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[A bit of slacking on my part as we reach the pivot point of this West Coast run. Only eight more shows to go. Apologies, Tatlock, and other faithful readers for not having copy ready for morning coffee or afternoon tea time. ] Here's a new twist on that old tertiary-market thing that I hadn't thought of before tonight: Can a place be a tertiary market if most of the people who attend a given show there aren't even from there? That's one I'll have to give a little more thought to, I suppose, not to mention the simpler question of whether Napa even qualifies as a tertiary market at

Ah, thanks! My chicken scratch did look kinda like “snake,” but I honestly wasn’t sure. I think I like “gremlin” better, tbh, but I’ll make the edit.

In case anyone missed it that might be interested, there’s a virtual book event for this tonight with all three gents. It’s at 8 p.m. Eastern, I believe. I’m sure someone can provide the link.

I wasn't trying to suggest you were stepping on my toes. I welcome stepping on my toes. And this isn't a contest of trying to prove the legitimacy of your fandom. But this forum is for "after the show" reviews, technically, and while I thank you for trying to stick to my title format in your thread from before the show, I needed to start a thread where it was denoted as Night 2 of 2. If that's anal retentive, well, I'm pretty good at that. Anyway, you're welcome to keep commenting in the thread you started, or a moderator can easily merge the two...

And here was the Young Fresh Fellows' complete opening setlist, featuring a cameo from Mikael Jorgensen as, er, Rumplestiltskin (or was it Rasputin...who can say?): My Friend Ringo 99 Girls Never Had It Bad Back Room Of The Bar Taco Wagon> Picture Book [The Kinks] No One Really Knows Someone I Care About [The Modern Lovers] (w/Mikael Jorgensen on keyboard) Equator Blues (w/Mikael Jorgensen on keyboard)

Starting another thread for this show, even though I just saw there was already one that someone started. Mods, feel free to merge the two...or not. Riddle: What is just shy of 600 years old, has 10 broad smiles, a vast knowledge of 1960s and 1970s rock and is able to perform music loudly and enthusiastically? If you said a super-super-group known as the Young Fresh Wilcos, well, give yourself a prize (a book, perhaps?). It's a rare entity that might appear just once ever in the wild, though here's hoping there's at least one more sighting someday, but for the lucky souls that got

And for those who care, here was the complete setlist for the Young Fresh Fellows' penultimate set as the support act for this run of shows: I Wish I Was Your Mother [Mott The Hoople] Suck Machine Crater Hillbilly Drummer Girl Becky Doll Gear Summer 2013 If You Believe In Cleveland Taco Wagon> Picture Book [The Kinks] My Friend Ringo

On the night that Seattle's brand-new NHL franchise, the Kraken, played their first regular-season game — albeit on the road in Las Vegas — I hope they got a considerably more enthusiastic response than Wilco received on the first of two nights back at the venerable Paramount Theatre. I don't know if it's because it was a sleepy Tuesday night or if it's just a local thing, but it was eye-opening to me that during a Red-Eyed And Blue>I Got You>Outtasite encore, practically the entire pit section that I could see just stood there seemingly as if they had never seen a rock concert before —

Ta ta or ta da? Or too-rye-aye?

Video content you linked to is apparently banned over here, but I am also a big SLF fan. #RigidDigits The YFFs dedicated the Stones cover to Charlie Watts, of course. ❤️

Is Sting involved? 😎

No one cares, but for the record here was the complete Young Fresh Fellows setlist as played for Eugene: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Hillbilly Drummer Girl The Guilty Ones Go Blue Angels Go Never Had It Bad Mamie Dunn, Employee Of The Month How Much About Last Night Do You Remember? Hang Out Right Gotta Get Away [The Rolling Stones] The Teen Thing Equator Blues

Amazing! I think the Young Fresh Fellows (or Scott McCaughey, I guess) should immediately write a song called "How To Forge A $65 Tulip." Actually, I've just noticed that no less an authority than Wilcoworld have made an actual setlist slip-up for this show. GASP! They have listed Far, Far Away instead of Sunken Treasure in that spot. I wonder if that was on the printed setlist, or just an innocent mistake from the drop-down menu of songs or something else. At any rate, I shall attempt to notify the proper authorities and we shall see if remedy is made...stay tuned!

Good point. I did admire you and your fellow front-rower for being on your feet throughout for another fun set by the Fellows. One of these days you deserve to get the YFF Book Club selection, right? Those surely are books worth reading... Anyway, I admire how they've really changed around their opening sets each night and played a number of different songs from their (vast) catalog. It is weird how relatively few people seem to be really enthusiastic for Scott McCaughey's various projects in these parts, though I know there are plenty of fans. Maybe it's just that not very many of

Excellent detective work!

You bastard...you scared me that there was actually a screw-up! But actually that "gaffe" actually fits in perfectly with this show!

In retrospect, it was probably a sign that this wouldn't be the most perfectly performed set Wilco has ever done when Jeff flubbed the first verse of How To Fight Loneliness about 30 minutes after taking the stage and had to take it from the top. Getting a little distracted happens over the span of a tour of course — especially after five shows in six days with an off day looming — and I'm certainly not one to cast aspersions on anyone, not when I've totally slacked on writing this recap due to enjoying the lovely weather and scenery in the Bellingham area. But objectively speaking

And before I forget, here was the Young Fresh Fellows' opening setlist (with founding member Chuck Carroll apparently in attendance, it might have been their best set of the tour so far): This Is Gonna Be A Good Show (improv song) Where Is Groovy Town? Suck Machine Crater Middle Man Of Time Becky Doll Barky's Spiritual Store Never Had It Bad Young Fresh Fellows Theme Taco Wagon> Picture Book [The Kinks] Ain't It Alright [NRBQ]

Well, that was a pleasant surprise indeed. Kudos, Olympia! I have to admit that in spite of the so-called "Rule of the Tertiary Market" — which dictates that it's usually a show outside of a major market that ends up being the more memorable on a given tour — I was still more than a bit skeptical after walking into the Washington Center for the Performing Arts on a drizzly Saturday evening. It's true that at about 1,000 seats, the venue is one of, if not the, smallest that Wilco will play on this rescheduled Western leg of the Ode To Joy tour and, probably because of that, sold out

When you have the good fortune to see more than a few shows by a band, sometimes it becomes more about the micro than the macro. That is to say that the most delightful moments are smaller ones that perhaps many people wouldn't pay much attention to, or even notice, but that come to define a given gig in your mind. For me — and I realize this is almost certainly different for everyone, so as always take this with a grain of salt — these were a few of the moments that will stand out from tonight's performance at the relatively cozy McDonald Theatre: Jeff breaking into a small, sh

If you prefer Señor Tatlock (or the Portuguese variant Senhor), I would be more than happy to oblige! Herr is a bit cold, but that does seem a bit more in keeping with this particular persona...

Because it’s more fun to say than “Sir” or “Mister?” Also because your avatar reminds me of a German.

Yeah, really fun opening set by the Fellows. Thought they were much more comfortable tonight and just having a blast. Their energy was definitely infectious, even if only a small fraction of the room was filled. Here was the complete YFF setlist from tonight, for those interested: No One Really Knows Taco Wagon Picture Book [The Kinks] Sittin' On A Pitchfork Lamp Industries Becky Doll Gear Summer 2013 The Teen Thing Back Room Of The Bar Rock 'N' Roll Pest Control

About halfway through Wilco's second show in as many nights at the venerable Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, a gentleman in the front row voiced his opinion that the band was "really bringing your 'A' game tonight." In response, Jeff shared the comment with the rest of the audience and poked a little fun at the commenter by saying that the guy had also been at the show the previous night so Jeff wasn't exactly sure what he was saying about that performance. "Let's get through (tonight's show and) just do this together," Jeff added. "Let's not judge." OK, I'm not gonna judge...but...

Update: I decided to make it difficult on myself and not combine the two-night stands into one recap. I'm sure I'll regret it soon enough, but hey, more drivel to peruse over afternoon tea for Herr Tatlock, I suppose...