where is my mind?

When My Morning Jacket signed onto the lineup for this year's Bonnaroo festival, they had a lot to live up to. Last night the band took the stage, with thousands of fans in the audience, anxious to see how they could possibly top the performance they gave back in 2006 at the festival.

As I walked over to the stage, I was hoping the rain would hold off just a little longer. There had been rumors of thunderstorms throughout the day and we had seen a little bit of rain about an hour earlier. When My Morning Jakcket came out on stage, they were greeted by an uproar from the crowd... this is what many had come to the festival to see. My Morning Jacket is famous for their extraordinary live show and with this being one of the biggest summer music festivals, everyone knew they were going to go all out. The band went on at midnight and I can confidently say that what followed in the next four hours, will never occur again in the history of rock shows--ever. It did start to rain during their set, but with so many die-hard fans in the audience, it didn't matter. The crowd dwindled away a bit with the rain, but even when the rain started coming down harder, thousands of fans remained, dancing, singing and enjoying another legendary performance by My Morning Jacket at Bonnaroo.

The concert was supposed to end at 3am, but after coming back on-stage for their encore, they didn't stop playing until 4am. Just before the last song, Jim James walked up to the microphone and thanked everyone, then said, "Has anyone seen little orphan Annie?" The crowd was a little confused, as he kept repeating this over and over again. All of a sudden, Zach Galifianakis walked out on stage, dressed in a red and white dress and the band starts playing Motley Crue's "Home Sweet Home."

I'm sitting here this morning and everyone is talking about the show last night... some are regretting that they didn't hold out until the last song, but those who stuck it out through the rain know that it was well worth it, and most would gladly trade in a warm bed and dry clothes again to see a repeat performance.

Today: Cat Power, Iron & Wine, BB King, Levon Helm, Kanye West, Pearl Jam, Phil Lesh and Dead Confederate.