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Conor Oberst had a big weekend
Kevin Coffey
Posted:  07/31/2012 3:42 PM
  

Conor Oberst performs at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I. on Sunday. (Photo by the Associated Press)

On Friday night, Conor Oberst played a little show in advance of the Newport Folk Festival (where every good band seemed to play over the weekend). At that show, Dawes opened and also sat in with Oberst during his solo show.

Even cooler though was when Jackson Browne, who comes to Omaha on Nov. 12, jumped in with Oberst to play “Take It Easy” and “Our Lady of The Well.” (Watch video below.)

At his Newport Folk Fest gig, Oberst also played two new songs. Spin reported that the Bright Eyes frontman’s two new solo songs were called “You Are Your Moms” and “Kick.”

“Both songs are slow and serious acoustic ballads, at least in these incarnations. In particular, the one labeled as “Kick” focuses on a lost Camelot,” read the Full Story >>

  
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