Sufjan Stevens Playing Banjo by Joe Lencioni

October 30, 2006

ƒ/2.8, 1/180 s, 800 ISO

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The Sufjan show at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee was very cool. The whole band was dressed in matching bird costumes. Sufjan had the biggest wings.

9 Comments

Ryan Rud said
October 31st, 2006 at 6:54 pm

I believe Sufjan was the only bird, and the other band members had butterfly wings on.
(post author) Joe Lencioni said
October 31st, 2006 at 9:35 pm

Aha! I stand corrected!
Jeremy said
November 4th, 2006 at 12:22 pm

great great shot.
Robbie G said
November 4th, 2006 at 12:59 pm

Sufjan was the Majesty Songbird and his band the Magical Butterfly Brigade. Here’s some info about it, a free live mp3 for download, and some videos.
(post author) Joe Lencioni said
November 4th, 2006 at 1:48 pm

Thanks for the link, rob!
Lauren said
November 29th, 2006 at 11:17 am

Majesty Snowbird and you’re right about his band
andrew said
December 15th, 2006 at 4:02 pm

Very good photo!
Grahame said
March 19th, 2007 at 12:42 pm

I have to confirm this, but I understand that his reasoning for the wings (besides the song) was Psalm 91:4, which says, “He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.”
(post author) Joe Lencioni said
March 19th, 2007 at 1:17 pm

@Grahame: Very cool, thanks for the information about the Biblical connection. You’ll have to let us know if you can confirm it.