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Oh - they must have a lot. And maybe even the album they were working on the 2nd time Marc Ford left the band.

I wonder if Chris will try to block it? 

I've often thought someone should write a history about those bands and the time period they thrived in. Many years ago - I knew someone who played in a band like that. 

Thanks A-Man. I'm gonna keep an eye out for those as I trawl thru my estate sales

I would send you the PDF file if you want it. But it is still a bit screwy. You would be better off getting a copy through inter-library loan to read.

They did a Satanic Majesties box and I think a Beggars Banquet box - but not any sort of demos or anything to make it worth it. 

There was a time his son had them up on a website. I think they are gone now. I have the PDF file on my Nook. It took a lot of reformatting to get it to work.

It is out of print. I have a PDF file of that book. You can find it - if you dig around. There is another one after that called "The Phantom Blooper". 

It actually is a pretty decent doc. - some of the old management/roadies are in it. Some pretty cool footage, too. Worth watching - I checked out the DVD from the library a while ago.

 

Watched a bit of it last night on AXS - the bit about Gregg 'ratting' out Scooter -- crazy, sad fucked-up time in the band's history.

There is a whole bunch of stuff about that time period in that book Midnight Riders (Scott Freeman) which I bought many years ago.  I'd still like to see that documentary Please Call Home: The Big House Years. But it is 25 bucks. I don't want to buy it - I just want to see it.

It's also on Amazon Prime. I have not watched it - as I figured it was another one of those documentaries with a bunch of old guy rock writers talking about stuff you already know.

I am listening to Two From The Vault which I have not listened to in years. I always liked the technical information page in back side of the cd case. It now sounds a bit muffled or muddy.  I guess it was re-released in 2007. I wonder if that release sounds better.

Below are all the shows we have collected and uploaded from January 2018 to December 2018:

This year we must thank Mr. Oecourt for almost all these shows. I had a computer malfunction last summer and almost all these shows went with it. I have not had the money to get it fixed. He was kind enough to send them to me, so I did not have to grab them from Dime a Dozen again.

I did away with individual folders for each year. All the Wilco shows are now in one folder, all the Jeff shows are now in one folder, etc. I also worked on re-configuring the file names and including missing taper names where known.

 

12-16-1994 Wilco

5-25-1995 Wilco

5-26-1995 Wilco Let It Be (in store)

6-9-1995 Wilco (pitched new version)

10-20-1995 Wilco

11-22-1995 Wilco

12-2-1996 Wilco

5-13-1997 Wilco

9-14-1997 Wilco (Mark P. source)

11-24-1997 Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett

11-25-1997 Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett

5-23-1998 Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett

5-20-1999 Wilco

7-11-1999 Wilco (zuma66 source)

11-22-1999 Wilco

7-13-2000 Wilco

11-22-2000 Wilco

10-2-2001Wilco

12-1-2001Wilco

12-2-2001Wilco

12-3-2001Wilco

2-25-2002 Jeff Tweedy

4-21-2002 Wilco (David Klein source)

9-16-2002 Wilco

9-14-2003 Wilco (Luke source)

9-25-2004 Wilco (Rhett source)

10-26-2004 Wilco (Marc N. source)

2-25-2005 Wilco

4-23-2005 Wilco

2-5-2012 Wilco (crowflies source)

3-27-2013 Wilco (BleedingMe source)

3-27-2013 Wilco (BeShakey source)

7-19-2015 Jeff Tweedy (Brent Stober source)

1-30-2018 Jeff Tweedy (oecourt source)

4-5-2018 Jeff Tweedy (Detroitlightning source)

4-14-2018 Jeff Tweedy (ColinW source)

4-20-2018 Jeff Tweedy (Ronnie Dunn source)

6-2-2018 Jeff Tweedy (Todd Moore source)

6-17-2018 Jeff Tweedy (Yaz Rock source)

8-17-2018 Jeff Tweedy (luke79 source)

9-6-2018 Jeff Tweedy (tbugsett source)

It always amazes me when Hunter talks about writing all those songs in one day - Ripple, etc. 

There is some talk about that and others who worked on Brothers and Sisters in the No Way Out book. 

I've always preferred the music of Dark Star over the lyrics. 

It also goes into this in the book. I had that cd and actually tossed it - it was bad. 

That's one I may actually want to get. Imagine - Band of Gypsy's and then GD in the space of a couple of days. 

I never did get the last one. I am not too excited about releases from these bands anymore. 

Ah - looks like he is back on that Springsteen/political trip.

Ok - I like this book. It reminds me of the Neil Young book. Except - Jeff isn't talking about some doomed music system every few pages. Also - I bought my first record in 1974. It was The Jackson Five - Stand. I still have it. The first Blondie album I ever bought was Eat To The Beat. Which is still my favorite album by Blondie. Nice to see my home state get mentioned. 

Looks like Jay is having a sale:

Reverb.com

 

 

Son Volt’s Jay Farrar to Sell Hundreds of Guitars, Records, and More on Reverb

 

Published Dec 12, 2018 by Reverb

 

Today, we're excited to announce that Son Volt's Jay Farrar will sell nearly 200 guitars, amps, and pedals—as well as nearly 100 records—through The Official Jay Farrar of Son Volt Reverb Shop and The Official Jay Farrar of Son Volt Reverb LP Shop on December 18.

 

As you can see in the video above, the gear will include some prime vintage guitars, amps, and pedals, used by Farrar on stage and in the studio for the past 30 years. Many of them have personal stories from a career spanning across folk, country, and rock music. To be notified as soon as the shop goes live, sign up with your email address in the form below.

"I knew that vintage instruments like these were used to create a lot of great music that I grew up listening to, dating all the way back to the '50s. I knew that not a lot of people were using this gear to make popular mainstream music, so I gravitated toward the older stuff," Farrar said.

 

Among the vintage guitars for sale in The Official Jay Farrar of Son Volt Reverb Shop are a 1959 Gretsch 6119 Chet Atkins Farrar got from Brian Henneman of The Bottle Rockets, in exchange for Farrar's 1962 Mercury Comet. "I'm not sure who got the better deal ... they're both classics," Farrar said.

 

A white 1962 Gibson SG Standard used on Son Volt's first album, Trace, also reminds Farrar of his youth. "This one takes me back because I started learning how to play electric guitar on a guitar almost exactly like this," Farrar says. "It was interesting learning to play guitar in the 1970s because old, classic guitars like this weren't valued much. This would have cost just a hundred bucks or so at that time."

 

Farrar's shop will also feature:

    A late 1950s Fender 1000 8-string pedal steel that Farrar notes is the first he ever purchased. According to Jay, this piece of gear has a few mysteries associated with it. "There's an outline of the guy's name who used to play it—'Red.' I picked it up in St. Louis and there was a famous session pedal steel guitarist named Red Rhodes. It could have been his, but I can't authenticate that. The other mystery is what year it is—a 1956 or 1957—which makes it one of the first pedal steels Fender made," Farrar said.

 

    A 1957 Gibson Les Paul Jr. that Farrar picked up on the road. According to him, "When we were touring in the early '90s, there was no internet and we didn't even really have cell phones. So you would spend your time looking through pawn shops and music stores and eventually, you'd find something like this."

 

    A Fender Bassman Tweed 2x12 Reissue amp that Farrar picked up in the early 2000s at a pawn shop in Augusta, Georgia. "This Fender Bassman has traveled the continent," Farrar said of the amp, which he used on tours throughout the U.S. and for shows in Canada.

 

    Multiple effects pedals, cables, preamps, and other pieces of recording and pro audio gear from Farrar's recording studio, which he's used since the early 2000s when he released his first solo album.

Not Gray folded - but rather Grey Market. . .

I am curious to hear the album Duane and Devon are making. Actually Berry Jr. is in the band also. 

I just noticed Amazon Prime has added Anthem to Beauty (plus a bunch more of those Classic Albums documentaries). 

I was surprised to find the book on my local library's e-book site yesterday. There are very few music related e-books on there. Even more surprising - there is a wait list. I will get to read it at some point this winter. 

It's streaming at his site.

Right now - you can do the subscription for 20 bucks a year.