moe. Debut Dropkick Murphys’ “Shipping Up to Boston” and Supertramp’s “Bloody Well Right” on St. Patrick’s Day
moe., photo by Dean Budnick
moe. kept on soaring through their Born to Fly Tour this week with two nights in Richmond, Va. on March 17 and 18. As they continued their trek down the East Coast, the foundational jamband celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with two cover debuts, then kept the excitement coming on the following evening with a rare Blind Faith treatment.
Moe. took the stage on Tuesday night with “Nebraska,” the sooped-up Tin Cans & Car Tires cut the matched the high energy of the crowd decked out in green. While holiday-appropriate surprises would follow in the second set, the group kept their fans locked in through the first with further essentials like a medley of “Spaz Medicine” and “Bullet,” a frame-closing spring through “Okayalright,” the Circle of Giants standout “Giants” and “Yodelittle” and their Sticks & Stones side “Raise a Glass,” performed for the first time since last March and naturally in the jovial spirit of the evening.
After the intermission, the moe. embraced their heavier side with a first-time cover of Dropkick Murphys’ classic pump-up song “Shipping Up to Boston,” then followed through with a sprawling four-track jam collision culminating in “Rebubula.” To wrap the show, the band returned for an encore with their first-ever take on Supertramp’s 1974 Crime of the Century single “Bloody Well Right.” On Wednesday, moe. finished off their residency at The Broadberry with a fairly straight-ahead two-set showcase of their own greatest hits, ornamented by the year’s first renditions of the Rob Derhak-penned original “Stranger Than Fiction” and Blind Faith’s Can’t Find My Way Home.”
moe. will perform again tomorrow, March 20, with the first of two nights at Asheville, N.C.’s The Orange Peel. Find tickets and more information on their ongoing tour at moe.org.
