My Morning Jacket Offers One Big Karina Rykman Collaboration In Chicago

My Morning Jacket headlined the inaugural Rose On The River Festival which took place over the Fourth Of July holiday weekend at The Salt Shed Fairgrounds in Chicago. Reprising a recent collaboration, MMJ once again brought out bassist Karina Rykman for a substantial sit-in.

Rykman’s Independence Day appearance came ahead of her own set at Rose On The River scheduled for the following day. The festival came on the heels of a pair of My Morning Jacket concerts supported by Rykman and her band that saw the bassist sit-in with Jacket in Detroit.

My Morning Jacket’s headlining set at Rose On The River comprised songs spanning their catalog as frontman Jim James led the band through an “I’m Amazed” opener. A few songs into the set, the band debuted the date-appropriate “4th Of July,” an original written by guitarist Carl Broemel that was the title track to his 2016 solo album.

Rykman took the stage near the end of MMJ’s performance. The guest bassist pulled double duty alongside My Morning Jacket bass player Tom Blankenship, kicking off the collaboration with “Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt. 2.” Keyboardist Bo Koster then introduced the signature keyboard line for “Louie Louie” leading to the band’s debut performance of the 1950s rock ‘n’ roll classic.

My Morning Jacket closed out their Rose On The River set with Rykman augmenting a typically rambunctious “One Big Holiday.” Check out video footage and an audience recording of My Morning Jacket and Karina Rykman rocking out at Rose On The River below: