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My first R.E.M. show was on the fall leg of the Monster tour. It was the first ever concert at the new Boston Garden which was called the Fleet Center when it opened. I’m sure the people from the Boston area know that. I was upset that my mother wanted nothing to do with Great Woods when they played there 3 nights that summer of ‘95. I was 16 & had no license. I can’t remember when they announced the fall tour, but I remember being super excited that they played a new song on the MTV Music Awards.
Unfortunately, I only ever saw R.E.M. 6 times. 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004 (x2) and 2008 where I missed opener The National by being stuck in traffic on 495 headed to Great Woods. I actually saw Michael Stipe in 1999 at Giants Stadium as part of the NetAid concert that everyone seems to forget ever happened. He was singing next to Bono. I think it was that equally forgettable collaboration between Bono & Wyclef Jean: New Day. Best part of that night was the 1st ever performance of The Black Crowes w Jimmy Page.
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The Tweedy Show Sunday April 5 Episode 17
# Superstition (Stevie Wonder song on the Tweedy’s jukebox)
— Susie takes a poll to see if the show should start at 9 or 9:30 CST?
Spiders (Kidsmoke)
— Jeff to Susie “tell me some more about this guy that gave you notes”
— Susie ponders if they should pick “a client” to talk to. They tried to talk to someone and they weren’t there.
— Molly Sarle joins in
I Have Always Been Here Before (Roky Erickson cover sung by Sammy)
— Jeff Garlin joins in
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)
— Susie asks again if they should do 9 or 9:30. Look for a poll on her IG someday soon. Maybe tomorrow.
— All The Young Dudes (Mott The Hoople) opening riff
You Are Not Alone (Mavis Staples cover)
Ripple (The Grateful Dead cover - funny singing by Jeff aborted after a few lines. It sounded like he was trying to sing it like a cowboy)
Ripple (sung by Sammy)
Very chatty show tonight with 2 separate call ins.
PLUS, they might shift the show to 9pm CST, so if you’ve been watching it live make sure to check in to see if they changed the time. And it’d be really cool if they chatted with some “clients”.
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Today is R.E,M,’s 40th anniversary!
Excellent! Did you see the email from R.E.M. HQ with the pics from their first show? I think it was sent on Friday. Loving the Stipe impressions from Jeff. Would love to hear him do a cover of something.
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The Tweedy Show Saturday April 4 Episode 16
# Respect Yourself (The Staples Singers song on the Tweedy’s jukebox)
— talk about making Tweedy Show t-shirts for charity
— Jeff talks about fecal aerosol
— “knuckle pores”
— Jeff talks about his interpretation of the line “she begs me not to hit her”
Pick Up The Change (Jeff sings last part of song to Basil)
Let’s Go Rain (Spencer & Sammy on backing vocals)
— Jeff talks about Scott McCaughey
— Jeff plays an alternate Let’s Go Rain chorus
— Jeff tells Susie’s dad’s joke, but Susie’s dad on an old video finishes the joke
Frank Mills (from the musical Hair/closer to Lemonheads cover sung by Sammy before his pizza is ready)
— “cave dicks”
— Jeff does a Werner Herzog impression
The Family Gardener (The Minus 5 cover)
— Jeff makes up brief song about Basil the dog
— malted milk balls story
— what’s your favorite Dinosaur Jr. song? Tarpit
The Late Greats
Who Were You Thinking Of (Texas Tornados cover/spoken word version lol)
Who Were You Thinking Of (proper version)
— sweet kugel Vs savory kugel
I Love You (Billie Eilish cover/you could hear Susie crying)
Susie read my comment “fecal aerosol was my favorite exhibit at Mass MoCa”. She chuckled a bit and Jeff gave a lil smirk. I came up with the comment as an inside joke referring to the farting going on at Joe’s Field, but Jeff’s the one that brought up aerosolized feces from an article that he read about possibly transmitting the virus that way. Susie corrected him and said to call it fecal aerosol.
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Some great news! A video of Jeff performing Billie Eilish’s I Love You has surfaced in the FB group. This is from The Tweedy Show episode that wasn’t saved.
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The Tweedy Show Friday April 3 Episode 15
# Cinnamon (Tommy Roe song on the Tweedy’s jukebox)
— Jeff talks about buying Adam Ants’ Beat My Guest 45
Lean On Me (Bill Withers cover w Sammy on backing vocals)
— Jeff describes Susie to “the clients”
— Jeff talks about Bill Withers, Adam Schlesinger & David Berman
— chat about James Gadson (Bill Withers’ drummer)
— Jeff talks about the piano playing in Lean On Me
— Jeff talks about Jay Farrar & Lean On Me
— Jeff talks about Fake Plastic Trees
Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead cover with Sammy on backing vocals)
Androgynous (The Replacements cover w Sammy singing)
— what’s Wilco’s worst song?
— Jeff’s psychiatrist story
Either Way (w Spencer on “percussion” & “Nels’ solo”)
— what’s your favorite guitar?
Give Back The Key To My Heart (Doug Sahm cover w Spencer on “percussion” /backing vocals & Sammy on backing vocals)
Save It For Me (w Spencer & Sammy)
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Great idea on the Monday reminder about the initial Solid Sound announcement. Seems like yesterday that he announced that from the stage in Boston; I believe that night's show was simulcasted. At least I think I remember hearing Jeff announce it, even though I was not there in person.
Those "Evening With" shows were epic. Loved the mid-show acoustic set, when they brought out the lamps, etc.
Yes, you’re right. That show in Boston was webcast along with the next night in Concord, NH. I was at both shows, so I never had a memory of being home for the webcast. I was so excited that both shows would be available in excellent quality. Actually, I sat behind Grace Potter & her band at the Concord show. And I also sat next to tinnitus (Tim).
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Sue mentioned my comment last night about “Jeff can wear whatever he wants!”. Haha. I’m loving that he’s wearing the same bathrobe almost every night. I also asked for the Michael Stipe impression a few nights in a row & I think Sue mentioned the Stipe impression after she read a comment asking for an R.E.M. cover. And I brought up that they speak Yiddish on HBO’s The Plot Against America which Susie mentioned because she was talking about how they speak Yiddish on the show Unorthodox. Jeff knew right away that it was a Philip Roth book.
I was thinking it’d be nice if we reminded Jeff on Monday the 6th that it’s the 10th anniversary of the first announcement of Solid Sound which was made on stage at the Boston Orpheum. Those lengthy “An Evening With” boots are coming in handy right about now. Can’t believe it’s been 10 years already.
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Thursday April 2 Episode 14
# Hanky Panky (Tommy James & The Shondelles song on the Tweedy’s jukebox)
Dawned On Me (w Spencer on knee slaps)
I Love You (Billie Eilish cover)
— Jeff strums some Billy Idol
— Jeff strums some (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais (The Clash)
— Jeff sings a bit of Low Rider (War) while Basil is in front of his face
— what is Jeff’s favorite Dylan record? {edit: John Wesley Harding}
— Jeff tells story about guy rushing the stage
— M & Ms story {edit: story about Jeff & Susie in a convenience store}
— Patti Smith story
— “furgina”
— Michael Stipe impression
— favorite tv show theme {edit: Green Acres & Beverly Hillbillies are mentioned. I forget which one was his favorite. He even sang a bit of both themes, I think}
— Jeff talks about soundcheck
I’m Not Willing (Moby Grape cover sung by Sammy)
Henry & The H Bombs (Mott The Hoople cover)
— PBS 70s show Zoom “ubbi dubbi” language
— Jeff strums some of All The Young Dudes (Mott The Hoople - Spencer & Sammy help out on chorus. Song is aborted quickly.)
— Sammy attempts to do All The Lazy Do (Dr. Dog)
Someday Soon
That Billie Eilish cover was amazing! You’d never know that it was one of her songs. Very chatty episode.
Edit: I just read that last night’s episode wasn’t saved, so I’m going to update some of my notes before I forget.
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Wednesday April 1 Episode 13
# Dizzy (Tommy Roe song played on the Tweedy’s jukebox)
— Jeff plays the riff to Don’t Fear The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult) while Spencer helps out on “cowbell”
One Sunday Morning
Save It For Me - “bathtub” song from 1st episode (w Sammy & Spencer on backing vocals)
— brief Sting impression
— Jeff sings some of You Only Get What You Give (New Radicals)
Impossible Germany (riff only)
How To Fight Loneliness
— what’s the first song that Jeff wrote
— the bullet hole was shown
— Jeff very briefly attempts a Billie Eilish song
New Moon
— Jeff attempts Pink Moon (Nick Drake)
— Jeff strums Devil’s Haircut (Beck)
— Jeff plays a bit of a John Prine song again
— Jeff plays a bit of Thanks A Lot (Ernest Tubb) while Susie goes in for extreme closeups
Wild World (Cat Stevens) Tweedy family singalong
Save It For Me & Guess Again are so good! It’s been amazing seeing these songs evolve in real time.
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Tuesday March 31 Episode 12
# People Got To Be Free (The Rascals song on the Tweedy’s jukebox)
Waterloo Sunset (The Kinks cover)
Ten Sentences
—Jeff makes up 30 second song about Meshuggeneh
One By One
— Courtney Barnett joins in
That’s How I Got To Memphis (Tom T. Hall cover sung by Sammy while Jeff plays guitar)
The Losing End (Neil Young & Crazy Horse cover)
Dead Flowers (Rolling Stones cover)
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Kimmel shoots in LA, so it makes sense that they were booked for this week.
Oh, I know that Kimmel shoots in L.A. I attended a taping back in 2006. I should have clarified that I was surprised & happy that they were still going to be promoting Ode To Joy 5 months after the release date on a late night talk show. A lot of bands tend to do all of the talk shows at once. I guess WIlco has been in the other category where the band tends to spread out appearances and I appreciate them for that.
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Beautiful performance. I was sorta surprised to hear that Wilco was originally booked because they would have been on tour on the west coast. I don’t think Kimmel has ever had WIlco on his show. I know Jeff was on there last year. I’m guessing Jeff might show up on another late night talk show somewhere in the next few weeks.
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Monday March 30 Episode 11
# People Got To Be Free (The Rascals song on the Tweedy’s jukebox)
A Magazine Called Sunset
Plateau (Meat Puppets cover)
You & I (Jeff was trying to get Susie to sing along)
— Michael Stipe impression
I Know What It’s Like (w Spencer & Sammy on backing vocals)
Human (Molly Sarle cover sung by Sammy while Jeff plays guitar)
Spencer sings his song
White Wooden Cross
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The Tweedy Show
Wednesday March 25 Episode 6
# Israelites (Desmond Dekker song played on the Tweedy’s jukebox. Susie sings a bit as Jeff plays along on his guitar)
— Jeff talks about his photo negative guitar which he’s using this night.
—“the Open Kimono” story
Radio King
California Stars
“Guess Again My Love” (new song for Susie. Untitled. Jeff mentions near the end of the episode that the song is titled Guess Again)
One Wing (aborted after a couple of lines)
—Jeff talks about ordering socks with boobs on them
— Sue talks about Jeff emptying the dishwasher
— Jeff talks about going to college for 3 yrs and getting no credits
— Spencer does his disgusting arm “parlor trick”
— they explain why they weren’t on the night before
An Empty Corner (Jeff plays the opening)
—Sue sings a bit of The Monkees theme song
I’m Into Something Good (Herman’s Hermits cover. Jeff plays guitar while Sue sings. About 30 seconds)
—Jeff strums something that I can’t quite place
— suggestions on how they can improve the show
/// 33:00 min mark feed jumps around a bit as Sammy joins
True Love Will Find You In The End (Jeff on guitar while Sammy sings. Spencer on backing vocals. Jeff sings near the end)
Just A Kid (Sue, Spencer & Sammy on the “nah, nah, nah, nah, nah”s)
Please Tell My Brother
Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin cover riff only)
— Jeff discusses why he was cut out of Curb Your Enthusiasm
— talk about The Bachelor
— Jeff talks about Scott Riley & tater tots
— What’s Jeff’s favorite Beatles album
—show us your Pez (aborted until the next night)
////// 56 min in goes back to beginning as Sue wants to end IG Story to save episode
////// 57 min in it seems to go back to live
— show us your Pez part 2. Yes, the Pez collection is shown.
— show us your cereal
— will we get YHF and Summerteeth anniversary releases?
—the “Jewish goodbye”
Thursday March 26 Episode 7
# Cool Jerk (The Capitols song played on the Tweedy’s jukebox)
--Jeff plays along to the song
Evergreen (w Spencer & Sammy helping out on the chorus)
—Jeff changes Evergreen to Quarantine and realizes that he doesn’t like it
Human (Molly Sarle cover sung & performed on guitar by Sammy)
—Jeff starts strumming Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Summerteeth (w Spencer on backing vocals)
—Jeff talks about birds singing on the Summerteeth recording
Guaranteed
— Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally join in
Pecan Pie
—Jeff plays some of Israelites on guitar
—Jeff plays a bit of What’s The World Got In Store? before the end of the show
Friday March 27 Episode 8
# I’ll Take You There (The Staples Singers song played on the Tweedy’s jukebox)
Laminated Cat
—Fred Armisen joins in
Clay Pigeons (Blaze Foley cover sung by Sammy, Spencer & Spencer’s girlfriend)
New Madrid (Uncle Tupelo cover)
Give Back The Key To My Heart (Doug Sahm cover)
The King Of Carrot Flowers Part I (Neutral Milk Hotel cover w Spencer on guitar & Sammy singing)
[bob Dylan’s 49th Beard was played somewhere in this episode. My iPhone died and I lost track of the show on my iPhone’s Notes. I’m going to try to watch this one again before tonight’s show.
[Edited Monday September 7th: I was notified on FB that Bob Dylan's 49th Beard was actually performed on episode 9 & not episode 8. Thank you, Brian Kaplan!]
Saturday March 28 episode 9
# When A Man Loves A Woman (Percy Sledge song played on the Tweedy’s jukebox)
Lost Love (Golden Smog cover)
Thirteen (Big Star cover Sammy sings while Jeff plays guitar)
Bob Dylan's 49th Beard
Who Loves The Sun (The Velvet Underground cover)
Ghosts Of American Astronauts (The Mekons cover sung by either Spencer or Sammy.)
I’m Always In Love
[Edited Mon Sept 7 to add Bob Dylan's 49th Beard which I missed due to my iphone dying during note taking. Thank you, Brian Kaplan!]
Sunday March 29 Episode 10 “John Prine” episode)
# I Thank You (Sam & Dave song played on the Tweedy’s jukebox)
—Jeff quietly rehearsing a song in the background as Susie talks to Spencer
Summer’s End (John Prine cover)
—Jeff strumming something familiar on his guitar
Don’t You Honey Me (aborted about halfway through because Jeff forgot the lyrics)
— John Hodgman joins in
—Jeff talks about seeing Courtney Barnett perform with Lucius earlier in the day
The Lonely 1
One Sunday Morning (opening riff only)
—Jeff does another Jonathan Richman impression
Angel From Montgomery (John Prine cover)
One Sunday Morning (opening riff only again)
—Jeff strumming the guitar and singing some lyrics about “that’s a natural disaster for me”
—Sammy comes in to join the family
—Jeff rehearsing Illegal Smile
Illegal Smile (John Prine cover w Jeff singing first half & Sammy taking over for a bit)
—Jeff plays a bit of that song again with lyrics “natural disaster”. He even mentions natural disaster and says that it has 3 more verses. Google search came up empty. I believe it’s a new song that’s he working on.)
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Summer’s EndWhat is the name of the John Prine songs Jeff did last night??
Angel From Montgomery
Illegal Smile
I’m going to post the “setlists” for the past couple of Tweedy Shows in a little bit.
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Jeff just tweeted that he’ll be on Kimmel tonight instead of Tuesday. Just a heads up.
Ok. Thanks for the heads up! I’ll change the date.
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Jeff Tweedy & Family will be on this Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC.
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Yeah, I’d imagine that Phil has to own the rights to the footage. The music though? I’m not so sure. Their music still makes me emotional too.
I think a Rattle & Hum deluxe edition with bonus tracks and footage is long overdue. I’m sure a band like U2 that wants to make as much $$ as possible from past releases have a plan to do so.
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Excellent news! I’ve been a diabetic since April 2018 & I actually feel a lot better from dietary changes and more exercise, so I feel a bit indestructible, but I’ve noticed that when I’ve gotten sick it’s taken a bit more time to heal.My test came back negative. Still need to be careful but at least don't have to do full quarantine.
Sports notes: (this should really be in the Silver Linings thread, but I’ll put it here since folks mentioned not being able to watch sports.) If you haven’t cut the cord, then you should be enjoying lots of old classic games from all 4 major sports.
Today you can catch Game 7 of the 2016 World Series between the Cubs & Indians on your local FOX affiliate. It’s on at 3pm EST. Tomorrow you can catch the Patriots/Falcons OT Super Bowl on your local FOX affiliate. It’s on at 3pm EST.
NFL Network has been airing old Super Bowls dating back to 2001. I finally got to watch 3 Super Bowls that I missed: Giants/Ravens in 2001, Buccaneers/Raiders in 2003, & Steelers/Seahawks in 2006. I think I was better off not watching them. Really bad games. No wonder NFL Network barely airs those 3.
NESN has been airing the 2011 Stanley Cup Championship run of the Boston Bruins. Warts & all. NESN has been airing the 2013 Boston Red World Series title run, but only the games that they won. I finally got to watch Game 2 of the ALDS against the Tampa Bay Rays. I was at Bill Maher that night. I also missed ALCS Games 3 & 4 where I was at Pearl Jam.
NBC Sports aired the best OT Stanley Cup playoff games last Monday. And they’ve sprinkled in other playoff games throughout the weeknights.
MLB Network has been also airing classic MLB games from different eras.
I even saw Wrestlemania listed on ESPN last Sunday night. Strange times indeed.
I’m sure lots of these classic games can also be found on YouTube. Or I’d imagine that your local sports team’s channel is throwing back to classic games during this time period.
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I was surprised to see that The Dream Syndicate have a new record coming out in April titled The Universe Inside. I vaguely recall a post from Steve Wynn on FB saying that he had been mixing a new record for release in the spring. For some reason, I thought that my memory had been from late 2018 and for their last record released last May. The opening track, The Regulator, has a video and the song runs 20 minutes. In fact, this new record only has 5 songs with running times averaging around 10 minutes. The second song to be released from this new record also has a video.
The Regulator
The Longing
Also, Steve Wynn of The Dream Syndicate has jumped into the live stream from home movement. His was done over Facebook Live this afternoon around 4pm EST. Lots of skipping & audio cutting out. He attempted to do Dylan’s new song. He’s going to look into fixing it for the foreseeable future. Here’s a link to an older live stream from Italy: https://m.facebook.c...142135415829729
If you like his FB page, you should be able to see notifications.
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^ I saw this posted over the weekend and came here to post this, but you beat me to it. Another thing to add to my ever growing watch list.
I bought the bootleg Rattle & Hum “Outtakes” on VHS years ago at a record convention and had a few issues with the playback. I think I found out some of the songs had no audio. I don’t have a VCR anymore, so I’ll do some digging on YouTube to watch them. I know that they’re available on some bit torrent sites.
Also, U2 released a live concert which you can only stream from their official website if you’re a fan club member. But it’s been making the rounds on YouTube. Just do a search for U2 Live In Berlin 2018. Running time should be close to 2.5 hours. Fan club members should expect a DVD of the concert around May. It’s safe to say that the Anton Corbijn directed Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary concert film expected to hit theaters has been delayed due to current events.
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Neil Finn has been doing the live streams from home too. Here’s a link which is where you can find the archived recordings: https://www.neilfinn.com/fangradio?fbclid=IwAR29cDI4hgtf5Amhc88hO0gyHds3MT3Q5QGwVuzszOeZeAgFbioExFJu818
Here’s the mixlr link for the live broadcasts: http://mixlr.com/fangradio/?fbclid=IwAR19UVGT0SXxYRFoZGJuWpwPairNEPCJVA2vgbOJ-NZp6NQo38jfYhb7qZ4
Steve Wynn of The Dream Syndicate also jumped into the live stream from home movement. His was done over Facebook Live this afternoon around 4pm EST. Lots of skipping & audio cutting out. He attempted to do Dylan’s new song. He’s going to look into fixing it for the foreseeable future. Here’s a link to an older live stream from Italy: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2925677060808870&id=142135415829729
If you like his FB page, you should be able to see notifications.
Also, U2 released a live concert which you can only stream from their official website if you’re a fan club member. But it’s been making the rounds on YouTube. Just do a search for U2 Live In Berlin 2018. Running time should be close to 2.5 hours.
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The Tweedy Show
Thursday March 19 Episode 1
“Bathtub show”
New song played over speakers. (I think Jeff said that it could fall under The Racoonists)
Friday March 20 Episode 2
Solitaire
So Much Wine (Handsome Family cover)
unknown song
Far, Far Away
Saturday March 21 Episode 3
Love Like A Wire (Diane Izzo cover)
You Are Not Alone (Mavis Staples cover)
That’s How I Got To Memphis (Tom T. Hall cover with Sammy Tweedy)
A Robin Or A Wren {new song} (with Spencer & Sammy)
Military Madness (Graham Nash cover Spencer & Sammy ONLY)
Jesus Wept (Mavis Staples cover with Spencer & Sam singing w Jeff on guitar)
Sunday March 22 Episode 4
Grandma’s A Cyborg Now (Jeff’s dream poem/spoken word)
——-Jeff Garlin chats with the Tweedy’s
I Am The Cosmos (Big Star cover Spencer & Sammy w Jeff on guitar)
Sky Blue Sky
——Jonathan Richman impression
Awaiting On You All (George Harrison cover by The Raccoonists played on iPhone)
Be Not So Fearful (Bill Fay cover)
Spencer Tweedy sings his song
It Must Be Love (Madness cover)
Monday March 23 Episode 5
Jesus, Etc.
“Baby You’re So Miserable” (new song Jeff wrote that isn’t about Sue. I chose those lyrics to put in quotes because it’s repeated a few times. Untitled)
Don’t Forget
Freight Train (Elizabeth Cotten cover sung by Sammy on guitar w backing vocals by Jeff)
Cars Can’t Escape
Wild World (Cat Stevens cover Jeff on guitar singing a bit trying to get a family singalong)
some notes on guitar of a Kansas song
Susie Kush song (30 sec made up song)
Just What I Needed (The Cars - guitar solo from Jeff)
Marquee Moon (Television - Jeff noodling on guitar)
History Lesson: Part II (Minutemen cover with Jeff on guitar singing and Sammy singing from tablet lyrics)
I’ll have to watch episodes 6 & 7 later this weekend. Thanks again for uploading to YouTube. Time to finally get on IG.
Please feel free to correct any of the above info. I’m going off of memory for the clips that I saw of episode 1. Hope it helps folks to sort through these. Wish the “spoiler” feature still worked.
R.E.M. 1980-2011??
in Someone Else's Song
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I remember angrily listening to the 1st 4 songs of the Radiohead show in 2003 on BCN, while I was stuck in traffic at the exit. I also was stuck in the parking lot until 3am when I saw Pearl Jam in 2008. This was around the time that they expanded the parking lot. We were parked way, way, way, back to the right side. At least when I saw Wilco there with Dylan in 2013, I had the option of leaving after Wilco played or catching most of Bob. Last show I saw there was Arcade Fire in 2013. I ran out during their encore and made good time. Not the best way to enjoy a concert, but I did breathe a sigh of relief when I saw that Wilco would be coming to the venue in the Boston harbor this summer and not Great Woods.