timmy Tucker, No Quarter
Encore: Puebla
* – Last Time Played December 11, 2021 (158 Show Gap)
