Photo Credit: Bill Kelly

On Thursday, July 11, moe. brought its summer tour to The Big Apple for a performance at New York’s The Rooftop at Pier 17. Against a stunning city skyline, the band delivered a set tailored to the occasion with support from Daniel Donato, whose Cosmic Country opens for the legendary jam outfit on the tour.

Donato and Cosmic Country kicked off the show with its traditional mix of country standards and enticing originals tinted by the band’s distinctive psychedelic jam approach. New York attendees saw treatments of staples like the opener of Merle Haggard’s “Workin’ Man Blues” and the closing setlist staple of “Sugar Leg Rag,” originated by Cosmic Country pianist Nathan “Sugar Leg” Aronowitz.

After the intro, moe. stormed the stage with the setting-appropriate Dither classic “New York City.” The group built to a peak with fan favorites “Understand,” “Shoot First” and “Californ IA,” then went big in the mid-section with a string of highlights. The recent staple cover of Blind Melon’s “No Rain” brought the crowd to a roar, and the cover found a strong compliment in the later addition of Blind Faith’s “Can’t Find My Way Home.” Between these appeals, the jam heavyweights invited Donato to return for a sit-in on “Mexico,” the longstanding classic from 1994’s Headseed. In the wake of these thrills, moe. brought the show home with the closer of “Rebubula” and a final encore of “Gone.”

Get an inside look at moe.’s New York show in the gallery below, courtesy of photographer Bill Kelly. Find the complete setlist from the show below, and visit moe.org/tour for more information on the band’s ongoing summer tour.

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The Rooftop at Pier 17 – New York
7/11/24

Set: New York City, Understand, Shoot First, Californ IA, No Rain*, Mexico+, Haze, Can’t Find My Way Home^, Jazz Wank, Spine of a Dog, Rebubula
Encore: Gone

Notes:
* Cover of Blind Melon’s “No Rain”
+ w/ Daniel Donato
^ Cover of Blind Faith’s “Can’t Find My Way Home”