Serena Altschul goes back to the Kentucky farm where the rock band My Morning Jacket formed their Signature Sound and learns they take cues from an unlikely source - "The Muppets" - in an interview for this week's CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH Charles Osgood, to be broadcast today, June 30, 2013 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.
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Critics have called My Morning Jacket one of the greatest live bands ever. They found their sound, band leader Jim James says, playing in silos on a farm in Louisville, Ky., where they could play as loud as possible.
"The various major studios all had their echo chambers that they're known for, so I thought, 'Well, we've got these giant silos that sound amazing. Why not use them as our chambers?'" James tells Altschul during a tour of The Farm. "It's got a beautiful sound. A dirty floor, but a beautiful sound." That sound has earned the band great critical acclaim, and their last album, Circuital, reached the top ten on the Billboard charts. But it's more than the silos that helped inspire the band. James admits he has been influenced by Roy Orbison's voice and "The Muppets."Videos