Bassist Dave Hernandez--clutching a much-emptied glass at the after-party--pointed out his mother mingling amid SNL cast members like Amy Poehler and Andy Samberg and admitted that he got a little emotional toward the end of the show. ''"Afterwards, when we were doing that hugging thing,''" Hernandez recalled, ''"it was like '''Whoa, my mom is here. My mom let me stay up late to watch Elvis Costello on SNL when I was a kid and now she'''s here.'''''"
I think I'd start crying too if I saw my mom schmoozing with Andy Samberg. Here's the band's performance of "Phantom Limb":
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James looks absolutely terrified there. The band sounds surprisingly good for an SNL performance though.