Runaway Gin - a Tribute to Phish, the world's most active Phish Tribute (w/ over 230 shows performed) announces a 5-date June run which includes debuts in Burlington,VT, Saratoga, NY, VA Beach, VA, Roanoke, VA, a return to New York City and releases audio from their "April Phool's Day" bonanza last weekend at the Lincoln Theater in Raleigh, NC which included a Jim Morrison themed "Harpua" bustout (89 show gap) as well as other assorted gimmicks, copious Type 2 jamming, and loads of novel segues: - 4/1/2017 April Phool's Day - Lincoln Theater - Raleigh, NC
_ Set I: Cars Trucks Buses, Horn > Ya Mar, the Wedge > Fuego -> Roses are Free -> You Enjoy Myself* > Contact
- Set II: Meat -> Crosseyed and Painless -> Twist, Harpua -> Roadhouse Blues -> Harpua > Ha Ha Ha^, Carini -> Good Times Bad Times, Golgi Apparatus E: War Pigs -> Sanity -> Slave to the Traffic Light^^
- *w/ "Tropical Hot Dog Night" quotes in vocal jam ^RG debut ^^w/ "Harpua" teases
- NOTE: All songs in set I reference cars and driving. In Harpua narrative little Jimmy grows up to become Jim Morrison and he brings Poster Nutbag to his show at the Hollywood Bowl. After the show Poster licks Jim's tongue and begins to hallucinate and ultimately jumps off the roof of the Hollywood Bowl thinking he can fly home in the rainstorm and dies. -
This weekend Runaway Gin will tour through Florida and next they perform at the Official Sweetwater 420 Fest Afterparty at the Hard Rock Cafe in Atlanta. Here is a full list of their announced dates
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Thursday, April 13th - High Dive - Gainesville, FL
Friday, April 14th - the Funky Biscuit - Boca Raton, FL
Saturday, April 15th - Jannus Live - St. Petersburg, FL
Friday, April 21st - Sweetwater 420 Fest Afterparty - Hard Rock Cafe - Atlanta, GA
Friday, May 19th - Hidden in the Hollow Festival - Butler, TN
Sunday, May 28th - Charleston Pour House - Charleston, SC
Thursday, June 1st - Higher Ground - Burlington, VT
Friday, June 2nd - Putnam Den - Saratoga, NY
Saturday, June 3rd - American Beauty - New York, NY
Friday, June 16th - Shaka's Live - VA Beach, VA
Saturday, June 17th - Martin's Downtown - Roanoke, VA
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For tour dates, videos and live recordings visit Runaway Gin's website here complete with videos, posters, photos, and setlists.