My Morning Jacket Cover Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in Brooklyn

"My Morning Jacket 's three-night stand at the Brooklyn Paramount featured varied setlists for each show, as well as a couple choice heavy metal cover songs. The first such cover came on the second night when Jim James and company brought New York rocker Karina Rykman onstage to play bass on a raucous instrumental rendition of Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls." The band busted out the Ride the Lightning staple in a medley with the song "Cobra," which bookended the 11-minute performance with Rykman."

""What can I say? Childhood dream come true covering @metallica with @mymorningjacket in my hometown?" read an Instagram post by Rykman, who held down Cliff Burton's iconic bass riff during the cover. "Yeah, that and about a million other words I'll get to soon thank you thank you MMJ you're just the fucking best and I'm honored." Rykman would also appear the following night at the Brooklyn Paramount to jam Black Sabbath's "Fairies Wear Boots,""

My Morning Jacket played a three-night stand at the Brooklyn Paramount with varied setlists and several heavy metal covers. On the second night the band brought New York rocker Karina Rykman onstage to play bass during a raucous instrumental rendition of Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls," performed as an 11-minute medley with "Cobra." Rykman described the moment as a childhood dream and held down Cliff Burton's iconic bass riff. The following night Rykman rejoined the band to jam Black Sabbath's "Fairies Wear Boots" as a medley with the original "Run Thru." Additional covers during the run included Velvet Underground's "I'll Be Your Mirror," Tears for Fears' "Head Over Heels," and George Harrison's "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)." The tour continues celebrating the 20th anniversary of Z through November 1st.

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