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My friend Doug and I drove from SLC, UT and met our friend Seth, who flew up from Phoenix. I haven't been following this tour so I went in with no expectations. In fact, I didn't even know Minus 5 was opening so that was a pleasant surprise. Any way, we loved the set but I agree about the lack of singalong. WE certainly sang loud and proud in our section on the floor toward the back. It seemed like a lot of people were simply not familiar with what to expect at a Jeff Tweedy / Wilco show. I couldn't believe the amount of people getting up and going out to get drinks during songs. Rude, rude,

This was my first Tweedy solo show. I'm sort of a latecomer to Wilco (2005-2006ish) but I have managed to see the band six times now. I've been a huge fan of his solo performances ever since I got my hands on the various Letters for Santa recordings. One of my biggest regrets is that I didn't see Tweedy in Nashville and Knoxville years ago when I was in Tennessee, but I wasn't a full-fledged Wilco convert at that point. Imagine my excitement when I saw the announcement that he was coming to SLC and even more when we pulled seventh-row center seats. The view was absolutely perfect. (Although, o

My friend knows The Flaming Lips, particularly Derek Brown. He's seen them a dozen times and has been backstage a number of times. He got involved with their street team in the early days and has kept in touch with the band over the years. When they came through Salt Lake last year he scored all-access passes for a bunch of his friends. While I'm not a huge Lips fan--I do enjoy nearly all of their work since Soft Bulletin--I jumped at the chance to go with my friend. He and I arrived to the venue around 3:00 PM and Wayne Coyne immediately put us to work. We disassembled, cleaned, and reassembl

This was my fifth time seeing Wilco and first time in Salt Lake. I’m in my mid-30s and Wilco is the only band I’ll travel to see. I flew down with a friend to see them in Phoenix earlier this year. (Front row tix, btw.) But yesterday I only had to drive up from Provo, which is where we currently live. This was also my first time going to a show at Red Butte Gardens. Our group of 13 staked out a decent spot in the shade, spread the blankets, opened the cooler and enjoyed the atmosphere, food, and conversation until Blitzen Trapper took the stage. I’m mostly familiar with Furr and haven’t foll

Here's the setlist. I'll be back with another post reviewing the show. One Sunday Morning Art of Almost I Might Muzzle of Bees Misunderstood Impossible Germany Born Alone Far, Far away Whole Love Box Full of Letters Pot Kettle Black I’m Always in Love Heavy Metal Drummer I'm the Man Who Loves You Dawned on Me A Shot in the Arm Encore 1: Via Chicago (Jeff chews out security guard) Jesus, Etc. Late Greats Walken Hesitating Beauty California Stars Encore 2: Red-eyed and Blue I Got You (At the End of the Century) Hoodoo Voodoo

Sorry to hear about those that did not get pre-sale tix. Good luck in the general sale. The whole waiting room was off-putting. I think I got in at 9:55 and then offered the chance to get tickets at 10:15 or so. I ended up pulling front row, John/Pat side at Tempe. Two other friends miraculously pulled two sets of two tickets next to each other at 6th row center. I've never been this close to the stage at a Wilco show, so I'm really excited. I'm hoping they'll come through Utah and Idaho at some point. I miss living in Nashville when it seemed like they'd come through nearly once a year.

Maybe it is Dropped-D. I'm so used to playing it in DADGBD now that I'm not sure I could go back. I like having that high D drone note. I guess we'll need to wait for a Jeff solo video or recording before we're absolutely certain.

Hi Sarah, I wish I had more time to make up a proper tab; maybe somebody else can do that. But after watching the "Tiny Desk" performance a few times, I believe these are the chord shapes Jeff Tweedy is playing. The hardest part was the bridge since the camera only shows what Jeff is doing in a few snippets, but I think this is pretty close. I hope my system makes sense but if it doesn't I'm sure somebody else will come along with a proper tab. Good luck! “Whole Love” Tuning: DADGBD "Double Dropped-D" Chorus: D1 G F#m1 Em9 Verse: D2 D3 / D4 riff Bridge: Em F#m2 Em A7 (twice) Whole lo

That Am/G chord on the "Tall buildings shake..." walkdown should actually be this chord voicing: x02110. Watch a few solo Tweedy videos and you'll see that that is what he is playing. The bass is playing a C# on the recording, which would correspond to an Am/G# with the capo at the 5th fret. Hope that helps.

My wife and I drove from Salt Lake, got checked into the hotel, and arrived to the venue just as "Wilco (The Song)" was playing. This was our third time seeing Wilco and it was definitely worth the drive. I wanted to get there earlier, but you know, work and all that. We started out on Pat's side, but as was mentioned, there were lots of talkers and not too many hardcore fans. For "Jesus, etc." my wife and I were the only ones that I could see in our area who were singing along. I did enjoy seeing several little kids dancing and twirling around. During "I'll Fight" we decided to find a bette

I've messed around w/ the Nashville tuning before, but mostly using it for overdubbed rhythm tracks or arpeggios. It's worth trying, because as GtrPlyr points out, it may inspire some new tunesmithing.

Cool thread. A-man, glad to see you're a U2 fan. I was introduced to the band about a year after Achtung came out. U2 was the band of my adolescence. I wasn't as rapid a fan as some, but I bought a few bootlegs and saw them three times. I also have 100+ live shows and DVDs. Wilco, however, is the band of my adulthood. I'm excited about these remasters. I thought they did a great job on JT, finally fixing the problem with Exit being too quiet in the overall mix. I'm really excited for whenever Achtung Baby and Zooropa are released. Ugh. I never thought I'd buy another copy of October - e

Amen. Although, I do have to say that the band version of Spiders (Kidsmoke) from Toronto 4-21-2002 (JHamm DVD Vol. 10) is superb. In fact, I'm going to go watch it right now...

Hey, I think that's a good thing. You're just tapping into the rust.

That's good to know. I would also like to throw in my endorsement for Seagate. My 500 GB external drive has been solid.

Ah ha!!! The verses on "Sea Change" remind me a lot of "Western Hero" on Sleeps with Angels. Very nice stuff. "On a Wire" is great. It certainly evokes some Neil. I dig the pics as well. Is there anything more beautiful than seeing a floor covered in mic cables? I submit that there is not.

Ditto. I've never had problems switching between setups. You just want to make sure you are running the same version. BBW - good luck on the upgrade. I need to add an internal drive, but I'm thinking of taking the TB plunge. Man, I remember when my two 40 GB drives set up on a RAID were the cat's pajamas.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks Outta Mind (Outta Sight) sounds like Sesame Street. During the intro I fully expect to here "Sunny days, sweeping the clouds away..." is a clip on YouTube of the 1970s intro. And "Leave Me (Like You Found Me)" needs to be left right where it is...on the album.

Geez...I dunno. U2 was the band of my adolescence and early adulthood. I consider Achtung-Zooropa-Pop the triumvirate in U2's catalogue (that's right, I'm one of those fans). I liked ATYCLB well enough but I think Bomb is their first crap album, when considering Bono's statement of 'two crap albums and you're out.' I really hope the sessions in Morocco helped them reinvent themselves, like Lanois has alluded. I'm skeptical of the new album that supposedly will be out in the fall (which means it will be out in May 2009). I love U2 live. I've only seen them three times and I will probably see

Some of the Rusties may lynch me for saying this, but I really dig She Sleeps With Angels. I suppose I recommend it since it was the second or third Young album I purchased. Although my dad knew a bunch of Neil Young songs on the guitar, I don't recall playing many records at home growing up, which is strange since CSNY was Saturday chore music. Any way, I got into Young during the Harvest Moon / Unplugged period. So, She Sleeps With Angels was my first introduction to Crazy Horse. Even though I now have most of the official releases (that guy is just so damn prolific!) I still go back to Slee

"Good Vibrations"...but from the Purple Chick SMiLE reconstruction. So, maybe that doesn't count.

Gracias por el archivo. Hmm...not a great song but it has a groove. I like the double-tracked vocals at the beginning. In my opinion, any one of the b-sides is better than Leave Me (Like You Found Me). I'm not a fan of Wilco's foray into adult easy listening.

I hear a lot of The Edge in the lead guitar part. Maybe it's the delay, the harmonics, maybe it's how it provides atmosphere to the driving rhythm of the bass and drums. I bet U2 wishes they could still right songs as good as this. I like this song, though.

We danced to "Slow Dancing" by U2. The singer and other guitar player from my high school / college band performed for us. When the guitar player got married, we sang the song at his reception. Finally, after many fiancees and many years, the singer got married and we played it at his reception. The circle is now complete. The rest of the time we had a fingerstyle guitar player named Larry Pattis perform. He's really good if you like that sort of thing.