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Bahamas (Alfie Jurvanen) was announced as the opener for Wilco for the 2 Ohio shows. I suppose it was a little overly optimistic to hope for an "evening with" format for their first live full-band shows in ALMOST ONE YEAR. And I think we're about to the point where there won't be any more shows announced to go along with these. There's only a tiny little window of time from the end of Aug till mid Sept when everybody in the band is free. Maybe they'll squeeze in another show or two, but it seems it's getting kinda late. So, I anxiously await Columbus... less than 3 weeks away!

View this email in your browser Wilco's back and getting together for two shows in Ohio this September ahead of their Lockn' Festival gigs in Virginia. They will be in Columbus on Sept. 3 and play their first-ever show in Akron on Sept. 4. On sale for these Ohio shows is tomorrow at 10 am ET (8/1). As always check wilcoworld.net for more info. Also in September: TWEEDY releases its debut album Sukierae on dBpm Records. TWEEDY is a duo featuring Jeff and his 18-year old son Spencer and Sukierae features 20 new Jeff Tweedy-penned tunes. The album's available for pre-order now (buy it in t

I remember that each of the guys got a personalized Louisville Slugger when they played Slugger field in Louisville a few years ago. Glen used two of them for his rock star pose before ITMWLY. They all seemed pretty stoked about it. Never saw this pic before. Nice!

Think we might have a TWEEDY opener? The guy still has to peddle that new record....

Today I will leave China and return to the United States of America.

looks live to me. FB has a link. http://bit.ly/WilcoAkron

re: Columbus. pre-sales for "normal" size GA shows definitely don't have that same adrenalin buzz as reserved seating shows....

Saw Beck at the LC in Colombus last month. Great little venue! Very psyched for this!!

I saw Tweedy live, and watched the Late Night clip. But I gotta say, it just makes me long for the album where Jeff plays all the guitars. I've refrained from listening to the one-off songs so that I can hear the whole album when it comes out. And the live versions just make me want to hear Jeff's take on all that guitar work. These guys are fine, but... It's gonna be a long couple of months for me.

Best news of the day.... thanks for the report as always, but especially this.

Disappointed for sure. Maybe not all that surprised. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pesto was made. Serious pesto.

Beck

I am not a fan of soccer whatsoever. I happened to flip on the USA game last night just to check the score, and ended up watching the last 20 minutes or so. I have to admit it was interesting and enjoyable to watch. But I have now officially checked the box on "watch some soccer for 2014", so I doubt I'll watch more. But hey, go USA! Everybody loves a winner.

Never seems to be many folks posting after the Louisville shows I go to... odd. Highlights for me for last night's show - Seeing a few VC'ers and saying hello - nice to see you all there. Sonicshoulder being "that guy" with Scott.... Mr and Mrs Ditty (thanks for the setlst)... and being in the presence of bbop is always an honor. Pecan Pie. There was a lot more banter in the solo part of the show. Jeff seemed to really relax more in that part of the show and get looser. The cult menu now includes bourbon, which is a major food group here in Kentucky. When Jeff said that Spencer w

TWEEDY

Looks like Jeff has been skipping the ol gym lately.

Very happy to hear Jeff's electric guitar again.

I may make this my new sig

Now the Ryman email says that the Jeff Tweedy show is with The Handsome Family.... my goodness he's getting some nice openers.

I'm pretty sure my high school didn't have one. We wuz pretty small. College, maybe one line. Only because it's still played at basketball games.

Sigh. Past the 12:00 mark and still didn't sell junior's drum set.

Yard sale day!

The venue website for the Louisville show says "Jeff Tweedy with Special Guest The Minus 5" for the June 11 date. Songkick shows them with Jeff on June 9 and 10 (Baltimore and Washington), but not Louisville on the 11th. And a few other dates w/o Jeff. I'm very excited about that news. Could get very interesting.

Today I drove all the way across southern Indiana, taking the scenic route instead of I-64, while listening to the Mermaid Avenue records in their entirety. Rural southern Indiana is a fascinating part of the country. The drive was great, the weather was beautiful, and the Americana soundtrack was just perfect.