BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Boise BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:-0600 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:-0700 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3496e6b8-24f1-4089-ab9b-6cd6001a36e0@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261011T220157Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20270407T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20270407T210000 SUMMARY:Moe DESCRIPTION:Thirty-five years ago\, a posse of University of Buffalo-base d musician-friends got together to play music. Out of freewheeling sessi ons bursting with bold\, genre-defying creativity and tongue-in-cheek hu mor\, a 6-headed monster named moe. emerged. Decades later\, moe.’s tire less work ethic\, DIY resourcefulness\, infectious songwriting\, and hig hly-engaged fanbase—the Famoe.ly—have enabled the sextet to earn a succe ssful career. Yet\, the guys have never rested on their laurels as “jam band pioneers.” They average 100 shows per year\, and regularly release vital new music\, including the band’s latest album\, Circle of Giants ( ATO)\, its 13th release. Circle of Giants was nearly complete when bassi st/vocalist Rob Derhak’s 25-year-old son tragically passed away. The alb um reflects the band’s resilience\, channeling their grief into a collec tion that brims with grace\, humor\, and musical brilliance. Creatively invigorated by the addition of keyboardist Nate Wilson to the full-time lineup\, moe. has created a milestone album while processing an unfathom able loss. “Making this record started off very joyfully\, but then we e xperienced a severely traumatic event. The way through the darkness was to do what we do—make music\,” says guitarist/vocalist Al Schnier. moe. is a brotherhood\, featuring Derhak\, Schnier\, guitarist/vocalist Chuck Garvey\, drummer Vinnie Amico\, percussionist/vibraphonist Jim Loughlin \, and keyboardist Nate Wilson. The six-piece band came up in the primor dial pouch of the early jam band scene\, alongside Blues Traveler\, Spin Doctors\, Widespread Panic\, and Phish. Lauded by American Songwriter f or its “ mind-bending musicality\,” moe. is beloved for its sonic advent urousness\, unbridled showmanship\, and its witty and insightful songwri ting. NYS Music has said: “moe. has redefined what’s possible within the genre\, leaving a lasting impact and challenging listeners to rethink t he limits of musical expression.” Since releasing its foundational album \, Fatboy\, in 1992\, moe. has issued a vast and varied series of now-cl assic records. Select studio album highlights include 1998 ’ s Tin Cans & Car Tires\; 2004 ’ s Wormwood\; 2007 ’ s The Conch (which reached #1 o n Billboard ’ s “ Heatseekers” chart)\; and 2012 ’ s critically-acclaime d What Happened To The La Las. moe. has undertaken innumerable headline tours. Played international festival sets from Bonnaroo to Japan ’ s fam ed Fuji Rock. And performed on music-themed cruises\, and at sold-out sh ows alongside the Allman Brothers Band\, members of the Grateful Dead\, Dave Matthews Band\, and The Who\, among others. In addition\, moe. has both promoted and headlined at multiple festivals of its own\, including snoe.down and moe.down. In the past few years\, the band’s mettle has b een tested when two of its founding members battled life-threatening ill nesses. Derhak triumphed over nasopharyngeal cancer\, and Garvey bounded back from a stroke. Much of Circle of Giants was written during COVID l ockdown after the health scares\, but before Derhak’s son’s passing. The recording sessions were enhanced by Wilson\, the new guy\, who initiall y came onboard to fill out the sound while Garvey recovered from his str oke. Wilson came to the sessions bursting with inspiration\, savant-leve l musicianship\, and a brace of songs. With fresh blood and no shortage of new material\, the guys went into Tank Recording Studio in Burlington \, Vermont with longtime recording engineer Ben Collette (Phish\, Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks\, Snarky Puppy). It was during those the session s that Derhak’s son took his own life. “My wife and I made a decision to be honest and open up a dialogue about mental illness to benefit others who may be contemplating taking their lives\,” Derhak says. As a creati ve catharsis\, moe. reconvened at Derhak’s barn studio after the Tank St udio sessions. There\, they recorded more tracks\, one being Wilson’s so ng “Giants.” A powerful series of synchronicities involving Garvey playi ng the New York Times ’ Wordle\, the song “Giants\,” and a dream Derhak had about his late son inspired the album name\, Circle of Giants. The r ecord brazenly opens\, lunging forward with “Yellow Tigers\,” a song bri mming with swaggering\, blues-rock riffs\, and dazzling wah-wah drenched guitar solos. The slinky\, Latin-flavored “Bat Country” comes complete with airy flute\, a Santana-styled vamp\, and dexterous guitar soloing. “Bat Country” was written before Derhak’s son’s passing\, but it lyrical ly mixes fiction and true elements of Derhak’s son’s painfully complicat ed life. The Schnier song\, “Band In The Sky\,” is an uplifting and expa nsive mid-tempo track with a fantastical escapist narrative inspired by Douglas Adams’ counterculture gem\, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . The breezy\, harmony-laden “Ups And Downs” speaks directly to the band ’s hardships over the past few years. Circle of Giants concludes with th e imaginatively-arranged\, “Living Again\,” a Schnier song with a fictio nalized vignette about a single mom. “ Living Again” was written around the time of the iconic album\, The Conch\, and this is the first time it has been officially recorded. The song’s back half features nuanced gro up improvisation which washes together into a huge tidal wave of sound. Up next\, moe. is finally able to enjoy its 35th anniversary\, albeit a year late. “It feels good to celebrate after the amount of shit we’ve be en through\,” Dehrak says with a good-natured laugh. Schinier adds: “We have always found our way forward because we have each other”. Garvey co ncludes: It’s this through our brotherhood and our extended moe. family that always gets us through.”\n\nTickets: https://link.dice.fm/cbdc9307e 31e\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/3496e6b8-24f1-4089-ab9b-6cd6001 a36e0 LOCATION:Treefort Music Hall\, 722 W Broad St\, Boise\, ID 83702 URL:https://findlocal.community/event/3496e6b8-24f1-4089-ab9b-6cd6001a36e 0 STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR