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Tell me more about this rare Tupe record.

I might just have to digging for a Hilltops record now.

Here's some more Summerteeth-era footage I stumbled upon today: Jay's baritone guitar is really high in the mix.

So Jeff Tweedy, Jay Farrar, and Mike Heidorn walk into a bar...

Cool story.

My guess is that it's out there on a server somewhere on Megaupload, Mediafire, etc. Google is your friend.

I think Dave's comment was more about young players who spend more time obsessing over gear than actually becoming proficient at their instruments. I see no problem with accomplished players gushing over equipment while in pursuit of the perfect tone. We all have sounds in our head that we want to create. Hell -- I'm a guitarist, and I think one of the most fantastic sounds in the world is Paul McCartney's bass...I'd love to get something so rich and buttery through a guitar...hence my avatar.

Full Noel Gallagher concert... http://www.youtube.c...8E&feature=plcp

Damn, son.

Fact.

I remember that feeling too. Summerteeth was a big part of that. She's a Jar changed my world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHWBM-sfiC0

Yeah, Keanu Reeves is a bassist in a band called Dogstar. Never listened to 'em. How could we forget the great Bruce Willis?

Just posted about that this morning here! http://viachicago.org/topic/47010-mermaid-ave-iii-anyone-seen-this/ The NYT article in the other thread indicates the foundation paid $3 million for the archives.

The live recordings of the stripped-down Wilco-the-quartet in 2001 are a fine example of what he brought to the table.

A Woody Guthrie museum is being built in Oklahoma: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/arts/music/woody-guthrie-gets-a-belated-honor-in-oklahoma.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=fb-nytimes. The George Kaiser Family Foundation is paying $3 million for the Guthrie archives, which will be used to create the exhibition and study center.