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\n\tThe group first launched during an impromptu house party performance on Halloween night in 2000 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a performance that has evolved into a musical journey that has brought the five-piece group to headlining festival main stages and selling out venues throughout the country, including recently spearheading their 20th show at iconic venue Red Rocks. Since issuing their debut album Less Than Supper<\/em> in 2004, Greensky Bluegrass has notched two Billboard<\/em> Bluegrass Albums chart-toppers, with 2014\u2019s If Sorrows Swim<\/em>, and 2019\u2019s All For Money.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\tGreensky Bluegrass will commemorate its silver anniversary by returning to its hometown roots with two shows at Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, but also with the release of new album XXV<\/em>, arriving Friday, (Oct. 31) on Big Blue Zoo Records\/Thirty Tigers.<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s the first time that I\u2019ve ever actually slowed down enough to look back and it\u2019s worth celebrating, because so many bands don\u2019t even get a chance to do that,\u201d Greensky Bluegrass dobroist Anders Beck tells Billboard.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\tOn XXV<\/em>, Greensky Bluegrass reimagines many of its most well-loved songs, captures a couple of live-show staples for the first time, and welcomes a strong roster of collaborators, including Sam Bush, Lindsay Lou, Nathaniel Rateliff, Aoife O\u2019Donovan, Holly Bowling and Greensky Bluegrass\u2019s fellow Michigan native, Billy Strings.<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cIt wasn\u2019t about, like, \u2018We want really big, important guests on this record.\u2019 It was calling friends,\u201d Beck says. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like a family photo album. And it was fun to reimagine the songs. When you finish a record, you\u2019re trying to make the penultimate version of that song, and then to get to redo it 10, 15, 20 years later is pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tOn XXV<\/em>, Rateliff joins on \u201cPast My Prime,\u201d while Bowling joins on \u201cLast Winter in the Copper Country\u201d and \u201cWindshield.\u201d Previously-recorded songs such as \u201cOld Barns\u201d and \u201cWindshield\u201d get fresh patinas, but the album also sees live-show favorites such as \u201cWho Is Frederico?\u201d and \u201c33443\u201d make their initial appearances on a recorded Greensky project.<\/p>\n\n\tThe band\u2019s name has long embodied the group\u2019s nimble balancing act of being rooted in and familiar with bluegrass traditions while also using it as a launching pad for exploring other, often contrasting, musical styles. In the process, Beck and his bandmates Michael Arlen Bont (banjo), Dave Bruzza (guitar), Mike Devol (upright bass) and Paul Hoffman (mandolin) became trailblazers for the acceleration of the freewheeling, jamgrass movement over the years, a style that now fuels live shows for artists such as Strings. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cA lot of these arrangements and guest spots were born out of the live shows\u2014In fact, most all of \u2019em,\u201d Beck says. \u201cThe things with Holly Bowling, she\u2019s essentially the sixth number of our band. And Lindsay Lou, she wrote a key part for the song \u2018In Control\u2019 live, just singing with us one day.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tStrings joins on a revamped version of \u201cReverend,\u201d which originally was included on Greensky Bluegrass\u2019s 2008 album Five Interstates<\/em>. The group first met fellow Michigan native Strings when he was a precocious teen, and Strings was opening shows for Greensky Bluegrass before his ascent to headlining arenas.<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cHe\u2019s played \u2018Reverend\u2019 in his shows, and it\u2019s funny, with him, he could sing most of our songs,\u201d Beck says. \u201cI think at the first time we met, we went to a campground and jammed all night around a campfire. That was the beginning of the musical friendship, if I recall correctly. I remember he seriously was like, \u2018How do I jam these tunes?\u2019 And I remember my answer being like, \u2018First, you stop stopping,\u2019 which is totally true, and it\u2019s also right in line with my sense of humor. Bluegrass songs are concise, and he was into real traditional stuff. Then he was on tour opening for us for a long time and he\u2019s an incredible musician.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Bowling collaboration of \u201cLast Winter in Copper Country\u201d took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, during the recording sessions for the group\u2019s 2022 Stress Dreams<\/em> album. \u201cWe went into the studio and they basically gave us the keys and said \u2018See ya.\u2019 So, we had her come play on this song and the six of us were in the room together and it just felt great to just jam again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\tNew Grass Revival founding member and progressive-bluegrass luminary Sam Bush joins them on a rendition of New Grass Revival\u2019s 1987 song \u201cCan\u2019t Stop Now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cSam\u2019s a hero who\u2019s become a friend,\u201d Beck says. \u201cI was in the studio with Sam and basically producing the song for the band a bit, and that was one of those \u2018How did I get here?\u2019 moments. Sam later brought me the little 45 record, the radio edit, of the New Grass version of \u2018Can\u2019t Stop Now.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tOver the years, the group has forged a sound that isn\u2019t easily categorized, blending and bending sounds along a spectrum of bluegrass, folk, Americana, jazz and rock. The band\u2019s concerts have become a hallmark of improvisational energy that has attracted a devoted and eclectic fanbase.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI think something that\u2019s always been important, is it\u2019s a collective of individual humans, and that that\u2019s why we\u2019ve got so many eclectic sounds,\u201d Beck says. \u201cIt\u2019s bluegrass, but also rock n\u2019 roll, it\u2019s all those things. Our fans encourage risk-taking, musically. And that\u2019s what I love about it so much\u2014failure is totally an option in a jam, as long as you\u2019re teetering on the edge.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tHe adds, \u201cThat\u2019s what keeps this music alive for 25 years, it\u2019s always evolving live. The band is so locked in on an improvisational level that I\u2019ve had lots of times where I play a wrong note or what I perceive to be a wrong note, and I\u2019m sort of searching for something and might play a weird half-step [note], and the whole band within that instant turns on a dime and follows that note. It\u2019s a beautiful thing. But it almost took me sort of playing the wrong note to realize how dialed in we are as a unit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThough the new album deals in retrospection, the group continues moving forward. Greensky Bluegrass just extended its current tour into 2026, and Beck notes the group intends to go into the studio early next year, saying, \u201cWe\u2019ve got tons of material for the next record.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThough Greensky Bluegrass has built its reputation on live shows, Beck says it is the songwriting that will ultimately be the band\u2019s most enduring creative asset.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe success and longevity of a band comes from the songwriting. That\u2019s why I joined this band 17, 18 years ago \u2014 the songs were f\u2014king killer. In the digital age, it\u2019s cool to think about the idea that anybody can find any music, anytime, and there will be some kid that goes back and discovers this band. Knowing that we\u2019ve been successful in doing it our way is exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n
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