Closing out a long night of seven performers at the Cat's Cradle was Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band. Unfortunately, by the time they took the stage a little after 1am, there were only about 200 or so troopers left at the club. That didn't stop the band from ripping through a raucous 14 song set.The band sounded great even though you could tell that they had been partying for quite a while prior to their set. Taylor Hollingsworth looked like a zombie but still ripped through his solos and his lead vocals on the song "Air Mattress."
As the band played the song "I Don't Want To Die (In The Hospital)," members of Oakley Hall followed by Mac and Lara joined the band on stage to play percussion and sing. Mac joined Conor on the lead mic to sing with him.
Throughout the set, Conor praised Merge's ability to keep putting out beautiful music for twenty years, because most things never last that long.
The band closed the set with the fuzzed out rocker "Roosevelt Room" before sending the exhausted crowd on their way
It was a hell of an opening night. We'll be bringing you live Twitter coverage of night two tonight and more photos, set lists and reviews following the show.
Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band set list:
Get-Well-Cards
Sausalito
Nikorette
Air Mattress
Slowly (Oh So Slowly)
Big Black Nothing
Cape Canaveral
I Don't Want To Die (In The Hospital)
Moab
Spoiled
NYC - Gone, Gone
Souled Out!!!
I Got A Reason #2
Roosevelt Room
[all photos by Kevin Norris]
Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band
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