Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country closed out its Horizons Winter Tour in New York City on Saturday night with the band’s headlining debut at the historic Beacon Theatre.
The two-set show was chock full of memorable moments, some more cosmic, others more country. After the opening salvo of “Lose Your Mind”, Donato and his bandmates dug into their outlaw country roots with a cover of Waylon Jennings‘ “Waymore’s Blues”—the night’s first train song. Later in the set, they paid tribute to another outlaw country legend, Willie Nelson, with a song he popularized, Irving Berlin‘s “Blue Skies”.
Other highlights included a dizzying “Dance in the Desert”, two more train songs (Little Junior’s Blue Flames‘ “Mystery Train” and “Blame the Train”), and a fortuitous “Luck of the Draw”…