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Kurt Vile brought Ethan Buckler onstage at Headliners in Louisville on Friday, Nov. 6, for a performance of King Kong’s “Old Man On The Bridge.” Buckler, a member of Slint and King Kong, also contributed backing vocals to Vile’s latest album. The appearance came in the same week as Vile and the Violators performed on The Tonight Show.
Kurt Vile brought Ethan Buckler onstage at Louisville’s Headliners on Friday, Nov. 6, to perform King Kong’s “Old Man On The Bridge.” Buckler, a Louisville musician associated with Slint and King Kong, joined Vile for the song by his band, making the appearance a hometown moment for the guest and a live link to Vile’s recent album.
The performance took place during Vile’s show at Headliners, according to Stereogum’s report. Buckler is described as a local legend in Louisville and is known for his work with Slint and King Kong. The report identifies “Old Man On The Bridge” as a King Kong song; it does not provide a set list or further details about how the performance was arranged.
Buckler had also appeared on Vile’s latest album, Philadelphia’s been good to me, contributing backing vocals to its lead single, “Chance To Bleed.” That collaboration gives the onstage pairing a recent musical connection beyond the guest appearance itself.
Video of the Louisville performance was shared by Drew Mihans, as noted in the Stereogum report. Earlier in the week, on Monday, Nov. 2, Vile and his band the Violators performed “99 BPM” on The Tonight Show. The two performances put Vile’s current work and Buckler’s King Kong material in the same week of public appearances.
A Louisville Song Returns Home
The guest appearance brought a King Kong song to a Louisville stage with Buckler, one of the band’s members, performing it in his hometown. For local listeners, the pairing connected a regional music figure with a touring artist whose newest album already includes Buckler’s vocals.
The moment also gave “Old Man On The Bridge” a different public setting from its earlier late-night television exposure. Stereogum describes the Louisville performance as a celebratory moment for the song, following a segment on Jimmy Fallon’s show that had initially made it the subject of a joke. That framing is the publication’s characterization; the confirmed detail is that Buckler joined Vile to perform the track.
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From Fallon’s Joke to Headliners
A few years before the Louisville show, Jimmy Fallon devoted a segment on The Tonight Show’s “Do Not Play” feature to “Old Man On The Bridge,” according to Stereogum. The report says the song subsequently won over Fallon and Questlove. The source does not give the segment’s exact air date or describe the full exchange.
The week of the Headliners performance included another Vile television appearance: on Monday, Nov. 2, Vile and the Violators played “99 BPM” on The Tonight Show. Four days later, Vile brought Buckler onstage in Louisville. The sequence links a recent broadcast performance and a hometown collaboration, while the album credit establishes that the two musicians had already worked together.
““Old Man On The Bridge””
— Stereogum report
Set Details Remain Unreported
The available report does not specify how many songs Buckler performed, whether he joined Vile for any other material, or whether the collaboration had been announced before the show. It also does not provide a full set list, audience response details, or information about any further performances together. The shared video is credited to Drew Mihans, but the source material does not describe its length or production.
No Further Shows Announced
The reported event is a completed performance, and the supplied source material names no future dates or additional joint appearances by Vile and Buckler. Vile’s appearance with the Violators on The Tonight Show took place earlier in the same week; the Louisville performance followed on Nov. 6. Any further collaboration or live dates have not been confirmed in the available reporting.
Key Questions
Which song did Kurt Vile and Ethan Buckler perform?
They performed King Kong’s “Old Man On The Bridge” during Vile’s show at Headliners in Louisville.
When and where did Buckler join Vile?
Buckler joined Vile on Friday, Nov. 6, at Headliners in Louisville.
What is Buckler’s connection to Kurt Vile?
Buckler contributed backing vocals to “Chance To Bleed,” the lead single from Vile’s latest album, Philadelphia’s been good to me.
What did Vile perform on The Tonight Show that week?
Vile and the Violators performed “99 BPM” on the program on Monday, Nov. 2.
Source: stereogum.com
