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    Check your PMs
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    Agreed.
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    From Wilco's email 2 days ago: We’ve got the first details on Jeff’s forthcoming album, Sukierae (sue-key-ray), which we will release via dBpm Records on Sept. 16. Technically not a solo album, Sukierae features 20 new songs written by Jeff and performed by father/son team of Jeff and his 18-year-old son and drummer Spencer under the band name TWEEDY.
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    The ULTRA LP???
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    I like it, and I'm sure I'll like it even more in the context of the full album. I share the same sentiment as previous comments -- there are Wilco tunes I couldn't fully appreciate until I heard them in sequence with the rest of the record. I'm still just more excited at hearing 20 new songs at once.
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    For me, enjoying different eras of live Wilco depends on my mood. Some days I love the rootsy sounds of the A.M. tour, others it's the modern day, tight and powerful six-piece. I do think the overall sound quality of recordings has gone down since 2003-04, but there still are some gems out there. The thing with the 2002-03 shows that I really love is how unpredictable they could be. The setlists were varied, you didn't know how long "Misunderstood" or "Sunken Treasure" would be on any given night, whether Jeff would go electric or acoustic on a tune, etc. There seemed to be more spontaneity.
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    You know it!
  8. choo-choo-charlie
    Wow. Jeff hasn't released this many new songs at once since...1996?
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    This is the recording that converted my brother into a fan, too. It really is a phenomenal show.
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    Yep, that's it. Good show.
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    I knew there was a thread out there about that -- I mentioned almost all of the same ones here, except the two-night run at First Avenue in Minneapolis in October 1997. Nice find!
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    I'm almost certain the Orpheum show from 2010 that I have is an FM broadcast recording. Can't remember where I got it - maybe from someone here. I went to the "Evening With" show at the Strathmore. Another good Summerteeth-era show is from Bogart's, 11-5-1999. Rare live version of "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" and a few other covers, plus a huge Kingpin. Jeff was in a strange headspace that night, based on the stage banter. If I had to pick a No. 1 favorite live Wilco recording, the 9/4/03 show at the McDonald Theatre would probably be it. Really unique setlist and terrific sound.
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    I have too many to narrow down to a top 5, so I'll just run down some of my favorites off the top of my head. These are the best-sounding and best snapshots of the band in a particular era, IMO. 5-23-95 10-25-1995 9-4-1997 9-4-1998 10-4-1999 7-30-2000 7-4-2001 10-5-2001 3-16-2002 10-29-2002 6-28-2003 9-4-2003 10-13-2007 2-27-2008 4-6-2010
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    Acquired a few nights ago from a guitar-playing-and-tinkering buddy: a Parts-O-Caster Tele. Squier neck, stripped of finish, vintage tint applied, no lacquer, has a nice worn-in feel; vintage-style tuners; MIM standard body; vintage repro Fender bridge with brass saddles; neck humbucker is from an old Epi 335; bridge pickup is from a mid-1980s '62 reissue Tele. Sounds and plays beautiful. He's got about a half-dozen other "Frankenstein" Fenders he's been working on...
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    Water Liars, who are opening a bunch of dates for DBT starting tonight for the next 10 days. Recommended by Patterson Hood in the latest DBT newsletter.
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    It would be awesome if they covered "Stonehenge" in their live sets, complete with tiny replicas of the stones lowered onto the stage.
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    Well, I'm just speculating like everyone else. I'm sure you have as good of an idea as I do, which really amounts to nothing. Yes, the Wilco sound has evolved over the years, and yes, at the center of it all are Jeff's songs. Like I said, I'm just curious as to how these songs got to the point where Jeff felt a different band would be the best way to present them, rather than through Wilco. Did Wilco work with these songs and then decide a different set of musicians should tackle them? Did Jeff write these songs from the start with Spencer / another group in mind as the collaborators? Will Wil
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    There's so much in both their catalogs to digest, it can be overwhelming or intimidating. I'm by no means an expert, and my tastes probably run with the very traditional, but I can at least offer suggestions on my favorites. Coltrane: Live at Birdland, Giant Steps and With the Thelonious Monk Quartet at Carnegie Hall. As for Miles: 'Round About Midnight and Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet. The electric phase stuff is cool too. If I'm in the right mood, I also love Sketches of Spain.
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    I think I may have said this in another thread -- I'm just really curious as to what Tweedy songs weren't "fit" for Wilco and required a different band to present whatever sound Jeff is envisioning. I agree that he may not be interested in revisiting a sound that's 10 years old, but he very well may be going for that approach. I can't say I have any guesses as to what it's all going to sound like -- but if at the core there are simply great songs (as there have been in Wilco) I'm sure we'll enjoy some or much of it. I guess what's most interesting to me is what the rest of the band is going to
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    After having spent time listening to each, I'll take RR over CRB any day. There, I said it.
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    I think it's going to sound like Jeff Tweedy songs backed by a different band than Wilco.
  23. choo-choo-charlie
    How do you post attachments here? I'd like to share a photo of a guitar I got last night...
  24. choo-choo-charlie
    How and where does one upload attachments? Trying to post a pic in the Solid State Technology forum and I can't get a button to upload media.
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