Kurt Vile brings out Slint's Ethan Buckler for King Kong cover in Louisville

Kurt Vile brought Ethan Buckler onstage at Louisville's Headliners on Friday night. The Slint and King Kong figure joined Vile to perform King Kong's "Old Man On The Bridge" in his hometown. A video of the performance was credited to Drew Mihans.

Jimmy Fallon once devoted an entire "Do Not Play" segment to poking fun at the song. This time it won over Fallon and Questlove. The Buckler thread runs through Vile's latest record too. He sang backing vocals on "Chance To Bleed," the lead single from Philadelphia's been good to me.

The Louisville turn came days after Vile and the Violators played "99 BPM" on The Tonight Show on Monday, Nov. 2.