String Cheese Incident Welcome Tony Furtado, Cover Vulfpeck in Atlanta

The String Cheese Incident had a busy holiday weekend, playing four straight nights that featured two two-night stands in Asheville, NC, and Atlanta, GA. For the first night at Atlanta’s Chastain Park Amphitheatre, the band got some help in the encore by a banjo virtuoso before bringing a Vulfpeck cover and the debut of an American classic during night two.

After opening up the Atlanta run with two-set performance that featured some String Cheese staples and a cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil,” the band brought out Tony Furtado during the encore for a bluegrassy run of “Restless Wind.” The sound went out near the end of the tune but came back just in time for the big finish. Watch a video of that song above.

For night number two, the band continued the party with guest vocalist Rhonda Thomas. The night featured a first-set run of Stevie Wonder’s “Signed Sealed Delivered, I’m Yours,” and a second-set cover of Vulfpeck’s “Funky Duck” before closing out the Atlanta run with an encore that saw the SCI debut of “America the Beautiful.” Listen to the full show here.

View the full setlists from the two-night stand below. Next up for SCI is a show at Ommegang Brewery in Cooperstown, NY, on July 8.

The String Cheese Incident

Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA

July 3

Set I: Close Your Eyes > Doin’ My Time, Betray The Dark, Xai Xai, Rhythm of the Road > Stop, Drop, Roll

Set II: Bumpin’ Reel, Dirk, Windy Mountain > Freedom Jazz Dance, Shine > Sympathy For The Devil > Rosie

Enc: Restless Wind*

Notes: *with Tony Furtado

Source: www.friendsofcheese.com

July 4

Set I: Valley of The Jig, Got What He Wanted, Dudley’s Kitchen, Sometimes A River, Turn This Around, Smile, Signed Sealed Delivered I’m Yours

Set II: Believe, Sweet Spot, Funky Duck*, Farther, Howard, Outside and Inside, Hot ‘Lanta, Let’s Go Outside

Enc: Black Clouds, America the Beautiful^

Notes: *Debut (Vulfpeck) ^Debut

Source: phantasytour.com