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    When Was The Last Time...

    in Just A Fan

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    Getting back to pre-internet days (at least for me since I thought chat rooms were strictly for porn up until two years ago) I will never forget my surprise when I was glancing thru the Austin Chronicle in the summer of '99 and came across the UPCOMING MUSIC listings for Antones in Austin. It listed a band going by the name of "Summerteeth" for a show on 8/15. Could it be Wilco, we thought. Many of my friends were skeptical and thought that it was probably just a Wilco cover band or a Wilco hoot night (which is not uncommon here in Austin.) But I knew better. Having had REM tickets in hand for a show in San Antonio on 8/17, I remembered that Wilco was the opener. Putting two and two together, I knew it had to be true. However there was no pre-sale for the show. It was day of show sales only. We tried calling the club to verify if it would indeed be Wilco, but we were given the proverbial "we cant confirm anything" line.

     

    So after standing in a line that stretched all the way around the block of 5th street, the huddled masses stood patiently hoping that we would get in. We were certain it was Wilco, but the possibility existed that this may have been a private gig, with only a limited number of tickets available to the general public or none whatsoever. After a two hour or so wait outside in the hot August heat, we made our way in. We paid a nominal cover charge (maybe $15 bucks?) bought our beers and headed towards the stage. When the opening band came on, I began to worry. It was local musican George Devore, whom my friends and I personally knew. George had rarely played outside the frat bars on 6th street, so never in a million years did we expect that HE COULD POSSIBLY BE OPENING FOR WILCO. "This is not a good sign," we thought. After George's set, we sat in nervous anticipation. We didnt even chance leaving our place at the front of the stage to grab a beer at the back of the bar, for fear we would never make our way back thru the anxious crowd.

     

    After a quick equipment change, the house lights began to dim. Out came Ken Coomer, Leroy Bach, Jay Bennett, and John Stiratt. But no Jeff Tweedy. Instead the frontman on this night was a skinny, spectacled, baseball hat wearing dude who broke into the worst version of the Talking Heads "Psycho Killer" you ever heard. "Who the fuck are you," someone yelled from the back of the room. After equally disturbing (sorry JP) versions of "Ziggy Stardust" and "Come Together" the band immediatly left the stage. The crowd was more shocked than upset. Nobody left, but the feeling amongst many of us there, was that "we've been had." Moments later the full band returned to a rousing applause. The last person to step on stage, with a huge smile on his face, was Tweedy. The band then broke into "I'm Always In Love" and the crowd went fucking nuts. 28 songs later, I and probably a couple hundred others saw the greatest show of our lives.

     

    Now that was one hell of a surprise.

     

    That is a great story. Thank you so much for sharing. I can't imagine the night you had that night (although now I kind of can). What a cool thing.

    When Was The Last Time...

    in Just A Fan

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    I think they do a pretty good job. The internet is the big problem.

     

    Side with the Seeds has a great intro right now. Spiders is really different than the last tour, and neither of those versions match the pre AGIB versions. Cars Can't Escape with feedback at the end into Spiders? That is changing it up.

     

    I actually looked at last nights set compared to the previous show I saw (Indianapolis) and it was really different. And last night compared to Kicking Television isn't even close to the same set.

    Chicago - Millennium Park 9/12/2007

    in After The Show

    Posted

    Golden Oldies tonight

     

    They played Box Full of Letters, Casino Queen, Too Far Apart, Red Eyed and Blue, I Got You, Misunderstood, Outta Mind, A Shot in the Arm, War on War, I'm the Man Who Loves You, I am Trying to Break Your Heart, Cars Can't Escape, Jesus Etc, Pot Kettle Black, Heavy Metal Drummer, Spiders, Hummingbird, Handshake Drugs, You Are My Face, Hate it Here, Walken, On & On & On, Impossible Germany, Side with The Seeds, California Stars

     

    A great night for Wilco and a great night for Chicago.

     

     

    They nailed it.

    Indianapolis Show (June 15)

    in After The Show

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    I thought it was a good show. The encores were really swell. I loved the way they broke into Side With the Seeds with a keyboard intro.

     

    I'm not sure about the version of Spiders they are playing right now - there is so much stuff going on and it isn't very tight, but it is cool at the same time. I guess I'm still trying to figure out what each band member was playing.

     

    I thought the Shake it Off "Whoo"'s echo'd what the crowd is asked to do in Kingpin which was cool. I think that should be a new participation part at shows...

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