Brian F.

Thanks again for another fine writeup. The harmonies in the encore really were gorgeous. "Ain't It a Shame" was actually Sammy's call. Jeff seemed to be of a mind to play something else, but Sammy whispered in his ear, and Jeff then said, "Oh, you wanna do that one?," put down the guitar he had initially grabbed and picked up a different one. I also enjoyed Jeff's nipping the "I'll Fight" guy in the bud by immediately shouting down the gentleman's loud annual request to hear that (great) song before he could persist (although there are two nights to go and the guy is indefatigable)

I apologize for glossing over the post title, Paul. I noted that I thought we had discussed this before. Anyway, I wasn't intending to be pedantic. Largo is proud to be in Los Angeles. Its website is largo-la.com. Its Instagram handle is @largolosangeles. Indeed, as I noted, and as your parking experience confirmed, one doesn't have to go very far from Largo to get to West Hollywood (in a couple of different directions). Ironically, speaking of parking, parking rules are different in the two jurisdictions, and permits in one city are not valid in the other, so knowing which city you're in can

Great recap, bbop. Two small quibbles: Largo is, as I think we've discussed before, in Los Angeles, not West Hollywood. (It's really, really close to West Hollywood, but it is beyond its city limits.) And Jeff's first run of Largo shows was in December 2013, not 2017. The story about the Norwegian reminded me of a Wilco show in February 1997 at Avalon in Boston where they played "Box Full of Letters" in its entirely three consecutive times. The first was the aforementioned waltz version. It was followed by a polka version and then an "arena-rock" version. It was a rollicking night.

Thanks for the clarification about "truly solo." I'm not on any social-media channels, and I can't view the Instagram posts.

Don't blame yourself for not catching the announcement. The shows weren't on Largo's page until about twenty minutes before tickets went on sale. The Largo email went out one minute after the on-sale began. There was no email to the Wilco mailing list. Apparently, it was announced only on Instagram. I would have had no idea but for coldasgasoline seeing the Instagram post and giving me a heads-up about 45 minutes before tickets went on sale. I was assuming these shows will be full-band. He has done Tweedy band shows at Largo before. One year, he did five nights: three full-band and

Belated from three days ago: Garbage.

Nothing but the full catalog with Vol. III will be acceptable.

Going back about as far as you can go with this band, there's not a lot I haven't seen them do. I am very stoked that they have managed to find something that will be new to me.

I saw Rhett Miller (with Murry Hammond opening and also joining him for six songs) at Largo on Wednesday. Great show. Rhett has recovered amazingly well from his throat surgery. This week, I will be seeing Superchunk on Thursday (with Case Oats opening).

The Friend of the Festival pass was hard to obtain. I had to settle for the regular ticket (although, as much as I enjoy having access to the lounge, I'm not sure there's anything worth an extra 97 bucks a day with the FotF pass).

"Half Life" and "I Can't" were released as a 7-inch, if you weren't already aware.

Don't you understand how it works? The people glaring at you are allowed to stand for the songs they know and/or like, but you're not allowed to stand for the songs that you know and/or like. This creates tension when the crowd is split between fans who are familiar with and fans of the whole catalog, and fans who are familiar with maybe two albums and "California Stars."

Not so odd. From U-God to U-Rod...

Oh, O.K. I'm not on either of those platforms.

Cool. I didn't see anything on Wilcoworld and there was no email. What's that from?