My Morning Jacket live at the Theater of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA, May 2, 2003

Posted by Sundance Kid at the My Morning Jacket Forum:

First Off -

Below are the songs they played ... I can't recall the order

from Tenn. Fire
HeartBreakin'
The Dark
The Bear

from At Dawn
Lowdown
The Way that He Sings
Bermuda Highway (Jim - solo)
Phone Went West (encore)

from Split EP
O the One That is Real

from It Still Moves
Dancin Floor
Mahgeeta
One Big Holiday
Steam Engine
I Will Sing You Songs

ReCap:
Great Show.  It seemed that MMJ just didn't want to leave the stage. After closing the set
with a rousing Mahgeeta, Jim came back on to play some acoustic numbers.  Easily one of my
favorite parts of an MMJ show is when the crowd grows completely silent to hear the acoustic
bits ... He played Bermuda Highway and a second song  - I don't think it was a cover, but it
could've been.  After the second acoustic number Jim said "Should I bring the boys back out?"

you can guess what the asnwer was.  They launched into an amazingly tight version of O the
One .... I hope they play this song during every set of every show -- it errupts like a
volcano.  Another full-on song followed - could've been a cover, could've been that Easy
Mornin' Rebel we have seen popping up on set lists as of late.  Phone Went brought the house
down and closed the show - for real this time.

The new songs are starting to take on lives of their own. One Big Holiday has now reached a
massive, life-affirming status.  Dance Floors and Mahgeeta have a similar swagger to them.
I Will Sing You Songs and Steam Engine appear to have a consistent lyrical strand - I don't
know how they're gonna sound on the new LP but at this point, I consider them companion
pieces to each other.

So that's about it from me. The recent additions of I Will Sing You Songs and Steam Engine
to the set have really piqued my interest for the new one ...