Labeled as “up-and-coming” and “a band on the rise”, Goose hit the fast track to success the moment the final notes of their now-famous set at The Peach Music Festival in mid-2019 set rang out over Montage Mountain. Courted as a supporting act by Dead & Company, Goose rang in 2020 in grandiose fashion, playing a pair of sets at the Grateful Dead spinoff act’s Playing In the Sand destination event in Mexico in January. Bookending the oddest and most difficult year in live music history was Goosemas VII, a live broadcast from a Peter Shapiro-promoted rooftop in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center on Twitch that drew 60,000 viewers and raised over $45,000 for charity. No longer up-and-coming but definitely still on the rise, Goose has arrived.
None but the most ambitious of insiders could have predicted the trajectory of the indie groove act from Wilton, CT, especially given the circumstances of this pandemic-ravaged year. Live From T’s Living Room, a-Goose-tic streams from the Solarium, Bingo Tour, drive-ins and socially distant pod shows, it can easily be argued that no band has worked harder or done more with less in 2020. With brilliant management and creativity for days, Goose turned the worst year on record for the live event industry into their personal showcase, doing the impossible to continue their well-deserved and hard-earned exponential ascent.
