The unlikely headliner of the storied musical festival pulled out all of the stops—with appearances by Jack White, Mavis Staples and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
Given Sunday night’s headlining spot at Newport Folk Festival has gained a reputation for paying tribute to past legends with an expectation for star-studded guest sets, with a bench as deep as Conan’s, speculation was rampant who would be joining him.
Conan said he was in a down place recently when a friend gave him Langhorne Slim & The Law’s “The Way We Move” album. But then, “after listening to it maybe 75 times in a row,” he “felt joy again.
Right as the song began the overcast skies finally gave way to a sprinkling rain shower, something a few in the crowd took as a sign to head out early to the ferry, and others, including Conan as a sign from above: “It started to rain as we played ‘Buckets of Rain,’ it’s because God is with us!” he mocked, before simultaneously backtracking in his trademark self-deprecating way: “What a crazy thing to say! He’s an egomaniac! I played a song about rain and it rained, therefore I am God!” while...
The night’s final big surprise came when Conan introduced who he described as a “former upholster,” none other than Jack White, who joined for “a song about friendship” that also happens to be the theme song for his popular podcast: "We're Going to Be Friends," the classic White Stripes standard, and presented Conan with a megalodon tooth fossil he bought as a gift.
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