“It’s safe to say, none of us would be here without B.B. King.”

Those were the words of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl as his band launched into their headlining set last night as the first day of the Hangout Festival came to a close in Gulf Shores, AL. The night certainly belonged to Grohl and his band of Foos, but the fallen blues legend was on the mind of all as King was repeatedly referenced throughout the band’s set. Speaking of their set, the Foos wasted little time delivering the hits after the opening blues number of “Young Man Blues,” presumably a nod to King. Grohl quickly fired into “All My Life,” a song typically reserved for the end of shows, and ignited the swelling crowd.

Over the nineteen-song set, the Foos took care of everything on their checklist, hitting on some of the new songs like “Something From Nothing” as well as “In the Clear,” which featured members of Preservation Hall Jazz Band joining the group on stage. That tune was recorded during the band’s Sonic Highways sessions where they visited New Orleans and spent some time at the famed jazz hall. “We made friends for life,” Grohl said of the Pres Hall musicians.

Also littered throughout the set were older tunes like “Times Like These,” “Learn to Fly,” a fiery, extended “The Pretender” and the first “Long Road to Ruin” since 2013. When the band got to the cover section of the show, Grohl recounted a story from the band’s last time at the festival where they filled in for Cee Lo Green at the last minute, performing a 45-minute set of covers when the hip hop artist missed his flight. They then invited out Coy Bowles and Clay Cook from Zac Brown Band, who will headline the festival on Saturday night, for a lengthy take on The Faces’ “Stay With Me” sung by drummer Taylor Hawkins.

As curfew approached, the Foos didn’t seem to have much worry as they blew threw the 11 PM stop time with more covers like the Stones’ “Miss You” and Queen’s “Under Pressure” before wrapping up with a 1-2 punch of their biggest hits, “Best of You” and “Everlong.”

Before the Foos hit the stage, plenty of noteworthy music was played on the festival’s seven stages. Among them, Win Butler of Arcade Fire who brought his DJ Windows 98 project to the beach as a late addition. Butler was joined by his wife and Arcade Fire bandmate Regine Chassagne and members of Preservation Hall Jazz Band to deliver an overwhelmingly percussive set of music that had all in attendance dancing.

With the sun out, Jenny Lewis and budding stars Houndmouth hit the beach at opposite ends, both attracting large crowds. Lewis, supporting her latest The Voyager, mesmerized the crowd with new material as well as songs from her time with indie sensation Rilo Kiley. Over on the BMI Stage, Houndmouth simply proved far too big for the small stage as the band could hardly contain themselves, invigorating the crowd watching them in the hot sun.

As the headliner’s time drew near, a band who was initially supposed to headline took to the stage in Umphrey’s McGee. Following B.B. King’s passing, one of the things on everyone’s mind was how the Chicago rockers would pay homage to the fallen idol, and they got their answer about halfway through the set when they teamed up with Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco for a cover of his own “The Show Goes On.” “We’ve been wanting to do that for a long time,” Joel Cummins said from the stage as they dedicated the performance to King. The appearance of Fiasco is interesting and well-timed since he had “transportation issues” to the festival and missed his scheduled set time at 3:45, prompting Break Science to fill the role. Fiasco would go on later in the night.

The night closed with a variety of music, including Paramore who rocked the Surf Stage with their loyal following. Spoon brought their intimate, quirky brand of rock and roll to the Hangout Stage as frontman Britt Miller bounced around from piano and guitar to stalking around the stage with the microphone. Galactic and Macy Gray continued their unlikely pairing, performing tunes from her catalog like the hit “I Try” as well as Galactic standards. Those who didn’t care to see the Foo Fighters could be found in the Boom Boom Tent where Skrillex and Diplo revived their Jack U collaboration.