My Morning Jacket Live on KCRW – Watch Now!

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I’m a big fan of My Morning Jacket. And for a fan of My Morning Jacket, last month’s KCRW benefit show at the Village Studios was truly an experience of a lifetime (which I heard from many different people that night!). Their full performance — and a revealing interview with frontman Jim James — are now up in the archives and I highly recommend checking it out.

They’re a powerful band to begin with, but in an intimate space – *with SO much history  – it was pretty mindblowing.

You can see photos from evening here and a few more below courtesy of photographer Larry Hirshowitz. (Notice the chandelier? As James mentioned on the stage, they were from “A Miracle on 34th Street” and installed as part of a recent renovation!)

by Larry Hirshowitz
by Larry Hirshowitz (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original image.)
solo shot of Jim through the curtains on the 3rd floor by Larry Hirshowitz (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original image.)
On the way up to the roof by Larry Hirshowitz (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original image.)

*The space that houses the The Village Studios was originally built as a Masonic temple in the 1920s and later became the L.A. headquarters of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It has also been home to so many recording artists I can’t list them all here. Just a few: Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Rolling Stones to Lady Gaga and Foo Fighters.