Mumford & Sons covered “Sweet Home Chicago” with the help of blues singer Sharon Lewis last night in Chicago. The collaboration took place during the encore of Friday’s show at the United Center.
Touring in support of their 2018 album Delta, Mumford & Sons opened the show with the record’s “Guiding Light.” The main set was filled out with additional new songs and selections from their other albums, closing with the Sigh No More favorite “The Wolf.” The encore began with “Timshel” performed around a single microphone and “Awake My Soul” before the emergence of Lewis.
The Chicago-based Texas-native then led a performance of the blues standard first recorded by Robert Johnson. Following “Sweet Home Chicago,” Mumford & Sons ended the evening with “I Will Wait” and the Delta title track. Watch Lewis leading Mumford & Sons on “Sweet Home Chicago” via video captured by Heather Towey below:
Setlist
Mumford & Sons at United Center
- Sirius
- Guiding Light
- Little Lion Man
- Holland Road
- The Cave
- Beloved
- Lover of the Light
- Tompkins Square Park
- Believe
- Ditmas
- Slip Away
- Picture You
- Darkness Visible
- The Wolf
Encore
- Timshel
- Awake My Soul
- Sweet Home Chicago
- I Will Wait
- Delta
