Top 5 MMJ Concerts Of All-time

[GO4IT]

I see a lot of love for the 2008 RCMH show and I can't disagree.  It was my first, and you never forget your first (especially if it is damn good).  Didn't hurt that I was in the first row which was a total fluke, but that's another story.  This is also my first MMJ video, a bit crude but I think it captures the mood, and from that point forward TWTHS was forever my favorite live MMJ song.  Just ask NN  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE9stnDyVMU

2008 Festival Pier in Philly was, for some reason, maybe the remnants of a hurricane barreling up the coast, a magical night.  I haven't heard a better PWW than this but I'm sure others may beg to differ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGZqj-2K4RY  crank it.

Hard to top T5 or Port Chester - amazing runs.
Does it get any better than this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4fnIMor4Lg

Then there's the MPP shows.

Oh and, of course, NYE in Madison Square Garden.

Is that five yet?  Every MMJ show that I've seen has been amazing.  All special in their own way.  Looking forward to many more.  Next up, Boston and Beacon.  Can't wait.

[buymycar]

For me it would be these 4 shows that I saw.

My First:  Fillmore 06 12/29/06 amazing and instantly hooked
RCMH 08, see above
MPP 12, maybe my alltime favorite 5 song run and the cobra/runthru/cobra was awesome
CP3, a great end to my personal favorite multi-night run

That was my first show, too. I really had no clue at the time how rare some of the songs they played that night were. I didn't hear some of those songs live again until the first night of this year's trifecta in San Francisco. SF night 1 this year really took me back to my first show, especially the way they started slow. I went into that first show only knowing Z, so I was expecting a rockin' show but quickly realized this band had much more depth to them and that I had a whole lot more to discover.

[manonthemoon]

For me it would be these 4 shows that I saw.

My First:  Fillmore 06 12/29/06 amazing and instantly hooked
RCMH 08, see above
MPP 12, maybe my alltime favorite 5 song run and the cobra/runthru/cobra was awesome
CP3, a great end to my personal favorite multi-night run

That was my first show, too. I really had no clue at the time how rare some of the songs they played that night were. I didn't hear some of those songs live again until the first night of this year's trifecta in San Francisco. SF night 1 this year really took me back to my first show, especially the way they started slow. I went into that first show only knowing Z, so I was expecting a rockin' show but quickly realized this band had much more depth to them and that I had a whole lot more to discover.

I had just started getting into MMJ earlier that year after reading an article on them and then watching the ACL and then went out and got Z and Okonokos the next day.  Then we were looking for a place to spend NYE as a short second honeymoon since our first was just a long weekend due to work and we saw MMJ was playing SF and so was SCI so we decided to do it and was totally blown away.  I just remember the chilling feeling of Jim starting out solo, then the guys hit their groove, and the fantastic ending with Bermuda Highway, was simply perfect.  Made the next night at SCI much less enjoyable as it wasn't even comparable.

[mdgsolo]

I haven't been at every one but I've seen a lot of live music period and I would say that the Capitol Theater run was 3 of the best shows I've ever seen of anyone period.  There was just some kind of magic in the air and planets were aligned or something.
Red Rocks 12 was pretty epic too
the Chicago Theater run this year was incredible and very special
Boston New Years 12 was sic
And though I wasn't there personally, the Masonic shows keep coming up among peers as being exceptional...

[Shug]

I see a lot of love for the 2008 RCMH show and I can't disagree.  It was my first, and you never forget your first (especially if it is damn good).  Didn't hurt that I was in the first row which was a total fluke, but that's another story.  This is also my first MMJ video, a bit crude but I think it captures the mood, and from that point forward TWTHS was forever my favorite live MMJ song.  Just ask NN  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE9stnDyVMU

2008 Festival Pier in Philly was, for some reason, maybe the remnants of a hurricane barreling up the coast, a magical night.  I haven't heard a better PWW than this but I'm sure others may beg to differ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGZqj-2K4RY  crank it.

Hard to top T5 or Port Chester - amazing runs.
Does it get any better than this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4fnIMor4Lg

Then there's the MPP shows.

Oh and, of course, NYE in Madison Square Garden.

Is that five yet?  Every MMJ show that I've seen has been amazing.  All special in their own way.  Looking forward to many more.  Next up, Boston and Beacon.  Can't wait.

It doesn't even look that crowded up front at that Radio City 2008 show.  I didn't see Jacket until 2011  even though someone tried to turn me on to them with Z in 2005 or 2006.  I was a fucking idiot for not listening to Z longer, the electronic and synthetic beats of the first two songs didn't do it for me and I stopped listening.  I had been waiting for them to come around live when I lived in Memphis 2001-2005 but they never came through when I was around.  I'm so pissed at myself for not seeing them live sooner, but I have to accept that it just wasn't in the cards for me.  Its pretty strange to go back to the first few pages of The Shows forum and see who was around here in the early years and read their stories (like MMJ opening for Wilco in 2005 and that show at the Palace in Louisville when they did a joint encore of Don't Fear The Reaper or the Roxy LA shows that Cameron Crowe attended and some fan was chatting with him or reading when Patrick used to post messages. I love hearing the stories of the early days, but it also bums me out to be reminded of what I missed out on.  I wish had been around with you guys 10 years ago seeing shows in Austin or San Francisco or Los Angeles.

http://mymorningjacket.net/index.php/topic,5697.0.html

[Vitz]

5. Bonnaroo 6-14-2008
4. OBH2 night1 1-31-2015
3. OBH1 night2 1-27-2014
2. Red Rocks 8-14-2015
1. Preservation Hall 4-24-2010

[rdylanoconnor]

Jim - "I thought that was you up here Crispy"!     

Ahh, the one and only time I ended up happy that I wasn't on the floor.   

I was at that Radio City show and remember Jim walking up the side of the hall but couldn't remember the song. Anyone know?

[Shug]

Based on that video he went up the stage right side in The Way That He Sings but in this photo it looks like Jim is going up stage left

[Crispy]

Jim - "I thought that was you up here Crispy"!     

Ahh, the one and only time I ended up happy that I wasn't on the floor.   

I was at that Radio City show and remember Jim walking up the side of the hall but couldn't remember the song. Anyone know?

It was Steam Engine. And it was awesome.

[Lonndown27]

holy shit that was during Steam Engine???!!?! Hell yeah!!!

[ericm]

Jim - "I thought that was you up here Crispy"!     

Ahh, the one and only time I ended up happy that I wasn't on the floor.   

I was at that Radio City show and remember Jim walking up the side of the hall but couldn't remember the song. Anyone know?

It was Steam Engine. And it was awesome.

Of course it was! Even looking at that I knew it wasn't some cover or something not worthy of that moment.  It HAD to ba an epic tune.     

[GO4IT]

I see a lot of love for the 2008 RCMH show and I can't disagree.  It was my first, and you never forget your first (especially if it is damn good).  Didn't hurt that I was in the first row which was a total fluke, but that's another story.  This is also my first MMJ video, a bit crude but I think it captures the mood, and from that point forward TWTHS was forever my favorite live MMJ song.  Just ask NN  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE9stnDyVMU

2008 Festival Pier in Philly was, for some reason, maybe the remnants of a hurricane barreling up the coast, a magical night.  I haven't heard a better PWW than this but I'm sure others may beg to differ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGZqj-2K4RY  crank it.

Hard to top T5 or Port Chester - amazing runs.
Does it get any better than this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4fnIMor4Lg

Then there's the MPP shows.

Oh and, of course, NYE in Madison Square Garden.

Is that five yet?  Every MMJ show that I've seen has been amazing.  All special in their own way.  Looking forward to many more.  Next up, Boston and Beacon.  Can't wait.

It doesn't even look that crowded up front at that Radio City 2008 show.

There was no GA pit at the Radio City show, it was all seated and I was lucky enough to snag first row over on the left side.