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But night 3 LA had Wishful Thinking, Far Far Away, The Lonely 1 and really specatacular versions of Ashes Of American Flags and Spiders...

I only went to nights 2 and 3 of Los Angeles, and I'm not sure if the awesomeness of night 2 will translate to tape, but that's the one I'm going for. Great setlist, an inspired performance and wonderful sound from where we were sitting halfway back on the floor in the center. Sunken Treasure was sublime, You Are My Face - Reservations - Impossible Germany was a sweet three in a row run of brilliance, Poor Places was an art-rock nugget and I loved hearing John's great vocals on my first Its Just That Simple. I'll never get tired of hearing via Chicago and Misunderstood when they are played

They are coming to Phoenix again next month and I have a commitment I have to attend, damn damn damn! I might have to go out to LA to see them later this year, The time I saw them 3 three years ago still stands as one of the most powerful mindblowing shows in my entire history. They are in a class all by themselves. Don't forget we had this thread going a few years back. http://viachicago.org/topic/48715-sigur-ros/?hl=sigur

Agree about John's bass playing too, of course. I love when they become the Stones circa '72 on stuff like I Got You and Outtasite, no one does that better than Wilco!

Sad to see this run come to an end. What a difference a different seat can make. Last night we were off to the far side of the balcony and the sound was echoey and we were on the rail behind the main aisle so a constant stream of ushers with their flashlights and patrons walking by was distracting. I think Wilco played great but the sounds and sights lost their vividness and the subtle details that were so clear down on the floor the night before were harder to discern for me. Ashes was the main highlight for us, so poignant and full of pathos that it brought my wife LD to tears. It means a

Yeah there was a great little jam in it also one in Locator right before, a solid one-two combo as people have pointed out all tour. You Are My Face Reservations Impossible Germany was a tryptich of awesomeness too. John's vocals were so great on any songs he did backup on and of course so pure on Its Just That Simple. He is a great singer.

And I think Tweedy is the kind of artist performer who can feed off his own annoyance and frustration and channel it into a more intense performance. There was a lot of tension between Jeff and some people and I think in an uncomfortable way it fueled the show and weirdly helped it be fantastic.

That was the best Wilco show I've ever seen! They were just on fire from the first note and never letup, they steamrolled it, super tight super clean nuanced incredible vocals and so many gorgeous musical details from Michael and Pat. What a setlist too with Sunken Treasure Reservations and poor Places! Staggeringly great musical genius ensemble rock, they are at the top of their game. LD and I were blown away. Another night still to go!

I also really like Sky Blue Sky as an album, but even more than that I love hearing those songs live. A few years back at the LA Theater, Nels and the band wrecked me with a great Side With The Seeds.. I always hope for You Are My Face, too. Are the online requests even being looked at by the band this tour? I've requested You Are My Face for this LA run. I've never heard Country Disappeared and that is another tune that would probably be perfect for this Schmilco semi-acoustic tour. I'd lose it if they played it. The release that finally opened me up to Wilco's brilliance was the As

But they did play What Light on 21 Aug 2016 in Chicago at Pritzker Pavillion, so its still on the table for this tour, I'd say!

i would be so happy if I got to hear What Light live, nice that they pulled that one out, there is hope to hear it during the LA run now.

My thoughts exactly! I've never seen Spiders at all and definitely want to hear the electric version. I did not get to see a Star Wars show when they were playing it almost every night and earlier this week I was afraid they were gonna quit electric Spiders a couple weeks before the shows we are seeing in LA.

Schweet! i'll look forward to seeing you and hopefully Brennan and you can meet my wife this time. I haven't been back to the Varnish since that night either, so I'm looking forward to that, too.

I've stayed at the Majestic for Fillmore shows. http://www.thehotelmajestic.com/default-en.html It was decent but worn the last time I stayed there in 2010, but it looks like they renovated and the price is higher than it used to be, still not too bad. Good location for the Fillmore. Hotels all over the country have gotten shockingly pricey in the last few years, it seems to me. I'm gonna try AirBnB for the first time when I go to Austin, TX in the fall. Does seem to be a lot cheaper than nice hotels.

I did not know the Riviera was a dump. I don't live in SF anymore, but I was spoiled by having the Fillmore. It is a fantastic venue and the way it is run makes the concert experience there a cut above for sure. Its like being in Amsterdam or something, like as long as you are cool, you are safe from the laws of the outside world. You don't see any security unless there is a mess to clean up. You do get the guy at the top of the stairs giving away apples saying "Welcome to the Fillmore" as has been the tradition going back to the 60s and they give away free posters at the bottom of the s

I hope you are right and that it is also true for the LA run.

Got that presale password too late yesterday to get any tickets for Thurs in LA, but I got a pair in the balcony off to the side in the general onsale this AM. So we are going to Wed and Thur, got decent center floor seats 13 rows back for Wed from the Wilco presale. Looking forward to hitting Cole's French Dip and The Varnish again! kidsmoke, are you in? Is your son coming again? Like knotgreen, I still want to know if they are gonna do Star Wars every night in LA and SF. I sure hope they don't, but they did it at all the two-night stands earlier this year and last year, I think. N

Its pretty simple. I'm asking you to be polite and respectful to this community and not call the opinions of others silly. Is that too much to ask?

So now you are making assumptions about what I think or don't think and you don't even know me or haven't even met me? What the fuck, dude? Just because you make judgements about other people's differing opinions doesn't mean that I do. I don't agree with you that Jerry was the main attraction in the Dead but I don't think your opinion is silly. Apparently you do think its silly if someone disagrees with you on this point about Jerry. I'm not taking it as a personal attack on me, I'm just noting that its unpleasant to have a discussion with someone who feels the need to invalidate the o

So when the majority of the evidence over years and years indicates one guy is consistently a dick, you become suspicious of the evidence? For someone who acknowledges repeatedly that he doesn't know much about a given band and that he isn't more than a casual fan of the band and claims that he doesn't have a dog in the fight, you sure do seem to be siding with one guy in this band. If you think that CR was the Crowes, I question the depth of your understanding what made the Crowes great. Without Rich and Steve and Marc Ford and Eddie Harsh, the Crowes would not have achieved what they did

Well, you have to consider all the years that Gorman and Rich have put up with CR and said nothing about it publicly, which to me indicates they have shown a lot of restraint. Gorman said what he said AFTER CR nixed the 2015 tour and he only did it after a lot of time had passed and after Rich made his public statement. I think CR's way of saying he didn't want to do the 2015 tour was the last straw for Rich and Gorman. Instead of saying "I don't want to be in the Black Crowes anymore" he apparently said "I will be in the Black Crowes for one more tour if the rest of the band including t

Silly to not think that Garcia was the only indispensible member of the band? Really? I don't understand why people can't just have their opinion without having to attempt to invalidate a differing opinion. Its a discussion, not a contest to be correct. I think there are plenty of people who value the Weir/Barlow catalog as much as the Garcia/Hunter. And plenty of folks who get that Weir's angular weird chords/rhythm stuff worked fantastically as a foil for hot Jerry soloing. You can't have long intense jamming that was the hallmark of early Dead like in '68 and '69 and in '72-'74 witho

I love that first Ju Ju Hounds album, too. Rick Richards from the Georgia Satellites was perfect for that band. Shuffle It All! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKBgbbFaF2U

I somewhat agree with ya about Jerry's impact on the band on a given night, but there is also the saying "When Phil is on, the band is on" if you subscribe to that notion. I also don't underestimate the importance of the drummers having a good night being a big factor in how the train was rolling. I tend to think that all members of the band had an important role in how the ensemble as a whole performed. Some members' contributions were clearly more obvious than others, but I have a suspicion that even stuff Weir was doing had a signficant impact one way or another. I'm a bit surprised, o