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The artist now recording as Johnny Blue Skies joined Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney for a psychedelic jam as they close their North American tour <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\tSturgill Simpson<\/a> might be gearing up for his own tour<\/a> as Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds this fall, but he joined the Black Keys <\/a>Thursday night at Nashville\u2019s the Pinnacle for a cover of the soul classic \u201cI Heard It Through the Grapevine.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tDan Auerbach and Patrick Carney played the first of two hometown dates to close out the North American leg of their Peaches n\u2019 Kream run. Wielding his cherry Gibson guitar, Simpson reportedly came to the stage without any announcement from the band, helping to extend the song into a dynamic, nearly seven-minute psychedelic blues jam. The Keys were also joined by Marcus King for a cover of Willie Griffin\u2019s \u201cWhen There\u2019s Smoke, There\u2019s Fire.\u201d<\/p>\n \n