My Morning Jacket may be the best live rock ‘n’ roll band in America, period. The Kentucky-bred quintet headlines Red Rocks Amphitheatre Friday and Saturday for what will surely be two of the venue’s loudest, hardest, most butt-kicking evenings in the historically busy concert year. MMJ played a sprawling, nearly three-hour show at the Morrison amphitheater last August, and it makes sense to have the group back for two nights. Indie rockers Band of Horses and New Orleans jazz squire Trombone Shorty will open both shows. Tickets, $42.50-$50, are available through Ticketmaster. Need more convincing? Do you a YouTube search for “Mahgeeta.”
Neil Young tours fairly often, sure, but it’s a rare treat to see Young with his former backing band, Crazy Horse. The crew hits Red Rocks for two nights immediately after its alt-country offspring My Morning Jacket (see left). Among the albums Young made with Crazy Horse is “Zuma,” a crowning achievement of the classic rock era. Songs like “Cortez The Killer,” “Danger Bird” and “Don’t Cry No Tears” still sound as fresh and fierce as they did in 1975. Tickets for Sunday are sold out; tickets for Monday, $62.50-$183.50, are available through Ticketmaster.
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