At this year’s Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina, MJ Lenderman and Drive-By Truckers’ lead singer Patterson Hood shared both a bill and a stage. Lenderman, who opened the festivities, brought Hood out for the two to team up and play Pink Floyd‘s “Wish You Were Here.” The two kept the song similar to the original in both style and tempo, but with an added flute. (The flutist was Ben Hackett who is in Hood’s band.) The highlight is hearing the voices of the two intertwine and play off each other.
Hood kept the collaboration going during his set, bringing out Lenderman to play on several of his songs, including the Drive-By Truckers’ “A World of Hurt.”
Patterson Hood is currently touring to promote his new solo album (his first in over a decade), Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams. Meanwhile, MJ Lenderman is in the UK promoting his new album Manning Fireworks. He’ll be back in the US to play Bonnaroo and then continue touring the US.
