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    AmericanaramA 24, Fiddler's Green, Denver 07/31/13

    in After The Show

    Posted

    Setlist as played:

     

    Handshake Drugs

    Solitaire

    Muzzle of Bees

    Hesitating Beauty

    Remember the Mountain Bed

    War on War

    Misunderstood (24 Nothings)

    Art of Almost

    Jesus Etc

    Impossible Germany

    The Late Greats

    Cinnamon Girl (w/MMJ)

    (Jeff: "It's an open stage from here on out.")

    California Stars

    Casino Queen

    Hoodoo Voodoo

     

    Last three songs with Aryan Bingham's band and members of MMJ. I counted 14 people on stage.

    Breaking down the Wilco AmericanaramA set lists

    in After The Show

    Posted

    I've been updating the spreadsheet regularly. With the tour now 2/3 over (18 down, 9 to go), the WIlco set lists are still showing astonishing variety.
     
    Art of Almost is played at every show. But 48 songs, or roughly three in every set, have been played only once on the entire tour. And another 25 songs have been played at only two or three shows.
     
    You can see the entire list here:

    http://sdrv.ms/189GN5U

     

    Feel free to sort and filter the list to your heart's content. You won't break anything.

    Breaking down the Wilco AmericanaramA set lists

    in After The Show

    Posted

    If you look at the setlists from 2012-2013, there's actually more variety than it seems.  It's just that the 3-4 rarities that get played every night get drowned out by all of the standards.  The AmericanaramA setlists are so exciting because they keep the rarities and have cut back on the number of standards.  Plus the guest spots have been thrilling and unpredictable.

    Yeah, I did an analysis of those set lists when the tours were underway. There were slots every night for inserting a deep track, but for the most part everything followed a standard template. It was designed to sell The Whole Love, so understandable, but still...

     

    I can't find those posts now, unfortunately, because the site search doesn't go back that far and apparently Via Chicago has search indexing turned off so posts don't appear in Google or Bing. Bummer.

     

    Thanks for the analysis. How many shows are currently available to listen? 3?

    The security on this tour is really tough, so the only recordings that have leaked out have been stealth. I think there are three shows in circulation right now, but you could look at the In A Future Age board to get a definitive answer.

    Breaking down the Wilco AmericanaramA set lists

    in After The Show

    Posted

    On the last couple Wilco tours, I was mildly disappointed (but only mildly) that the set lists began to fall into a predictable routine, as though they had been lovingly hand-crafted from an artisanal cookie cutter.

     

    Boy oh boy is that not the case with this latest tour. I was initially concerned that these abbreviated (75-minute) festival sets would be the same ol' same ol', with Wilco's greatest hits show after show.

     

    Wrong.

     

    To quote Stephen Colbert: "Great set lists? Or the greatest set lists?"

     

    I looked at the first nine Wilco AmericanaramA set lists and did a little quick analysis:


    13-16 songs per set, drawn from a list (so far) of 70 titles

    Only two songs have been played at nearly every show:

    • Art of Almost (9)
    • Dawned On Me (8)


    11 songs have been played at 3-5 shows:

    • Impossible Germany (5)
    • Born Alone (5)
    • Hesitating Beauty (4)
    • Via Chicago (4)
    • California Stars (4)
    • I'm the Man Who Loves You (4)
    • Shouldn't Be Ashamed (3)
    • I Got You (3)
    • Sloth (with Richard Thompson) (3)
    • Heavy Metal Drummer (3)
    • Jesus, Etc. (3)


    Another 11 songs have been played only twice, and 46 songs performed only once in the nine sets so far. A lot of covers and (as is appropriate for an Americana tour) lots of Woody Guthrie tunes, including a Mermaid Avenue outtake that's never been played publicly before.

     

    That's astonishing.

     

    I sure hope this entire run goes up on the Roadcase, ideally as a complete collection.

     

    At these prices, it's hard to believe anyone is following the band around from show to show. But I now wish I had overruled my initial pessimism and made plans to see multiple shows instead of just the one in Denver.

    Best Roadcase Show?

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    In my opinion they're all pretty equivalent in terms of quality. This is a soundboard feed with what sounds like a bit of audience mixed in for color.
     
    I've bought eight of the Roadcase shows (and would probably collect them all if I could justify the cost). Most of the shows are ones I didn't attend, so I can judge them pretty dispassionately.
     
    Of the ones I own, the Geneva show (Roadcase 002) and Rochester (Roadcase 008) are my favorites.

    YMMV.

     

    I am also an experienced judge of field recordings. IMO, the Roadcase shows are first-rate work, and there are very few bootlegs that are even close to them in sonic terms.

    Three secret Wilco Roadcase shows from Japan

    in After The Show

    Posted

    Here's something I learned today...

    Through a website screw-up, Wilco posted three live Roadcase shows from Japan. But someone uploaded them to the Ryan Adams Store instead of the Wilco store, so they don't show up in the regular Wilco Roadcase section at kungfustore.com.

    To make matters even more confusing, the shows are numbered 18, 19, and 20. But whoever just uploaded the two Solid Sound shows didn't realize those numbers were used, so Solid Sound nights 1 and 2 are 18 and 19, respectively.

    Confused? Here are the links:

    Roadcase 018 / April 10, 2013 / Osaka
    http://ashesandfire.kungfustore.com/products/4260-roadcase-018-april-10-2013-osaka-jp-wilr18

    Roadcase 019 / April 12, 2013 / Tokyo
    http://ashesandfire.kungfustore.com/products/4261-roadcase-019-april-12-2013-tokyo-jp-wilr19

    Roadcase 020 / Aprl 13, 2013, Tokyo
    http://ashesandfire.kungfustore.com/products/4262-roadcase-020-april-13-2013-tokyo-jp-wilr20
     
    Meanwhile, the aforementioned Solid Sound shows are available in the proper place...
     
    PS: I sent an email to Wilco HQ.
     
    Update: The links for Roadcase 019 and 020 are now missing. Oh, and don't try to order the remaining show (or the others, if the links go live again). Your payment will be processed, and you'll get a download link that doesn't work. Take it from someone who (in the interest of science) tried.
     
    One further update: Just heard back from KungFu Store Customer Service, who told me "The Wilco Japan Roadcases have not yet officially been released, which is why they were not listed in the Wilco store and why the download link is not currently working. We do plan to release them in the future, so we will keep your order pending and will plan to update it accordingly when the Japan Roadcases are released for sale. We'll be back in touch when this update has been made, so that you can try again to access the download."

    Solid Sound Night #2

    in After The Show

    Posted

    It was clear from Glenn's body language that he really really wants to retire the standing on the drum stool bit. I'm happy for him that he will be able to retire it.

    I hope they feel that they can retire the "Jeff and Pat play really close together on the twin guitar part" of Impossible Germany as well, and anything else that they feel they have to do.

     

    I spoke with Glenn briefly at the dinner after night 2 and he said he was really, really glad to be relieved of that bit of nightly theatrics. But he did concede that they would likely do it again at Solid Sound and if/when they play in Brazil. :)

    Austin City Limits Festival Revealed

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    I got the Pollstar notification this morning, but I can't see any mention regarding who is playing on which weekend...would be good to know as I have a good excuse to treat myself to some travel one of those weekends!

     

    Buried in a reply above, this is worth calling out:

     

    "Lineup headliners and most 2013 bands will be performing BOTH Weekend One and Two of this year's Festival, with the exception of some of our local artists."

     

    So, like Coachella. Advantage of going to weekend two is you get to read the reviews from the first weekend to see which acts were surprise hits and which were disappointments.

    Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket summer tour

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Showtime for the Fiddler's Green Amphitheater show in Denver is 5:30, with Ryan Bingham opening (not Richard Thompson). And the facility has a hard curfew of 10:00PM. So...

     

    If Ryan Bingham plays 5:30-6:00, that leaves a total of four hours for three stage changes and three headliners. Even if you assume 20 minutes per set change (which would be fastest I've ever seen), that's exactly an hour per set for each of the top three acts.

     

    Yikes. It sounded so good on paper.

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