On Friday night, an ensemble of current indie-rock luminaries paid heartfelt tribute to one of their shared musical touchstones, as The Gene Clark NO OTHER Tour arrived at a sold-out 9:30 Club.

Seattle’s Fleet Foxes have always felt like they were meant for something bigger. When the folk sextet first made a splash in 2008, I caught them at a tiny room in New Orleans. Three years later, they’ve played Saturday Night Live, topped critics lists and on Sunday night, they sold out all 3,700 seats inside DAR Constitution Hall.

There’s something endearing about gratitude, and Seattle’s Fleet Foxes were nothing if not grateful on Monday night. They were grateful to NPR for broadcasting their show, they were grateful to the perennially overlooked Black Cat sound technicians and they were especially grateful that singer Robin Pecknold’s health had taken an upward turn. Apparently the singer had been truly sick for the previous five shows or so, saying that ever since L.A. the shows had been…