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I failed to see Clapton on his From The Cradle blues tour in 1994. Show was sold out, but some tix were released afternoon of the show and I chose not to make the drive. I also failed to see him when Derek Trucks was in his band and they were doing Derek and the Dominos stuff. I've seen Clapton many times, but always with his lame, overly smooth bands, not his gritty real stuff. He'll probably never play like that again. I totally blew it. Passed on seeing Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Red Hot Chili Peppers on New Year's in San Francisco in 1991. I went to see the Grateful Dead as I always di

Asked out of sincere curiosity: There are two threads about Rookie Card doing shows covering Wilco that were posted by someone apparently from the band itself. Doesn't that fall under the category of self-promotion? Doesn't allowing those threads to remain seem like an inconsistent application of the rules against self-promotion? For the record, I don't see anything wrong with the Rookie Card threads. Seems like something that would be of interest to Wilco fans.

Well, in my opinion, there wasn't any self-promotion going on. The post was about a fan going to a bunch of shows wanting to meet up with other fans and inviting them to participate in a photo journalism project documenting the Wilco fan experience. I suppose I can see how others might interpret that as self-promotion, but deleting the thread seems pretty harsh. On other boards I'm a member of, that only happens when people start calling one another names and blatantly attacking one another. I say lighten up and make the board a welcoming place to people who are totally positive and excited

I read your first post and personally I didn't find it out of line or offensive in any way. IMO, you have no need to apologize. In my experience, the moderators on here are kinda anal-rententive. I think your idea of documenting the fan experience with photos and writings is a cool one and I thought reaching out here for participants was a completely appropriate gesture, for whatever my opinion is worth (not much). Have a great time seeing all those shows, sounds like a blast. I look forward to the results of your efforts. You could PM me about it when its done instead of posting here si

Very well said, sir! I agree on nearly every point. To me, Wilco's strength is as a live band. To my ears, none of their studio recordings from any phase in their career explode with energy like many live performances do. So I don't care too much about the sound of the new record, I just want them to keep playing amazingly great live and I'll be more than happy.

I wonder if there is still a chance they will play the Whitewater in New Braunfels, TX in addition to the other Texas dates or if that fell through? I gotta look at a map of Texas to see where Denton is. Cain's sounds fantastic, though. Might shoot for that one.

MODERATOR EDIT: Jump ahead to this post for announcement of US dates: http://forums.viachicago.org/topic/44796-2011-tour-dates/page__view__findpost__p__1454073 Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels, TX is mentioning a Wilco show in May 2011 on their Facebook page. If this is happening, I'm thrilled and am hoping for some more shows in Arizona around that time. Anybody else got any info on 2011 tour dates?

Thanks! When I look at the comments on all the Wilco videos on YouTube, there are a lot that are similar to stuff I'm saying. Glad to know I'm not the only one who feels so strongly about Wilco! I'm a big Jayhawks fan, too, I know there is lots of overlap between those two bands' fanbases. How cool to have seen both bands at one show back in those days.

I guess I have different tastes, because I could not wait for both of those bands to get off the stage. Calexico, boring, Devotchka, excruciating! The New Mastersounds, however, were great. They played a side stage and are devotees of The Meters and Booker T and The MGs. Funky jazzy 60s R&B instrumentals, really a great vibe and a fun dancing scene.

Yeah, the setting was amazing, it was a great drive up from Arizona through the gorgeous Colorado countryside and it was really nice to be outdoors, up close to the stage without too much effort and to have really good sound. As I said in another thread, I’ve really gotten into Wilco since I picked up Ashes Of American Flags DVD and this show was the first I’ve been to since then. I had previously seen Wilco in 2003 and was not terribly impressed back then. Based on Kicking Television and the Ashes DVD, I’ve done a complete 180 since then and I think the band has evolved into something ver

The Eagles are washed up, IMO, but if you haven't checked out The Black Crowes' live show in awhile, you might want to consider it before you write them off, especially the acoustic sets they've been doing on their current tour and their new "acoustic-live-in-the-studio" career retrospective, Croweology. For me, the three best live bands in rock today are The Black Crowes, Wilco, and My Morning Jacket (highly subjective and indicative of my taste for roots-based, soulful, 70s-ish ensemble rock music) I'm looking forward to checking out Calexico. I've never seen them, even though they are f

Can't find the request section on WilcoWorld. Link? Thanks!

Thanks, glad to hear that one-off shows might have interesting setlists and that Wilco are probably still on a roll from recent summer shows. Yeah, those 38 song setlists from the "evening with" shows look monstrously good. With shows like that (two long sets, and multiple encores with multiple songs in each) I think Wilco can claim the title of hardest working band in rock, having taken it away from Springsteen! I don't think we're gonna get that at a festival, but even their regular setlists are very long. I'm hoping to hear Monday and Kingpin, although it looks like they haven't played

We are getting ready to drive up to Colorado from Arizona to see the show this weekend. Its only going to be my second time seeing Wilco, the first was in Memphis 2002 on the roof of the Gibson Guitar factory. I've really gotten into Wilco since the Ashes of American Flags DVD, I think the band was in a really great place on that tour and I'm hoping its gonna be more of the same in 2010. I'm wondering, since this show is kind of all by itself in time and not part of a bunch of shows close together, if Wilco are gonna come out firing on all cylinders or if its gonna take them some time to get