On Thursday night, Greensky Bluegrass brought their tour through The Fillmore Philadelphia and ended up welcoming a local favorite for a few tunes, as guitarist Tom Hamilton came out for a portion of the first set, which included early-day Grateful Dead cut “Mr. Charlie,” a song written by Pigpen McKernan and performed by the band during his tenure in the early ’70s. 

Hamilton has been performing the tune for years with Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, and Greensky have sprinkled it in their own repertoire, including for a special performance at Terrapin Crossroads during a sit in from Dead bassist Phil Lesh back in 2015. Both Hamilton and the host band showed off some serious chops during the song in Philly, with Greensky guitarist Dave Bruzza, mandolinist Paul Hoffman and banjoist Michael Bont all taking solos before handing it over to Hamilton, who ripped his own solo and traded some face-to-face licks with dobro player Anders Beck. 

Watch below.