Rather than perform LP2’s first single, “Calgary,” which most have heard a few times by now, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon mixed it up for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight by unleashing that new tune’s unlikely B-side: a cover of 1991 Bonnie Raitt hit “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” garnished by a dash of her 1989 single “Nick of Time.” What’s more, he opened with the Leon Russell-penned Donny Hathaway song “A Song For You” for the gorgeous piano-backed medley. ?uest approves of Vernon seizing the moment, and yeah, so do we. Watch the full performance above.
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