The Lumineers & Rayland Baxter Cover Talking Heads At Bonnaroo

The Lumineers worked their way up the Bonnaroo lineup over the years and served as headliners in 2019. The band played the What Stage on Sunday, where they welcomed singer-songwriter Rayland Baxter to guest on a cover of Talking Heads’ “This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody).”

Baxter handled lead vocals on the start of the song from Talking Heads’ 1983 album Speaking In Tongues. The Lumineers frontman Wesley Schultz, who attended the first Bonnaroo as a fan, took over after the first verse. Wesley and Rayland went on to swap harmonies throughout “This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody),” which came towards the end of The Lumineers’ set.

The Lumineers presented a fairly equal mix of material from their three studio albums, including four songs from their forthcoming III LP. For part of the set, the band performed on a platform set up in the middle of the crowd. Schultz and company said farewell with a cover of Tom Petty’s “Walls (Circus).”

Watch The Lumineers & Rayland Baxter’s “This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)” below thanks to damcgreg: