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Watch Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Sit-in with My Morning Jacket for a Ferocious “One Big Holiday” at Bonnaroo 2008

My Morning Jacket and Metallica shared the bill a couple of weekends ago at The Bridge School Benefit. Fans who were hoping for a MMJ/Metallica collaboration may have been let down, but after a bit of digging, I found that this isn’t the first time MMJ and legendary metal rockers Metallica have shared the same bill.

2008 was a banner year for Bonnaroo. Headliners included Pearl Jam, Widespread Panic, Robert Plant, Phil Lesh and Friends and B.B. King among hundreds of other artists. And yes, Metallica and My Morning Jacket also were headlining.

As bands do at Bonnaroo, MMJ and Metallica hooked up. Jim James welcomed Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett out for the My Morning Jacket fan-favorite “One Big Holiday” at the end of the first set on Friday night. The collaboration did not disappoint. Kirk’s heavy metal guitar shredding was the perfect compliment to the hard rocking MMJ tune.

Those fans who endured the pouring rain at the Which stage not only saw this epic collaboration but also one hell of a show. Check out a recording of the full show on archive.org.

Thanks to the Bonnaroo official YouTube channel we have pro-footage of this historic sit-in. Enjoy!

Listen to Les Claypool and Warren Haynes Destroy “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” at Bonnaroo – 6/21/2002 Full Show AUD

Sets like this is what made Bonnaroo great back in the day.

Les Claypool was touring with the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade in support of their new album, Purple Onion back in 2002. The Bonnaroo stop featured a lot of their original tunes off the album, plus some killer covers including Locomotive Breath.

The highlight of the show (other than Les’ banter) was when Warren comes out to fulfill Claypool’s dream of a “blistering guitar solo” on the Pink Floyd classic “Shine on You Crazy Diamond.”

Thanks to chocobot, we have a fresh recording of this vintage Bonnaroo performance that has never been circulated. The sound is excellent!

Thela Hun Ginjeet
David Makalaster
Ding Dang
Shine On You Crazy Diamond*
Long in the Tooth
Hendershot^
Highball with the Devil
Dueling Drums
Locomotive Breath
Whamola

* – with Warren Haynes
^ – with Dirty Dozen Brass Band horn players

Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade line-up
Les Claypool – Bass
Eenor – Guitar
Skerik – Saxaphone
Mike Dillon – Percussion
Tim Alexander – Drum

Thanks to chocobot for the recording – http://ift.tt/2dgFFDI

Photo credit: Allison Murphy

Watch Ween’s Triumphant Return to Bonnaroo, 2016 – Full Show

Ween, in the midst of their return tour, was one of the most anticipated headlining acts at Bonnaroo this year. After a four year hiatus, Aaron Freeman, aka Gene Ween is looking and sounding great and the Deaner has never sounded better on the guitar.

The jam-packed, albeit short set did not disappoint. Ween is the quintessential Bonnaroo act with their genre-bending sound. This is their 5th Bonnaroo performance, with the first one dating back to 2002.

For the uninitiated Ween listeners, check out the crowd favorite, Roses Are Free at 6:55.

Here is the setlist with times below.

01. Transdermal Celebration 2:26
02. Roses Are Free 6:55
03. The Stallion Pt. 3 13:15
04. Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down) 16:45
05. Happy Colored Marbles 20:55
06. Buckingham Green 27:09
07. Your Party 32:18
08. The Grobe 37:54
09. Nan 41:38
10. Take Me Away 45:30
11. Touch My Tooter 55:35
12. Ocean Man 59:45
13. Did You See Me? 1:03:29
14. The Mollusk 1:09:39

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Instant Classic: Watch Dead and Company Melt Faces at Bonnaroo 2016 – Full Show

Update: Here is an audio recording that sounds a little better than the video posted by Quinfolk!

While their tour opened officially in Charlotte on the 10th and unofficially in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, Bonnaroo was quite possibly the largest stage that Dead and Company has shared to date. Dead and Co played two full sets to close out Bonnaroo 2016, which is rare for Bonnaroo which has a zillion acts and time is precious.

Dead and Co’s two sets were chalked full of favorites and really displayed a band that is comfortable and ready to explore new ground. Notable breakouts were Smokestack Lightning and Shakedown Street in the first set and entire second set. Holy shit. The boys launched the second set with Help>Slip>Frank and then launched right into Scar>Fire with none other than Donna Godchaux! The entire show is straight fire, but this second set is something special.

It’s performances like this one that will birth a whole new generations of Deadheads. Thanks for keeping the music alive and well!

Here is the setlist thanks to Reddit.

Set 1
Jam> Truckin’> Smokestack Lightning> Bertha(2,4) , Playing in the Band(4) > Bird Song(2,4) > Tennessee Jed(3,4) > Shakedown Street(4) > Passenger(1,4) >Bird Song, Casey Jones(2)

Set 2
Help on the Way(3) > Slipknot! > Scarlet Begonias> Fire on the Mountain(4) , Lady With A Fan(2) > Terrapin Station> Drums(5) > Space> The Other One> Wharf Rat> Franklin’s Tower(3,4)

Encore
Touch of Grey(3,4) , Bobby Speech

Notes
1 – First Time Played
2 – Mayer lead vocals (If not noted, Bob has lead)
3 – John and Bob trading lead vocals
4 – Featuring Donna
5 – Oteil on Drums

Thanks to b-mac 39, we have a recording of both sets! Enjoy!

Listen to Warren Haynes Perform a Stirring Cover of Stella Blue at Bonnaroo

Warren Haynes is undoubtedly one of the hardest working musicians in the business today. What’s truly impressive is that he has been keeping this pace for years. At Bonnaroo 2003, he played lead guitar and vocals for The Dead as the headliner, did his set with the Allman Brothers and finally performed a legendary solo set. This solo set has since been released as a live album.

The entire album is gold, but this cover of the Dead tune is just perfect. Warren’s soulful vocals are the perfect companion to the heart-rending Stella Blue.

If you haven’t already, check out the album, pronto. Warren delivered a 16-song set that included originals, repertoire from his work with Gov’t Mule and Allman Brothers and covers of Radiohead, U2, Otis Reading and more.


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