# Kurt Vile Brings Out Ethan Buckler For A King Kong Song In Louisville

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/kurt-vile-brings-out-ethan-buckler-for-a-king-kong-song-in-louisville/
- Published: 2026-11-08T17:18:32+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T18:41:08+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2516998/kurt-vile-brings-out-ethan-buckler-for-a-king-kong-song-in-louisville/news/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Ethan Buckler joined Kurt Vile in Louisville for a King Kong song.
- The performance brought “Old Man On The Bridge” back to the stage.
- Buckler also contributed vocals to Vile’s latest album.

## Summary

Kurt Vile brought out Ethan Buckler, a Louisville musician known for Slint and King Kong, to perform King Kong’s “Old Man On The Bridge” during Vile’s show at Headliners on Friday, 6 November. The hometown performance gave the song a celebratory moment after it had previously been mocked on late-night television.

Buckler also sang backing vocals on “Chance To Bleed”, the lead single from Vile’s latest album, *Philadelphia's been good to me*. Earlier that week, Vile and the Violators performed “99 BPM” on *The Tonight Show*. Years earlier, Jimmy Fallon’s “Do Not Play” segment had poked fun at “Old Man On The Bridge”, but Fallon and Questlove soon warmed to it.

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