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And so begins a week of shows in Florida. It's always been kind of a fascinating state — to me, anyway — when it comes to any sort of cultural performance because you look around at other folks in the audience and think, 'Who are these people?' Are they true fans of the performer, or just people curious about a name they've heard? Are they truly local people, or transplants from someplace else? Did they come because they were supporting the arts, or because their friend/parent/spouse goaded them into it? Ultimately I'm not sure Jeff ever fully got a read on the audience at the Ponte Vedra Co

As Jeff said last night in Macon regarding the “open kimono,” it paints a picture, doesn’t it?

Finally, a general admission standing show! In a lot of ways, this venue felt to me like one that Jeff might've played in the "good old days," with its low stage and lack of barricades contributing to a level of intimacy that you don't always get anymore. For those in the first couple of rows, you certainly couldn't have gotten much closer to Jeff. And unlike many of the "black box"-type rooms he has performed in recently, where he couldn't see much — if any — of the audience, here Jeff could probably see nearly everyone. Theoretically this type of setting should have made for an especially f

Sorry to say I haven't seen the (or a) jumbo thus far, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have it with him. So far in terms of guitars, it's just been, I believe, a Gibson J-45, the old Martin and a Kel. Incidentally, Nashville is the only show on the rest of this run that I won't be able to get to (found out that Lucinda is playing Car Wheels in Asheville the night after Jeff plays there, so I decided to stick around an extra day), so please help me out with some reportage from that one, if you're so inclined! And I hope you get your song...

Thanks for reading, all. Happy to have a small, but loyal, audience. Haha. And yeah, I debated whether to include the bit about “Open Kimono,” but he definitely said it. I'm just not sure how many people got it?

It was bound to happen, as it almost always does on these solo tours: Two consecutive evenings, two reserved-seated theaters, two totally different atmospheres... A night after playing before a polite, but perhaps too-respectful, audience in the Memphis suburbs, Jeff encountered a boisterous, but not overly obnoxious, crowd in Birmingham. Depending on your point of view of an ideal Jeff solo performance, you could make an argument for one or the other as being the "better" show. In that case, you'd have to put me into the Birmingham camp (my friends in Memphis notwithstanding). Jeff actual

Well, I guess there probably weren't too many VCers in attendance at the show in Germantown last night so I guess it falls to me to do some reportage here. I say that because the venue was kind of your standard suburban performing arts center auditorium with all of the acoustics, atmosphere and audience that type of room typically brings. So basically the show sounded really good, but the vibe was probably too polite at best (and a little detached at worst). Perhaps because of that, the visits to Banter Corner started relatively early. Apparently Jeff had played the GPAC about a decade earli

No apologies necessary. Someone posted a leaked track listing in the Warmer thread of the Just A Fan forum, so I was just going by that. Plus Jeff has been playing several songs from Warmer in his shows for a few months now (though, as he said, in Austin, he hadn’t ever played Guaranteed live before).

Looks like Jeff will be a part of two Record Store Day releases this year. Just happened to see this article about another Woody Guthrie track...

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A night after a show in Dallas that was unfortunately marred by a few distractions, it would be easy to make the argument that Jeff returned to his comfort zone by accepting the always-friendly embrace of an Austin audience and turning in a performance that was — dare I say it? — warm. Whether that was due to the audience's relative familiarity with Jeff's catalog or its abundance of Stetsonian headgear is, I suppose, a subject for debate. But undoubtedly, Jeff seemed especially comfortable on stage and even said as much just before his final number. "This is always one of the best places to

Cool, thanks for the report. Funny about Coyne. Wonder if Jeff knew it was him asking the question...

Don’t have WiFi access at the moment, so just getting the bare bones transmitted on my phone and will hopefully follow up shortly. But anyway, file this one in the list of shows that have been derailed to a certain extent by one (or a couple) of people who somehow thought it would be a good idea to get ripped before going to a quiet solo acoustic performance... You knew something was going to have to give eventually when Jeff started his set with Via Chicago and a very boisterous — some might say obnoxious — woman sitting in the middle of the orchestra section loudly yelled out at the first

Anybody got any reports from this show? Anything? Bueller? Bueller?

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to make this one, but no reports yet? “Wilco” already posted the setlist on their Facebook... Via Chicago Remember the Mountain Bed Bombs Above Some Birds I Am Trying to Break Your Heart New Madrid Hummingbird Lost Love Having Been Is No Way To Be Impossible Germany Family Ghost Don't Forget Heavy Metal Drummer Let's Go Rain Passenger Side Evergreen Jesus, Etc. I Know What It's Like We've Been Had Casino Queen _______________ On and On and On Misunderstood It Must Be Love (Labi Siffre cover) Acuff-Rose

Yes, indeed. RIP Mr Tork.

Don’t normally start these, but couldn’t help wondering how there are RIP threads for Kofi Burbridge and Andy Anderson, but not Mark Hollis..

A bon bon? Sorry, had to.

Foxwarren is his “supergroup”/side project. Glad they got them because I don’t think that band is gonna tour a lot...

Haha, was he wearing a Warm hat? I like when artists wear their own merch, actually. It's kind of endearing. Yeah, again, sorry I missed you. I did step back a bit after Jeff's set to hang out with some friends by the side bar. Glad you made it to the show. I like Lincoln Hall when it's like that — fairly full, but not super packed. I still think it's maybe the best room in Chicago. Too bad they don't get as many bookings (at least of stuff I'm interested in) as they used to. Thanks for reading! Whitney as a two piece was pretty stripped down, as you might expect, but still compelling.

Are you suggesting a re-creation?

Excellent work, Herr Tatlock! I do remember the last Apollo show being a rather lifeless performance (probably because the entire audience stayed firmly glued to their seats the entire time), so hopefully this one will be a bit more energetic with the GA standing. And if a foreign date is indeed in the cards, you ought to consider venturing to Cologne and partaking in some kolsch with 50footqueenie and possibly a foreign interloper...

Since a couple of us Chicagoans were discussing it elsewhere within these VC corridors and I think at least one or two VCers were there, figured I would at least file an abridged report from this Valentine's Day Planned Parenthood benefit show (incidentally, Jeff labeled Valentine's Day "corporate bullshit," though he still played a few love songs for the assembled throng)... I suppose we were lucky to get even five songs from Jeff when the rest of the acts on the crowded bill (mostly consisting of local young up-and-coming acts, though Whitney got added at the very last minute and played as

Thanks, Vince. That's the outcry I was looking for! Haha, it's just funny to me that whenever new tour dates get announced, no matter where they are, all the comments on social media are invariably like, "When are you coming to [my town]?" I totally agree! The European date format is not to be messed with, hence my post titles in After The Show.

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