{"id":26760,"date":"2017-01-11T11:09:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T19:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=26760"},"modified":"2017-01-11T11:09:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T19:09:40","slug":"watch-most-of-r-e-m-perform-superman-last-night-at-the-40-watt-in-athens-ga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2017-01\/watch-most-of-r-e-m-perform-superman-last-night-at-the-40-watt-in-athens-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Most of R.E.M. Perform “Superman” Last Night at the 40 Watt in Athens, GA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s the time of year that we should be preparing to leave to Todos Santos<\/strong> for Peter Buck’s<\/strong> previously-annual Todos Santos Music Festival<\/strong><\/a>. Buck and his wife (TSMF founders), however, have elected to put the Festival on hiatus this year, which has left us reeling after having attended last year’s phenomenal festivities<\/strong><\/a>. Oh well.<\/p>\n

Despite that downer, our spirits have been newly-lifted. Last night The (Augmented) Minus 5<\/strong> performed at the 40 Watt Club<\/strong> in Athens, Georgia. The Minus 5<\/strong><\/a> were one of the highlights of last year’s TSMF, with core members Scott McCaughey<\/strong> and R.E.M.’s Peter Buck,<\/strong> augmented by R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon<\/strong> and others, performing awe-inspiring sets and sitting in perfectly on many of the other bands’ sets (Mike Mills<\/strong> was the MVP<\/strong> of the Festival<\/strong>). Last night at the 40 Watt\u00a0The Minus 5<\/strong>, joined by Mills<\/strong> and retired R.E.M.<\/strong> drummer Bill Barry<\/strong>, and the gifted ensemble performed a raucously righteous cover of The Clique’s<\/strong>\u00a01969 song Superman<\/strong><\/em> (which was included on R.E.M’s<\/strong> seminal Life’s Rich Pageant<\/strong><\/em> album).<\/p>\n

Check it out below. And if you ever get a chance to see these superb musicians performing together (whether as The Minus 5, The Baseball Project<\/a><\/strong>, or in other configurations), don’t ya miss it. They are seriously gifted connoisseurs and curators of rock ‘n roll.<\/p>\n

And here’s to the Todos Santos Music Festival’s<\/strong> return in 2018!<\/p>\n