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 Goose at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York on March 10, 2023. | |
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| Origin | Wilton, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Website | goosetheband |
Goose is an American jam band from Wilton, Connecticut. The band consists of Peter Anspach, Jeff Arevalo, Cotter Ellis, Rick Mitarotonda, and Trevor Weekz. [1] [2] [3]
Goose was formed in 2014 by singer and guitarist Rick Mitarotonda, drummer Ben Atkind, and bassist Trevor Weekz. Rick, Trevor, and Ben had previously played together in the band Vasudo. [4] Multi-instrumentalist Peter Anspach joined the band in 2017, followed by percussionist Jeff Arevalo in 2020, with Cotter Ellis joining the band in 2024. [4]
The band garnered praise for their performance at the 2019 edition of The Peach Music Festival, which gained them popularity in the jam band scene and has been viewed over 420,000 times on YouTube/Facebook as of March 2023. [5] [6] In January 2020 the band played two well received late night performances at Dead & Company's Playing in the Sand event in Mexico. The band's rise in popularity resulted in booking larger venues for their 2020 tour, such as the Bowery Ballroom in New York City, but they canceled the tour after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down live music performances worldwide. [5] Instead, the band livestreamed eight concerts without an audience from a barn in Connecticut in June 2020, called the Bingo Tour. [5] The Bingo Tour grossed more than $100,000 for the band. [5]
Goose released a 20-minute jam version of the Vampire Weekend song "2021" in February 2021 at the request of Vampire Weekend singer Ezra Koenig, who is a fan of the group. [6] [7]
Following the pandemic, Goose booked a series of performances at large venues in 2021 and 2022, such as Radio City Music Hall in New York, Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado and their first-ever arena concerts at the Mohegan Sun Arena in their native Connecticut. On June 24 and 25, 2022, Goose played two shows at Radio City Music Hall. [6] The June 25 concert featured appearances by Father John Misty, and Phish guitarist and lead singer Trey Anastasio, the latter of whom played with Goose for their entire third set. [8] Goose and the Trey Anastasio Band performed together in an eight-date co-headlining tour in November 2022. [9] [10]
In January 2023, Goose was the top billed special guest at Dead & Company's Playing in the Sand festival in Mexico, headlining on the main stage on the second night. During their January 15 performance, the band was joined by Bob Weir for three songs at the end of the first set. Atkind and Arevalo went on to play with the Rhythm Devils during "Drums" at Dead & Company's next shows.
In July 2023, at Resonance Festival in Ohio, Goose was joined on stage during the second set by Jake Cinninger and Joel Cummins of Umphrey's McGee to perform "Empress of Organos". That same month, at the Newport Folk Festival, the band were joined on-stage by Animal from Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem for their performance of "Animal". [11]
Anspach personally mixes the band's live performances for release shortly after the band finishes their concerts. [6]
On December 22, 2023 the band released a statement that founding member and original drummer Ben Atkind would be departing the band. [12]
On February 5, 2024 the band announced that Cotter Ellis would be joining the band as the new drummer. [13]
Goose has been regularly compared to jam bands such as Phish and Umphrey's McGee, both of which the band's members count as influences. [6] Goose describes itself as an "indie groove" band, but does acknowledge its jam band influences; speaking to Uproxx music critic Steven Hyden, guitarist Rick Mitarotonda said "Frankly there are a lot of cheesy and not great jam bands that have existed over time. Obviously, we’ve strayed away from that for obvious reasons, or tried to at least. But, I mean, we are a jam band. We jam, and we improvise a lot." [6] Hyden wrote that Goose's indie rock and trance influences contrast the funk and progressive rock influences of Phish and the folk, jazz, and blues influences of the Grateful Dead. [6]
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