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Excellent news for you! Wish it was a wee bit later, so there'd be a chance I could attend. But as it is, I'll be awaiting your reportage...

Alas, I had to miss this one so I have no setlist to provide. But sources tell me that Via Chicago and Gun were among the highlights of the solo portion... I suspect (hope) that a certain KCMO-ian (?) will be along shortly to provide some more details.

Also, I just wanted to say that as I mentioned in my initial post, this was the first TWEEDY show that Jeff's wife (aka srmt; aka Sukierae) attended and just before the main set-closing Pecan Pie, which he dedicated to her because he said it was the only song of his that she could remember the title of, Jeff acknowledged — I think maybe for the first time publicly — that Susan was dealing with a serious health situation and added how he appreciated feeling all the love and support from people since she got the diagnosis. He went on to say, among other things, that she has been inspirational fo

Since I've been discussing the support acts on this tour, this was the first night with The Handsome Family. They played as a three-piece band with Brett on electric guitar and Rennie alternating between banjo and a ukulele bass and a drummer, Jason Toth. Although they seemed to be having a little trouble keeping their instruments in tune — mentioning more than once how they didn't seem to like the Midwestern humidity — it's always great to see them. If you're headed to a show they're opening on this run, do yourself a favor and get there in time for their set. Here was their setlist, as pla

I'm sure it won't take long for someone to chime in, so for now here was the complete setlist as played for the latest round of TWEEDY (the first show, I believe, at which Sukierae herself was in attendance): Down From Above* Diamond Light* Flowering* Desert Bell* Summer Noon* Honey Combed* World Away* New Moon* High As Hello* Where My Love* Fake Fur Coat# Slow Love* Nobody Dies Anymore* Via Chicago^ Spiders (Kidsmoke)^> Muzzle Of Bees^ I Am Trying To Break Your Heart^ New Madrid^ Born Alone^ Hesitating Beauty^ Jesus, etc.^ Pecan Pie^ -------------------------- Wait For Love* Low Key* Giv

Thanks much for the kind words, sir, though I think we both know who should take home that title...

And once again, in case anyone is interested, here was the complete setlist for the opening set by the Minus 5 (which was reduced to a three piece tonight since guitarist Casey Neill, who had played in Baltimore and Washington, apparently couldn't make it; Liam Cunningham of the TWEEDY band pitched in on keyboard and electric guitar for most of the set): I Still Miss Someone [Johnny Cash] Twilight Distillery The Old Plantation The Days of Wine and Booze My Generation In The Ground Can't Explain [The Who] Aw Shit Man There Is No Music Original Luke Of course Scott noted that they played My

Kind of a weird crowd, which fortunately didn't detract from the performance too much. It might have even helped a little, given that Jeff seemed a bit more talky than at some other shows. (Though I myself could have done with less of the woman to my right shrieking repeatedly but none of it seemed to annoy Jeff greatly so maybe I'm just overreacting.) Jeff did seem to be in a more talkative mood than previous shows, joking about his "bass butt" and how, when playing guitar with a pick, he had to be careful because he had a tendency "to get down with my bad self." He also engaged in an exten

He played it at one of the Vic shows in recent years, I'm pretty sure, and occasionally elsewhere. But yeah, not terribly often.

In terms of banter and such, I enjoyed Jeff's occasional jabs at the awful clappers in the audience. Particularly during his solo set, there were a number of folks who just couldn't clap in time yet kept trying anyway... At one point Jeff joked about how people wouldn't sing along with the words he wanted them to (a reference to his request to sing along to a new song, Slow Love) nor could clap in time. "You're a rogue crowd," he quipped to the DC audience. "No wonder we can't get anything done." Haha.

Thanks for the info. And that's interesting about your wedding music...I guess it's a small world sometimes.

And again, for anyone interested, here was the Minus 5's opening set as played (it was pretty kickass in its own right, IMHO): Lies of the Living Dead The Old Plantation In The Ground It's Magenta, Man Twilight Distillery Kill The Dead With A Gun The Days of Wine and Booze My Generation Revolution Blues [Neil Young] Aw Shit Man> Strychnine [The Sonics]

Wow, all I can say is that was almost certainly the best TWEEDY show yet. Pretty special. And though there have only been five performances thus far, this one might be looked back on as a show where things really started to jell for this band. This was one of those shows that a simple glance at the setlist alone doesn't do it justice, though it was a nice surprise to hear one of the only (the only?) solo performances of Deeper Down. In general, the songs Jeff chose to play in his solo set tonight worked beautifully and had a lot of gravitas and impact. Via Chicago, with harmonica, was partic

They were selling the Diamond Light single last night in Baltimore, FYI, so presumably they've gotten some more to sell at shows.

No Buck last night. Joe Adragna from New Orleans was on drums, and I think a guy named Mike Giblin from Harrisburg, Pa., was on bass. Scott mentioned the guitarist, but I didn't catch his name.

You know, it didn't occur to me at the time but that could very well be. He's kind of changed his cult banter a bit every night, though. It's been blankets and ponchos and, last night, it was silver track suits...haha. I believe in Pittsburgh there was also mention of "a great pierogi cult."

And in case anyone was interested, here was the Minus 5's opening set: Twilight Distillery The Old Plantation Adios Half Soldier In The Ground The Babe [The Baseball Project] Blue Rickenbacker> The Days of Wine and Booze Revolution Blues [Neil Young] Aw Shit Man

Plenty of VCers in attendance tonight so I'm sure comments will be forthcoming soon. But for now, here was the complete setlist as played: Down From Above* Diamond Light* Desert Bell* Flowering* Honey Combed* Summer Noon* World Away* New Moon* High As Hello* Where My Love* Slow Love* Nobody Dies Anymore* I Am Trying To Break Your Heart^ New Madrid^ At Least That's What You Said^ I'm Always In Love^ You And I^ Born Alone^ Kamera^ Dawned On Me^ You Are Not Alone^ ---------------------------- Low Key* (w/Scott McCaughey on keyboard) California Stars* (w/Scott McCaughey on keyboard) Jesus, etc.^

Yeah, almost certainly. You could read his lips, saying "Please don't do that."

Called Fake Fur Coat, apparently, according to the Mountain Jam setlist posted on Wilco's Facebook. They now have posted the setlists for all three TWEEDY performances so far, fwiw.

I wasn't at Mountain Jam, unfortunately, so I can't say with absolute certainty what was or wasn't played.

FYI, I was subsequently told that the single was meant to be a tour-exclusive thing as opposed to being just available at the Detroit gig (though I don't think they were selling it in Pittsburgh last night). So ultimately, who knows how many they pressed? But I was told that it should be available at other tour stops...

Always more than happy to chime in when I can!

I'm by no means a guitar or gear expert, but Jeff only played electric on one song tonight, Diamond Light. He used a well-worn Jazzmaster on that one, which he plays mostly below the pickup to create texture if that makes sense. Jim had a pink Tele he used on some songs and a Les Paul-looking guitar (with four knobs) on others. He had at least one other guitar I think, but I couldn't really describe that one right now. Hope that helps a bit. I also noticed that Darin had at least two different electric Lakland basses and an acoustic bass of some sort (but no upright). He had a stack of Aguila

The second performance of the TWEEDY band turned out to be a condensed version of the first, taking place on a gorgeous evening before an appreciative crowd that could hardly have asked for much more with the aforementioned weather and free admission (though Jeff again joked about playing a set of songs that almost nobody had heard in front of a big festival crowd, promising at the outset to play some songs people were more familiar with "but only if you're good.") Personally, the second time hearing some of the new songs (and not worrying so much about deciphering song titles) proved to be