Odd Error in the New York Times’ ACL Fest Story

The New York Times gave the Austin City Limits Music Festival a nice review, calling it “a first-tier rock fest, with a regional twist.”

But the story also contains this paragraph:

Just as striking was the spirit of camaraderie among artists: in set after set there were acknowledgments and dedications. On Saturday evening the indie songwriter Conor Oberst, with his countrified Mystic Valley Band, sang “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” — a nod to John Fogerty, who wrote the song, and who was at that moment holding court on another stage.

Sounds pretty cool, right? But it never happened. Oberst and band played Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome” during their Saturday set, but did not play “Have You Ever Seen the Rain”.

That’s a curious error — probably resulting from a misunderstanding in one person telling the story to another as it made its way to the writer.

UPDATE: Commenter ttrentham reminded me that I could double-check the setlists on the ACL site. That list backs me up — yes to Kodachrome, no to Have You Ever Seen the Rain.