, well-known for its ability to play long, loud and hard, presented fans with a marathon performance at on Saturday, its second show of the weekend in Morrison that inched toward the four-hour mark.
Frontman Jim James was on-point and howling from beginning to end, taking the stage in a cape that drew various reactions from the crowd. Early highlights included “It Beats 4 U,” “The Bear,” “Golden,” and an elongated, epic, heavens-reaching take on “Honest Man.”
Ben Bridwell from opening act Band Of Horses joined the band for an emotional cover of George Harrison’s “Isn’t It A Pity?” — one of several unique covers that MMJ gave fans over the course of two nights. The best of which, perhaps, was a grudge match between the Band’s “It Makes No Difference” and a late-night version of Curtis Mayfield’s “Move On Up” well past midnight on Saturday.
“Mahgeeta,” as always, brought out 9,500 air guitars with legions of sweaty, head-banging fans screaming myriad variations of the same incomprehensible lyrics. Not that it mattered, of course.
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