Of the six headliners this year at Governors Ball, I’ve seen five of them, including My Morning Jacket, who are great live, so I use Gov Ball to sample more than catch the entire set, and then, later, decide, whether I wanna catch em on this tour. I wanna see My Morning Jacket on this tour. Earlier in the day they were easily the biggest band signing autographs in the Record Pavillion,later the band were on fire. Songs I couldn’t get behind on The Waterfall were revelations on stage.
I caught the first six songs, and Jim James vocal on “Evil Urges” was ridiculous, a Curtis Mayfield inspired complete triumph but the night (or what I saw of it) belonged to lead guitarist Carl Broemel, who was beyond awesome on “Circuital. How a band who have been at it so long can be so clueless as to how to record themselves is beyond.
I can’t wait for the official tour to reach nyc, I can’t wait to see the entire three hours plus set.
Grade: A
