Friday’s acoustic segment

For many years in the ‘90s and early ‘00s, Guster played a big Thanksgiving Weekend show in New York or Northern New Jersey (including a memorable show at Wetlands with moe. in 1995). Over the weekend, Guster revived the tradition with shows at Montclair, NJ’s Wellmont Theater on Friday and Saturday night. Brett Dennen opened both nights and joined the members of Guster onstage on Saturday for a completely unplugged version of “Jesus on the Radio.”

Before the show, Guster promised to play at least one song from each of their six studio albums each night, including 1994’s Parachute. The band came through on their promise and busted out “Mona Lisa” on Friday night and “Parachute” on Saturday. Guster will play a free gig in Vail, CO on December 8.