

Patrick Hughes

While Phish, Phil Lesh, Ween, Umphrey’s and more came to the farm for the fourth annual Lockn’ Festival, it was Saturday night headliner My Morning Jacket who ruled them all, delivering a set that was talked about by nearly everyone in attendance after the fact.

Making their Lockn’ debut, the band rolled through a relentless 18-song set that topped two and a half hours. Wasting not a second of their set that began just after 10:30 PM, the band laid right into some of their jammier tunes like an early “Steam Engine” that stretched to 16 minutes. Or a “Phone Went West” that got psychedelic in a hurry. Then there were the covers, live debuts of “What the World Needs Now” as well as Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel,” the second tribute on the night that followed Prince’s “Purple Rain.”

When you talk about the idea of a “festival set,” this isn’t it. This is a band doing the opposite of going through the motions, rather trusting themselves and their music to completely own a festival. There isn’t a disappointing point in this set. Everything was a home run, a true stroke of brilliance from one of the finest rock bands around.

Below, watch select highlights from the standout set (and listen to the audio here) including a few of the covers played on that night and the mega “Steam Engine.”

“Steam Engine”



“What the World Needs Now”



“Could You Be Loved”



“Rebel Rebel”

