I'd never seen them live until that Field Day Festival show. I remember it rained. There was a lot of hair flying around onstage, and the rain made it seem that much more intense. We sat on the side of the stage and were just blown away. It was such an uplifting experience. The day to that point had been such a drag. Bright Eyes had played earlier, and everything that could have gone wrong did. We were all in kind of low spirits, but when they took the stage, all that shit went away and all that was left was that pure joy you get from being a part of music.- Mike Mogis, about meeting Jim James (Yim Yames)
(Blurt Online interview, September 2009)
Jon Pareles for New York Times pointed out that from politics to weather, everything seemed to work against the Field Day Festival, everything except the music and the fans. He also said the following about My Morning Jacket:
"My Morning Jacket, from Louisville, Ky., played wistful folk-rock shading into psychedelia, layering guitars into big, warm, glistening patterns as if the style had just been discovered."- Jon Pareles, for New York Times
