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Hey thanks! It was from one of the Vic solo shows in Chicago a couple of years ago. I was a little surprised, but very pleased, that he played it! And glad that they decided to share it on Wilcoworld Radio...

Perhaps Herr Tatlock (always good to see you, sir ) or someone else will already have some thoughts typed in by the time I get a chance to offer a more thorough recounting of the final night of Jeff's all-too-brief UK and Ireland solo run, but I will say that IMHO there was a somewhat weird dynamic between Jeff and audience tonight. Not enough to ruin the show by any means, but probably enough to keep it from gaining much momentum... [edit: Since only one other person has chimed in so far, I suppose I shall endeavour to post some further thoughts now.] As I was saying, a bit of a weird vib

Finally got reconnected, as it were, so I've tried to deliver the promised "detailed report." Hopefully it's reasonably coherent...

Moon songs, baby! Hopefully we can listen to this stuff at a later date...

One reason I still enjoy seeing Jeff perform solo as much as — or even more than...shhh — Wilco sometimes is that there's always a chance he will say, play or do something unexpected. And you never really can predict when that will happen because it usually does when you absolutely least expect it. Such was the case with the show the other night at the venerable Albert Hall in Manchester (where, coincidentally, Wilco had played less than 18 months earlier). Despite its history, you probably wouldn't choose this room as a particularly stellar venue for a solo acoustic show, given its towering

Ooh, I would love to meet Mrs. Tatlock so I hope she can make it! I think I am pretty well sorted for the gig, though I do very much appreciate your thinking of me with regard to your potential extra ticket. Some of the Irish would likely forewarn you against sitting near me, though, so I hope the Welsh are a bit more forgiving. As far as the very genial Mr. Elkington, if you tend to enjoy your singer-songwriters on the folkier, pastoral side with a bit of an Anglo-American twist, then you’d probably enjoy him. He’s got a bit of Jansch in him, as someone mentioned, but his songs have defini

Alas, orange and soda only! I suppose at least some sacrifices were required...#beerplanfail

People often ask me, when I talk to them in person, how a given night's Wilco/Tweedy/Jeff solo show compared to the previous night's or one from earlier in a tour and I'll point out some similarities and differences and offer an opinion. Usually a significant part of that has to do with the venue or the audience, so while setlists might be relatively similar at times from show to show, no two performances are ever completely alike. And that's probably true at solo gigs more than any other. So you might look at the songs played at Jeff's show in Edinburgh — where, remarkably, he hadn't perfor

Well, as is all too often the case with these recaps, I have far too much ground to cover in the immediate aftermath of a show and definitely not enough time to cover it (at least if a modicum of sleep is to be had and sanity is to be maintained). So this will probably be another mediocre attempt at summation, but when it comes to the relatively rare solo show performed by Jeff on this side of the pond, I suppose something is better than nothing... Aside from me being chastised afterwards by a rather passive-aggressive older Irishman sitting in front of me for singing along too loudly and ru

Thanks for the report! Sounds like an excellent evening. One point of correction/clarification, perhaps, is that it probably wasn’t the *first* live performances of some of the If All I Was Was Black songs. She and her band played a couple of them last October in Chicago (and almost certainly elsewhere) whilst opening for Bob Dylan. And of course, they played Build A Bridge on Jimmy Kimmel’s show last week.

It’s from 11/22/99 at the Vogue in Indy. Jeff goes on to say, “And he (Doug) was right, that was the only thing perfect about the track. Besides my harmony.”

Don’t know if there was/is an actual official title. I remember someone asking Jeff about it a few years ago and him saying it was a song he never finished...fwiw.

FYI, myself and a pal (he has a username on here but rarely posts) basically got Rob’s data a few years back and set up a database of sorts that you can find at wilcosetlists.com. It was around the time that Wilco management asked to also obtain Rob’s raw data for use on the Wilcoworld site, which he gave them. So the setlists you can find on there, outside of the last four or five years when management has been providing them (or not) themselves, are drawn from Wilcobase, which in turn was drawn from the original Wilco Timeline Project. Anyway, as regards wilcosetlists.com, we never really f

Oh, that’s funny! I saw a setlist posted on Brooklyn Vegan for Jeff’s opening set at Bowery Ballroom and didn’t see any mention of the flood song (or any new song on there, other than Bombs Above) so I figured Largo was the first time for it. Goes to show how much you can trust setlist.fm for true accuracy... And yeah, reviewing my notes, I do see that I jotted down a similar line about “...then you don’t know Scott McCaughey.” Thanks for the correction/clarification!

Finally getting a chance to put finger to keyboard and offer a few thoughts about the second of Jeff's year-ending solo shows at Largo, which was only a little over 36 hours or so ago but oddly feels like much longer. It's difficult to fully convey the intimacy of the theatre, but it's always been a special place to catch a show — and especially by a generous performer like Jeff. I always feel fortunate when I have the opportunity to take in a performance there. Before Jeff took the stage, standup comedian Sarah Silverman made a surprise appearance to test out some new material. (She has done

It's a little hard to believe that it has already been a little more than four years since Jeff last performed at the esteemed Largo at the Coronet Theatre, an intimate 300-capacity venue in West Hollywood that is a mainstay on the LA scene and favorite of many area music fans. And the last time he played there, during a four-night run in 2013, he seemed to keep getting progressively sicker each night — though he soldiered on through the shows and still managed to play an impressive variety of songs. So when it was announced that he would return to Largo this month to perform two year-end so

I think Jeff said they were lyrics of Nick's that he set to music. I haven't heard them, but I got the impression that maybe he wasn't quite as invested in them as he might be other projects, but anyway. Hopefully Jeff makes an appearance! Btw, I sent you a PM.

Mr. Jeff actually played bass. Other members: Billy Bungeroth and Steve Albini on electric guitars, Kim Deal on drums, Kelley Deal on keytar and three-piece horn section.

You coming? I think if they were going to add a show that they would've done it already. They knew those Largo shows would sell out immediately. The reason the Largo calendar is so wide open is that they are almost always closed for the holidays from just before Christmas to about a week after New Year's, so they are opening specially to accommodate the Jeff shows.

It wasn't nearly done yet, but thanks for reading...

Well, that was something. It can sometimes be difficult to convey — at least to those in "the real world," not necessarily people around these parts — why you travel long distances, queue up hours early and try to get reasonably close to the stage for a band you've seen numerous times. It's about connection, between performers and audience, between audience members themselves and between artists and those supporting them (friends and family, crew, etc.), and I can't think of many Wilco shows in the recent past where these connections were more thoroughly in evidence than tonight's final perfor

I suppose most people who would care about my comments about this show either were there or watched/listened to it on the live stream, so there's probably not a whole lot I can report that folks didn't already experience for themselves. But as I mentioned after Night 1, these multi-night runs are always interesting to see how the crowds and band and set change (or don't) from night to night. I think Wilco has gotten pretty good at presenting a certain show over the years and then varying things just enough to reward people who attend multiple ones without making anyone who might only attend on

It's always a treat to get to see a band like Wilco in a multi-night stand in the same venue because it's fun to see how the shows will evolve, to compare the potential (and actual) differences in setlists and performances and to get a chance to see how a room plays, especially a relatively newly refurbished one like the Palace Theatre. Add the relative familiarity with the band in a market like the Twin Cities and you have a sure-to-be interesting run of shows in store. Night 1 didn't disappoint, while still leaving more room for excitement over the next couple of nights. On the surface, th

Yes, and Glenn has a “percussion” credit as well. It’s hard to tell who played what on which song because the credits are just listed for the entire album. Jeff is credited for “guitar, bass, percussion, vocals” and Spencer for “drums, percussion”. Mavis’ touring band is also credited. As well as Kelly Hogan and Scott Ligon, the latter on clavinet, piano, organ, Wurly (which I believe are these modified mini Wurlitzers Jeff has at the Loft) and guitar.