Louisville - April 17th - Roll call (and Preshow drinks )

[Fully]

There were people inside inside. you could see them get out afterwards.

[Penny Lane]

Yeah, I know. I was trying to reference Jim's comments during the Bonnaroo 2005 show without going back to listen to it for the exact quote. (I wasn't there. I have the download.) I think Jim was actually referring to the band's every move being controlled by pocket-control devices by Dr. Frederick von Guggenheim (as well as the puppets).

Here is a different reference I just found from an article in American Songwriter.

"The first time I saw My Morning Jacket, they were playing an afternoon set at Bonnaroo. It was June 2005, several months before Z's release, and the guys were just beginning to combine their heartland rock & roll with the spacey, oddball trippiness that came to fruition with 2008's Evil Urges. For a first-time listener, the combination was a little confusing.

During the beginning of the set, Jim James introduced "Dr. Frederick von Guggenheim," a man dressed up in a coattailed tuxedo and powdered white wig who went on to "conduct" the entire show. A group of oversized puppets joined Dr. Guggenheim after each song, shuffling onto the stage one-by-one and remaining there until the encore. First up was the giant giraffe with an overbite... then the larger-than-life George Washington... then the cockroach. As My Morning Jacket rocked, the puppets danced and the doctor conducted. I didn't know whether to focus on Jim James' high-lonesome drawl or George Washington's paper-mache ascot.

my first MMJ show--the memories...