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Greensky Bluegrass Brings Out Tom Hamilton For Jerry Garcia Band Favorite In Philly [Videos]

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Photo: Greensky Bluegrass Facebook ā€” Greensky Bluegrass' Anders Beck with Tom Hamilton, 2/6/25

Greensky Bluegrass visited the home of the then-future Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday, where the band called local player Tom Hamilton off the bench. TheĀ Joe Russo’s Almost Dead guitarist joined Greensky Bluegrass for aĀ Jerry Garcia Band-favoredĀ Motown classic and one of Greensky’s songs at The Fillmore.

Though it’s not like Greensky needed any more strings onstage, Hamilton put his electric guitar to good use on “Lose My Way”. Some impressive rock soloing gave an update to the throwback from Greensky’s 2011 album Handguns, before Hamilton and dobroistĀ Anders Beck locked eye-to-eye and face-to-face to feed each other’s firesā€”and vocalist/mandolinist Paul Hoffman broke in with the ending verse toĀ Led Zeppelin‘s “Stairway to Heaven”. Switching over to Hamilton’s typical modus operandi, the symphony of strings kicked intoĀ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles‘ “Second That Emotion”. Accordingly, after Hoffman finished the verses (with only a minor flub), Hamilton was given the floor for a short and sweet jam that put a sentimental cap on the first set.

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Check out videos of Tom Hamilton sitting in with Greensky Bluegrass in Philadelphia and listen to the full show on Internet Archive. Greesnky’s tour continues this week with dates throughout the Northeast, while Hamilton and JRAD are gearing up for a weekend in Georgia with shows at the Mercer Theatre in Savannah (2/13) andĀ The Eastern in Atlanta (2/14ā€“2/15). Find tickets to Greensky Bluegrass and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead on Ticketmaster.

Greensky Bluegrass, Tom Hamilton ā€” “Lose My Way” ā€” 2/6/25

[Video: Max Berde]

Greensky Bluegrass, Tom Hamilton ā€” “Second That Emotion” (Smokey Robinson, Al Cleveland) ā€” 2/6/25

[Video: Max Berde]

Setlist: Greensky Bluegrass | The Fillmore Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | 2/6/25

Set One: Old Barns, Leap Year, Cold Feet, Walkin’ the Dog (Rufus Thomas), Past My Prime, Burn Them, Born Again, Lose My Way [1] [2], Second That Emotion (Smokey Robinson, Al Cleveland) [1]
Set Two: Before Bring Out Your Dead > Bring Out Your Dead, Less than Supper > Light Up or Leave Me Alone (Traffic), Down the Road (Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs), While Waiting, Murder of Crows, Train Junkie (Benny Burle Galloway), Do It Alone, Living Over
Encore: Driven to Tears (Sting)

[1] w/ Tom Hamilton (electric guitar)
[2] Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin) interpolation

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