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In the wake of releasing their seventh studio album, All For Money, Greensky Bluegrass played a retrospective show on Jan. 24 in Knoxville, Tenn., nodding to a fiery performance exactly a decade prior in Forest Grove, Ore.
The jamgrass outlet started their Knoxville show with a cover of The Louvin Brothers’ “Great Atomic Power,” which was the same tune they opened their 2009 gig with.
Later, GSGB welcomed jam-scene regular Cris Jacobs to play guitar on his own “Be My Stars” as well as the gospel/bluegrass standard “I’m Working on a Building.” After the sit in, the band ended the first set with a trio of originals, namely All For Money‘s “Courage for the Road,” Tuesday Letter‘s “No More Fun” and All For Money‘s “What You Need.”
After opening with another bluegrass classic – “Hit Parade of Love” – Greensky’s second set contained even more nods to their 2009 offering, including teases of “Boogie” by John Hartford in “Miss September” and an exact remake of their 10-years-prior encore which sandwiched their own “Runnin’ the Briars” in Prince’s “Little Red Corvette.”
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Check out Greensky Bluegrass’ 2019 and 2009 setlists below:
Greensky Bluegrass
Jan. 24, 2019
The Mill & Mine, Knoxville, Tenn.
Set I: Great Atomic Power, Demons, Murder of Crows, Ain’t No Bread in the Breadbox, Be My Stars*, I’m Working on a Building*, Courage for the Road, No More Fun, What You Need
Set II: Hit Parade of Love, Forget Everything, All Four> The Four, All for Money, White House Blues%, Miss September&, Train Junkie
Enc: Little Red Corvette> Runnin’ the Briars> Little Red Corvette
Notes:
* w/ Cris Jacobs (guitar, vocals)
% Rocky Top tease
& Freebird intro, Boogie (John Hartford) teases
Notes:
Atomic Power opener, Boogie teases and Little Red Corvette> Briars> LRC Encore are all nods to the 10th anniversary of the Grand Lodge show
Greensky Bluegrass
Jan. 24, 2009
McMenamin’s Grand Lodge, Forest Grove, Ore.
Set I: Great Atomic Power, Bont’s Breakdown, Reverend, Little Maggie, The River Waltz, Grow Bananas, Can’t Stop Now, Depot Bay, Salty Dog Blues, Indian Trail, King of the Hill, Katy Daley
Set II: Jack Straw, Can’t Make Time, The Radio Blues, Steam Powered Aeroplane*> Texas Gales> Middle Mountain Towns*> 200 Miles from Montana, Dry County> Pig in a Pen, Freeborn Man> Friend of the Devil> Freeborn Man
Enc: Little Red Corvette> Runnin’ the Briars> Little Red Corvette
Notes:
* w/ “Boogie” (John Hartford) teases

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