Sam Grisman‘s six-piece was joined by International Bluegrass Hall of Famer Peter Rowan, and together they brought the audience in the Egg’s recently-made-over Swyer Theatre back in time in the best possible way.

Old & In The Egg” Sam Grisman Project & Peter Rowan in Albany

Review by Ross Marvin / Photos by Derek Java for NYS Music

(l-r) Dominick Leslie, Sam Grisman, Peter Rowan, and Victor Furtado at The Egg’s Swyer Theatre in Albany, N.Y. (March 27, 2026) – photo by Derek Java for NYS Music

But it was on “Lonesome LA Cowboy” another Old and In The Way set staple (made more famous by The New Riders of the Purple Sage) when Rowan’s reedy voice matched the weary subject matter of the song. It was close your eyes and pinch yourself stuff – Rowan’s years melted away and it might as well have been a 1973 show at The Boarding House in San Francisco.

– Ross Marvin for NYS Music