Since their formation in 2014, the Norwalk, CT-based jam-outfit Goose has never been able to rest on its collective laurels. Shortly after their debut, they joined forces with multi-instrumentalist Peter Anspach, a move that helped solidify their unique sound thanks to his uncanny Shohei Ohtani-esque two-way abilities on guitar and keyboards, and followed that up with the addition of percussion guru Jeff Arevalo a few years later. When the global pandemic effectively shut down the live-music industry in 2020, the quintet fortuitously became COVID-era trailblazers, filling the void with a series of highly successful socially-distanced performances at drive-in theaters across the country as well as producing their own full-length documentary, Bingo Tour: The Movie, a critically acclaimed affair that chronicles a week-long run of virtual concerts and community events.
Combine those remarkably shrewd logistical decisions with the group’s undeniable musical abilities, and it’s no wonder why Goose’s popularity has skyrocketed over the past few years in ways that most other bands spend their entire careers dreaming about. In just a short span, the New England quintet has gone from opening for mid-tier jam bands at stuffy clubs in front of a few dozen people to packing theatres and arenas with capacity crowds as well as headlining major summer-music festivals and hallowed venues such as Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre & Radio City Music Hall in New York.
