A ’supergroup’ is a term describing a music group where members already have made their fame and fortune in other constellations or ventures.
Monsters of Folk is a super consisting of Jim James from My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes and M. Ward.
So the concert was a combination of Monsters of Folk, My Morning Jacket, Bright Eyes and M Ward songs. I didn’t count, but the concert lasted for 3 hours, so somewhere around 30 songs where played.
Overall, the concert at Filadelfiakyrkan was a failure. Long queues to get in, delayed, uncomfortable seats, bad sound, at times questionable performances, often they all stood facing the drums instead of the audience and the concert was too long.
But. The concert had a few really really magic moments.
So I’m willing to forgive.
Jim James definitely stood out from the rest. His performance of “Look at You”, “Bermuda Highway”, and “Golden” was superb and those alone almost made the concert worth the trouble. Other hightlights was M Ward magic guitar shredding solo, Bright Eye’s “Soul Singer In A Session Band” and the Monsters of Folk songs “Whole Lotta Losin”, “Dear God”, “Say Yes” and “The right place”.
I tweeted a tweet during the concert (probably after Mr James shone):
At a Monsters of Folk concert. Truly inspiring. Makes me want to take a sabatical and just play guitar…
It’s not an idea that established during the concert. But the seed definitely get a healthy potion of water and sunlight.