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I'm more of a fan of his band Brinsley Schwarz than his solo work. Silver Pistol in particular is a brilliant album, with incredible songwriting - it actually sounds like The Band. Also, their first 2 albums are fine too. Then comes Nervous On The Road which is their most famous album and up there with Graham Parkers first few albums as the best of British Pub Rock. All these albums ARE easy to find, and they come as two-fers on cd.

 

Here's a youtube clip from the old grey whistle test at the height of their fame (around the time of Nervous On The Road being released) for anyone after a taste: Surrender To The Rhythm

Ditto on Brinsley, freakin' great stuff. A few months back there was a clip on youtube of them performing Ebury Down but the video Nazi's took it down. Their albums are brilliant IMO.

Yeah sorry for the 'extra' I'm feeling surly today.

I love my Passat and Wilco, it's good to be happy. Now if they could just get Cadillac and Celebrity Cruises to use Wilco instead of Zep and Iggy I'd be even better, I was burned out on Rock and Roll and Lust For Life long before those commercials made it to the small screen.

Umm no. Every Wilco album has been different from it's predecessor. AM was\is a great album, it's my opinion far too many people buy into the belief it wasn't because of what Jeff has said about it in the past, which was mostly concering the lyrics. It was a solid album, some of the songs on there are among the best they've done simple as those may be. In a way Jeff returned to that simpler way of doing things for SBS.

I cover the fretboard area with masking tape first - then I can really go at it with the steel wool without worry.

Make sure you mask your pickups if you are doing that to an electric guitar, pickups are magnetic and those little steel fibers will be drawn into the pickup windings.

Rosewood boards really don't need to be taped if you are only applying pressure to the fret, maple boards will be scratched if they aren't masked.

As far as guitar care goes I use Meguiar's Mist and Wipe after each use. Both of my new Fender's are 2007 Thin Skin models, if you even look at the nitrocellulose lacquer the wrong way it's a ding or cloudy spot. I don't mind normal wear and tear from playing but I will try and prevent oxidation while it sits. On rosewood boards I use Dr. Duck's Ax Wax, which is really a nonacidic oil, it's good stuff. My Gibson's get the Meguiar's too.

I feel so lame and outdated, both my vehicles have V8's. No wait I just figured it out, I haven't sold out yet. I'm not buying into the green thing. So no offense, but as I whiz by those who drive VW's that are tapping on the steering wheel to the soulful sounds of ITTTIG try not to breathe my fumes.

I haven't seen this mentioned yet but Jeff is the cover for GW Acoustic July 07 issue. The feature article is well written and even has a sidebar for Nels Cline. Nothing that I haven't read before but a nice mention from a magazine I actually read, I'm not into the indie rags. It also features a transcription for UT's No Depression, I was hoping for an SBS song. Back in the mid 90's GW actually included some Being There tabs in a few issues.

oh, don't get me wrong, i don't care if people get it or not. i'm just surprised when they don't.

I feel the same way. I don't necessarily care who gets it or not but I was surprised that many fans and critics alike thought it was a departure or step back. Many reviewers have been contradictory in the way describe the album when comparing it to past work. For example I've seen some reviews where the reviewer claims Being There is Wilco's finest hour then slams SBS all the while drawing parallels to BT.

These threads are so predictable, the same thing happened with AGIB. It was leaked and people were saying it was demos, same thing with SBS. The album finally gets released and people were lamenting the absense of Panthers then it turns up on the EP. Sound familiar yet? People were also griping that AGIB was a HUGE letdown as the followup to YHF, yep SBS certainly fits the bill there. Then before you know it the tour starts and people started to bond with the songs in their live form saying stuff like "the songs sound better live", look for these threads in the near future. Nest thing you know AGIB was the greatest thing since sliced bread. This will happen with SBS too then the torch will be passed to it's followup.

When the summer concert section came out in the Rocky Mtn News a few weeks back Wilco was among the acts cofirmed for summer 2007 at Red Rocks. However no date was listed and there is no mention of Wilco on the RR site.

I was there and I must admit I was somewhat disappointed. I thought the show was a little slow at times, not just because the songs were played acoustically but because it just wasn't happening. The new Patterson songs are pretty weak at this early stage so it may be something else better later but I found myself diggin' the usual Cooley stuff and not any of the Patterson stuff. I think the stripped down format showed the DBT are a great rock band but not much else, without the huge wall of electric guitars they lacked their usual power. After about 10 songs I was ready to leave but I stayed and found myself getting very bored and tired by the end. By the encore I was watching the show from the flat panel TV's in the lobby bar, by the 2nd song of the encore I bailed opting to grab a sub at Jimmy Johns up the street.

I hate to admit it but the DBT lack something without Isbell. For what ever reason they always have Cooley's guitar turned down too low and John Neff can't deliver a solo like Jason could. IMO that was a big reason it seemed like the band lacked punch. As usual the Cooley songs were great but like I said before some of the Patterson stuff wasn't changed enough to make an acoustic version sizzle, Sinkhole was anemic. Some drastic rearrangements may have made the songs fare better in the acoustic format but it's hard to say. I wish I would have liked the show more because I had high expectations.

The DBT should stick to what they do best, rock, and maybe do a few acoustic songs here and there in their set, like they do on their albums. I didn't feel like they could keep me interested with just an acoustic guitar, like Tweedy can. Given that Patterson and Neff used some sort of stomp box boost for a few solos, a-la Nrivana unplugged, tells me they may not be comfortable in that format either.

The biggest joke of the evening was the opening act, that guy should be a SNL character called Singer Songwriter Cliche Man because he used every one known to man in every song he played, effin' terrible.

I love that rehearsing new song look that people get, Jeff displayed it perfectly. As they start to jam into it, he keeps almost stopping to make a suggestion, then telling himself to wait, then likeing something, then almost stopping to suggest something, then remembering to let it develop, and then the song really happens.

He appears to be fumbling his part IMO, any stopping he does is to get back on track. He hits a bum note at the very beginning and shakes his head, like he's acknowledging it. But it is interesting to see that the 'big boys' rehearse the same as us hacks. That weird combination of eye contact and jerky jestures has been a part of every band practice I've ever been involved with.

I know it's just a practice jam in the loft but I am somewhat underwhelmed. That song really benefits from the horns, without horns it sounds pretty tame. Interesting to see though, that LP Special Jeff is playing is fugly.

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I've been on a PG bender lately. Every morning when the house is empty I plug in my Les Paul and blast Oh Well before work.

I love Danny and Peter's interplay on this one.

And if you blanket these girls with stereo types like they have ben ht with, wll it can do is cause them harm in the long run.

Those girls are in for a long hard life if all it takes to be offended is being called a nappy headed ho by a radio guy with a propensity for being offensive towards everybody. When their 15 minutes is up nobody will remember or care about this incident. Personally I think they are milking it for all it's worth. If they were half as dignified as their coach and the team keeps referring to in interviews they would have just shrugged it off and walked away. That they allow themselves to be paraded out on front of cameras looking like they are in mourning is proof they are willing victims. They better thicken their skin stat.

I'm not sure about first concert. I think I saw Conway Twitty at the stock show for my first show, my friends mom took us. But I can't remember if that was before or after I saw Kiss in 1979.

I have no doubt my first album was Kiss Alive, it was a gift. The first album I ever bought with my own money was Boston.

So after they hang Imus out to dry will it stop there or will the slur police\lynch mob attempt to work its way to the center of the 'real' problem. I'm guessing no.

Christmas Time For My Penis-The Vandals, damn I love that band.

I doubt that Al Sharpton was offended as much as he was thankful for the opportunity. He sits in wait for stuff like this.

Tacky as his comments were the war wagon that Sharpton and his NAACP cronies rolled out is overkill, it makes them seem desperate and overzealous. I couldn't care less if Imus gets the axe but making a mountain out of this molehill seems like a step in the wrong direction IMO. I think it's a very small piece of a much bigger problem. Sharpton should spend more time keeping guys like Chris Rock and gangsta rappers from perpetuating the self inflicted stereotyping of the black community. Trying to make an example of a white guy that used slang they made up is insane, guys like Imus wouldn't know what a ho is without black celebs bringing it to the mainstream. Now that it's practically a household word it shouldn't be a shock to hear some middle aged white guy using it, especially one that makes a living doing really lame half baked shock radio. With all the legitimate civil issues in this country that need attention going the extra mile for this is a waste of time and resources.

Ursula Finally Has Tits-The Queers

Bill & Ted's Homosexual Adventure-Pansy Division

My personal favorite, and stock answer, I Ain't Drunk.

That album was a let down for me, I prefer Scott's Young Fresh Fellows stuff.