Date of concert: August 25, 2010
Oh man. What an amazing show. Rock and roll lives.
Opening was fantastic Vermont band Grace Potter and The Nocturnals, who are most definitely going places. This opening set was just powerful. Grace and her band are performers that are just so much better live then their studio records would indicate. They jam perfectly and their entire group drum solo is a unique experience. Excellent opener.
My Morning Jacket is an amazing rock and roll band. An even more amazing live rock and roll band. The band performed a two and a half-hour set of tracks that went all the way back to "I Think I'm Going To Hell" from their first album The Tennessee Fire to the new song "Circuital." I loved every minute.
Jim James is a charismatic frontman, and the band seems to just love playing this music. A song like the Prince-like "Highly Suspicious" which is so weird and out there on record, is just hilarious and rocking live. And their jams are just...wow. The "Run Thru" jam was just one of those live music moments you hope you can be lucky enough to witness at least once.
The encore was stupendous. James started playing "Bermuda Highway" acoustically and it was just beautiful. The rest of the band then came back and they did "Wordless Chorus", "Highly Suspicious", "Off The Record" and "One Big Holiday," during which the crowd went nuts. I can't say enough about how good it all was. The music is pretty feel good and it will be a fond memory for years to come.
Mountain Park is a very cool outdoor venue, managed by the Iron Horse Entertainment Group. If anyone you like is ever playing there, don't hesitate, it's a beautiful place to see a show. Oh and if My Morning Jacket or Grace Potter and the Nocturnals comes to play near you, go see them. It's an order.
My Morning Jacket performing "Lowdown" from the Okonokos DVD.
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