Rusted Root’s brings summer tour through Tempe

Growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1980s-1990s, no one was more than a stone throws away from some station playing singles by the local kids done well Rusted Root. Singer Michael Glabicki and the ever rotating members of Rusted Root lived in Baldwin Boro and played everything from small dives to local arts festivals and eventually to Three Rivers Stadium where they opened for The Grateful Dead in July 1995. While the band waxed and waned over the next three decades, in July 2016 they brought their brand of nostalgia to The Marquee Theatre where they shared headlining with Toad the Wet Sprocket. Rusted Root did not disappoint as they rocked through their hits, songs from my high school memories and experiences, and a few covers as well including Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minutes”. By the time they were sending us all on our way with an encore of their most famous song, the wait to see them again into adulthood was all worth it.
Set List:

1. “(mini) Drum Trip”
2. Martyr
3. “Cover Me Up”
4. “Suspicious Minds”
5. “Save Me”
6. “Blue Diamonds”
7. “Laugh as the Sun”
8. “Rebel Rebel”
9. “Drum Trip”
10. Ecstasy
11. Rain
12. Voodoo
13. “Send Me on My Way”