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Sounds good, man. I’ll see you guys there.

In transit, so once again won’t get a chance to write much until later but for now, here was the complete setlist as played (Misunderstood was listed as the first song of the encore on the printed list but wasn’t played): Bright Leaves Before Us Company In My Back War On War Handshake Drugs Side With The Seeds One and a Half Stars Via Chicago Bull Black Nova Random Name Generator Reservations Hummingbird Impossible Germany California Stars (with Alan Sparhawk on electric guitar) Love Is Everywhere (Beware) Box Full Of Letters Everyone Hides Heavy Metal Drummer I’m The Man Who Loves You Hold M

Cool.

It's officially Big Show Season, not that I necessarily saw this co-headline bill coming or this many dates. But hope to make at least a handful. That Aug. 29 date in Chicago conflicting with the Stapleton/Isbell/Highwomen show at Wrigley is annoying, though. Like a lot of people, probably, I had already bought tickets for that one. Ugh. Cool that they got NNAMDÏ to open most of the shows, though. Talented young Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist who has has played with Spencer in his band and filled in on drums with Ohmme, among other Tweedy/WIlco connections, and has a fairly buzzed-about

Some friends might be looking. Can we discuss in the ‘Peg on Wed.?

Amid all of the uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus and talk of lockdowns and quarantines and cancellations, Wilco got the latest leg of its ongoing Ode To Joy tour underway on a Monday night before a sold-out but mostly respectful crowd in Wisconsin’s capitol city. How far west the band will be able to continue performing in the coming weeks remains to be seen, but at least in Madison, the worldwide turmoil was forgotten for a couple of hours as Jeff and Co. blazed through a solid, if unspectacular, set that was only halted by an apparent 10:30 p.m. curfew. More to come, but for now,

Interesting. This seems to maybe hint at some bigger summer shows on the way, what with the September TBT run and now this one. Seems like a good bet Philly will also get something along these lines, since they haven’t played there for OTJ yet. The Mann, perhaps? Hopefully not Camden.

Being a pretty big Bill and Ted’s fan, I was glad to find out more about why William Stanley Preston, Esq. (aka Bill, aka Alex Winter) was spotted at the Loft recently... https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/alex-winter-tweedy-showbiz-kids-961540/

Oh, that’s cool about P4AM. That’ll be a nice one to finally get on vinyl.

Looks like the Wilcovered Uncut comp is gonna be one of the RSD releases. I saw it pop up on the Rough Trade (US) list, anyway... https://www.roughtrade.com/us/record-store-day-2020?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Record+Store+Day+2020+Titles+Announced&utm_campaign=US+-+SOLUS+-+RSD

Really? Are all/most shows in Seattle currently being postponed or canceled? Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), I had to skip the Seattle Wilco shows on this upcoming run anyway, so it doesn’t affect my plans but I was just curious.

Thanks, man! (And for the report on Jeff’s set as well. Haha). It sounds like kind of a weird night, but sounds like Jeff’s banter and getting to see Haley made it worth the trip. I hope so, at least...

I didn’t, but nice job! No setlist for Jeff, though, huh?

Ok, I figured he must’ve played there at least once. That one’s not in any databases (at least not the setlist), though I at least see the entry for the show in setlist.fm. It was Nov. 22, 1998. Thanks for the clarification.

Two? Just the one, I think, right? Stop messing with me. They already screwed up my dinner plans once that week! (Yes, this is where I’m at vis à vis Wilco in 2020...don’t @ me.) But yes, the Fillmore is pretty great and I’m pretty sure second to the Riv in terms of full-band performances and creeping up. This will be, I think, the 17th Wilco show at the Fillmore, compared with something like 24 for the Riv. (Interestingly, I don’t think Jeff has ever performed solo or with anyone other than Wilco at the Riv unless it was a cameo or at a benefit or something like that, while he has done more

Haha, I hadn’t even thought of the possibilities! Well, I eagerly await whatever might come...

Will you wear a San Franciscan tuxedo in their honor? (I’ll be here all night...)

Will you wear a Canadian tuxedo in their honor?

I resemble that remark!

New Southeastern U.S. shows in Memphis, Jackson, Mobile and St. Augustine just announced leading up to the High Water festival in April, FYI.

Ixnay on the high seas correspondencia for this old salt. Wish I could be out there spinning yarns of Tweedy and Mavis, et al., but it just wasn’t in the cards to join the elderly voyagers of Cayamo this time round. Hopefully someone will chime in sometime...

I think you might be thinking of their tour/road manager Eric.

I know there are some Ohmme fans on here, so for them, here was their complete setlist, as played: You, Your Face Fingerprints Icon Cloudbusting [Kate Bush] Water Grandmother I thought it was pretty ballsy of them to spend nearly a third of their allotted time on a deep cut off their first record. And I was especially glad to hear their version of Cloudbusting, which I hadn't before. Love those guys.

At the risk of sounding overdramatic, as a longtime fan and follower of Wilco's exploits, this was a bittersweet show for me to have the good fortune to attend. On one hand, it represented the culmination of a week in Mexico that felt like potentially the beginning of a new era for the band — or, after taking so long to perform south of the border, at least the opening of a new frontier in a way. But at the same time, another era was ending as the band said goodbye to one of the longest-tenured members of its tight-knit crew and who's ever good at goodbyes? Full disclosure: I had gotten wind

Great work, Tim! All those photos couldn’t have been easy to edit and turn around that fast, not to mention writing the words. I think you did a really nice job of giving a sense of the entire event that I couldn’t hope to do in my little Wilco recaps. Kudos!