Big Red Machine Performs 'Gratitude'

Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Aaron Dessner (The National), and make their television debut as Big Red Machine with a song from their first project together, 'Big Red Machine.'

Watch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert weeknights at 11:35 PM ET/10:35 PM CT. Only on CBS.

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[R_A]

The drummer is enjoying himself so much, what a guy

[jordanberezin]

Man, so good. All iterations of Mr. Vernon, whether it's the Big Red Machine, bon iver, volcano choir....shouting matches....list goes on, it's all fantastic

[eric]

omg thats lisa hannigan on vocals! What a pleasant surprise!!

[jankozek]

"We better not mess this up" lol. Funny to hear Justin Vernon change a song lyric like that.

[Olhado]

Two of the biggest indie heroes of our generation. Also shout out to drummer guy for being very entertaining to watch. He's feelin' it.

[malinamusica]

Now I can feel it. I understand everything they are playing. They know how to make it. This music is colorfull. The atmosphere. Yeah. That was good man.

[marcokallenborn]

So many high fives to the sound engineers!

[ilikecows]

Oh my god. Drummer, you are a CHAMPION.

[goldwincs]

I wish they would have played "Hymnostic". It's my favorite track from the album.

[michaeljustin]

justin is the best musical artist of this generation.

[jibk]

how did i miss this before??? so glad i heard this now at least

[joaoconceicao]

So many Volcano Choir bits in there <3

[manulovesyoumadly]

PLEASE make Lisa Hannigan a steady member of BRM!

[padraicfallon]

The DIVINE Lisa Hannigan for good measure.. now that's what I call a supergroup!

[johncooper]

I'm so proud of Justin!! I love his music so much

[AToolyTime]

JT Bates is so good. He always gives a great performance. ❤

[sonofmunson]

This is so fucking epic. Awesome, awesome, awesome!

[validname]

I didnt think there was a way this could be even better live, but it was!

[Steven-ideb]

Justin Vernon, Lisa Hannigan and Aaron Dessner in one Performance 🥁😍

[AQGOAT]

The comment section probably Imagine Dragons fans being big mad. It's always amusing to read the comments when artists like this perform for a more general audience on shows like Colbert