The String Cheese Incident kicked off its spring tour with a pair of midweek Incidents at Wilmington, North Carolina’s Greenfield Lake Amphitheater featuring some fresh Bob Dylan covers, new material from keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth, and a special birthday celebration for multi-instrumentalist Michael Kang.
After massive storms ravaged the Carolinas last year, more inclement weather threatened the early afternoon Incidents, but the String Cheese team managed to pull it off. Thanks to the hard 9 p.m. curfew on GLA weekday shows, the band had to get going mighty early both nights just to squeeze in four sets of ooey-gooey jam-packed goodness for its faithful fans.
Fortunately, Wednesday’s rain showers were nowhere near as bad as the devastating hurricane swept through the region last year. After a short delay, Wednesday’s kick-off party even started under temporarily sunny skies, though, sadly, occasional bursts of rain persisted throughout the show—nothing strong enough to stop the musical proceedings but still a bit of a mood dampener…