More Guests And Debuts For My Morning Jacket In Mexico

My Morning Jacket’s One Big Holiday destination event continued on Sunday night at the Hard Rock Hotel in Riviera Maya, Mexico. Once again, the band was joined by a number of guests, debuted a batch of covers and a lone original, which followed a similar gameplan as Saturday night’s show.

[Photo by Dave Vann]

Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes came out at the start of the set to help with the MMJ debut of “Down to the Bottom,” a song Goldsmith and Jim James recorded for their New Basement Tapes project featuring lyrics from Bob Dylan. A run of classic originals led into the debut of a new song known for now as “Compound.” The Tennessee Fire rarity “I Think I’m Going To Hell” came next and was followed by Conor Oberst guesting on “Smokin’ From Shootin'” before the main set concluded with “Dondante.”

An extra-large encore began with “Honest Man” and led into a series of covers. Willie Nelson’s “Luckenbach, Texas” featured special guest Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses, who also stuck around for a cover of “Mama Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys.” Oberst and Goldsmith also lent a hand on the Waylon Jennings cover. Next up was a take on Elton John’s “Bennie and the Jets” and a pair of Bob Marley covers -“Stir It Up” and “Could You Be Loved” -split by sections of “Phone Went West.” Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso sat in on the Marley tunes. My Morning Jacket brought the evening to a close with “Touch Me Pt.2” and “Gideon.”

Watch clips of the two My Morning Jacket original debuts at OBH thus far as shot by PeteLikesMusic:

[Compound]

[Big D]

Here’s the first fan-shot footage of the “Phone Went West”/”Stir It Up” sequence to surface thanks to ann olivia wendroff:

Setlist

Set: Down to the Bottom*, Circuital > Outta My System, X-Mas Curtain, Lowdown, I’m Amazed, Compound (new Song)^, I Think I’m Going to Hell, Smokin From Shootin%, Dondante

Encore: Honest Man, Luckenbach, Texas@ (Willie Nelson) > Mama Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys*%@ (Waylon Jennings), Bennie and The Jets (Elton John), Phone Went West > Stir It Up# (Bob Marley) > Phone Went West, Could You Be Loved# (Bob Marley), Touch Me Pt. 2 > Gideon

* -w/ Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes
^ -w/ Creighton Barett of Band of Horses
% -w/ Conor Oberst
@ -w/ Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses
# -w/Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso

[Setlist via Alexzbik]

One Big Holiday continues tonight with performances from Dr. Dog, Band of Horses and Preservation Hall Jazz Band.