moe. rang in the New Year with an epic show at The Palace Theatre in Albany, NY on Wednesday night. The three-set marathon included a number of cover debuts and an acoustic set, as well as appearances by the Conehead Buddha horns, some of the bandmembers’ children and Peter Prince (as Baby New Year).

moe. kicked off the night by ascending on to the stage from a moving platform in the orchestra pit. The band then went into an acoustic set that that began with their first-ever rendition of the Thomas Allen traditional “Low Bridge,” and continued with other tunes like “Chromatic Nightmare,” “White Lightening Turpentine” and “Waiting for the Punchline.”

The Conehead Buddha horns made their first appearance in the middle of the second set, when they joined the group for their first “Ugly American” since July of 2010. (In a notable move, the horns would only join moe. for songs that they had not previously played with the band). They then stuck around for moe.‘s first-ever take on Steely Dan’s “My Old School” and “Same Old Story.” Next, the set came to a close as a number of the moe. guys’ children—Marley Amico (sax), Madison Amico (percussion), Eddie Derhak (trumpet), Ayla Schnier (keys) and Ben Schnier (drums)—joined the band and the Conehead Buddha horns for “Happy Hour Hero.”

moe. returned for the night’s final set, which began with a very special debut of Jimi Hendrix’s “Stone Free.” The band was joined by Moon Boot Lovers’ Peter Prince—who was dressed as Baby New Year—for a debut of Jimi Hendrix’s “Stone Free” that played the room into 2015. The tune was followed by a jammed out “Time Ed” > “meat” before the horns came back out for “Little Miss Cup Half Empty,” “Annihilation Blues” and “Dr. Gaffenberg.” The show then wrapped around 2am with a “Time” > “Tubing The River Styx” > “The Pit” encore.

Here’s a look at moe.‘s NYE setlist as it appears in our Box Scores:

Wednesday, December 31, 2014, moe., Palace Theatre, Albany, NY

Set I (acoustic): Low Bridge#, Queen Of Everything, Smoke > Chromatic Nightmare, Shoot First, White Lightning Turpentine, Waiting For The Punchline

Set II: Downward Facing Dog, Billy Goat > Bullet > Silver Sun, Ugly American*##, My Old School*%, Same Old Story*, Happy Hour Hero*^$

Set III: Stone Free$%%, Time Ed > meat., Little Miss Cup Half Empty*, Annihilation Blues*, Dr. Graffenberg*

Enc: Time > Tubing The River Styx > The Pit

Notes:
(*)with Conehead Buddha horn section: Shannon Lynch on saxophone, Terry Lynch on trumpet, Shaun Bazylewicz on trombone
(^) with Marley Amico on sax, Madison Amico on percussion, Eddie Derhak on trumpet, Ayla Schnier on keys, Ben Schnier on drums

($) with Peter Prince on guitar & vox
(#) First time played – (traditional / Thomas S. Allen)
(##) Last time played 7/15/10
% First time played (Steely Dan)

(%%) First time played (Jimi Hendrix)

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