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I will pretty much guarantee right now that Levon's set closes with The Weight. But he's got a couple of relatively recent solo records, so they usually do stuff off of those as well as some traditionals and a couple of Band songs (Cripple Creek, etc.) I'd say a bigger question is how much Levon will actually sing. I'd like to see more of that, but I guess it depends on how his voice is doing. His band, led by Larry Campbell, is very good.

But Waukegan is far! No, you really feel like you're never gonna get there...

Really? Wow, that's something I really would love to have heard! Where was that? Damn. Sarah is awesome! (I guess Jeff is all right, too.) Fwiw, I saw Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit here in Chicago last week and he did Acuff-Rose. And then the opening act at this Minutemen tribute I saw last night did Reservations.

Nice picture, Josh! Looks even better than on your phone... Glad it came together so quickly...congrats!

That rumor was floating around here (possibly even earlier in this thread) a while back and it does seem fairly plausible. Wasn't aware that Beale Street would be announcing their lineup March 3, so I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Damn, those will be a FUN couple of shows! Especially with Jody on board. But Jeff won't be there, I'm fairly certain, since those are the dates srmt specified they'd be doing their annual benefit shows at the Vic.

Should be a great night! Wish I could go. The If By Yes record is great, and I would LOVE to catch a Fig gig one of these days. Also curious what Sean and Greg would/have come up with... Hope someone on here can get there and report back!

Well said, well said.

There was a "pre-telecast ceremony" broadcast on Grammy.com, where most of the awards were given out. It was held in a building adjacent to the Staples Center. To be honest, it was kind of a weird spectacle with a lot of empty seats and the presenters not seeming to even know who was there to accept awards and not a lot of the time. But anyway, I turned it on in time to see Mavis sing with Cyndi Lauper and a couple other ladies -- couldn't tell you what song they did. And when she won, Mavis did get to come up and accept her award. She was very emotional, tears running down her cheeks, sayin

Madison is a pretty small venue and will sell out quickly (if not already), but I'd be a little surprised if they did add a show on the 27th since Jeff would have to get there after playing in Portland, Maine, the night before. It's doable, certainly, but it'd be a long 24 hours. Makes much more sense to fly home to Chicago, have a night to rest and then drive up to Madison on Monday. But who knows?

Chances are probably not too good, then?

Usually Live Nation presales would involve a password, but I can't help you as to what it might be.

I was going to ask why you said hilarious, but I think I found the clip and "somebody" looks like it was JC Brooks himself! That is pretty hilarious that he was shooting video while simultaneously soundchecking the song... It was fun to see that performance. It looked like Jeff had some lyric sheets at his feet (perhaps Dude can confirm?), which I can almost understand because the JC Brooks version has such a different rhythm from how Jeff/Wilco does IATTBYH/Theologians that it would be easy to get tripped up lyrically if you're used to singing it another way. Oh, and on a different but al

What show(s) are you talking about?

I'm not necessarily a Rahm supporter and I don't even have a voting interest in the mayoral race yet, so I won't get into the political/other stuff that was being discussed in the Just A Fan thread. I literally decided to go to the show about an hour before doors because I was sitting at home not doing anything. But I'm glad I did... First because Jeff did come out and play (or rather, sing) on I Am Trying To Break Your Heart with opening act JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound. If memory serves, he took the second verse as well as the "Theologians" interlude that JC normally inserts into his cov

I'm going to start a thread in After The Show for discussion of the Rahm event tonight.

The 2/27 gig in Baltimore is happening, fwiw. Or at least they're ticketing for it. It's on the Windup Space site as well. I'd definitely love to see one of these Celestial Septet gigs.

Unfortunately, I suspect that's probably just left over from the previous (first) announcement on Jan. 18. But I could be wrong...

Just don't say the "L" word and I think you'll be fine... Lots of great eating/drinking and record shopping (OK there's other stuff too, but those are two of my favorite activities) to be done here!

Sad to see Fountains of Wayne on there. It's just because of "Stacy's Mom," right?

Meant to reply to this earlier, but I'm just getting to it now. Doesn't really matter one way or the other because everyone responds to music differently, and the Handsome Family certainly aren't for everyone. I'm a fan, though, so I feel the need to say a few words to maybe help put their music in some context... The "other two," for the record, are really the Handsome Family. Rennie, the wife of the husband-wife tandem, writes the lyrics, while Brett writes the music and does most of the singing. Steven Dorocke, the guitar player/multi-instrumentalist, just plays with them on occasion. The

Glad I could help in some small way, but it is weird about Wilcobase. Anyone know if Rob's OK? Did he just get overwhelmed with work/life stuff?

Oh, really? That's too bad. I just happened to see it in a brochure later on. The menu still looked pretty good. And yeah, they do like their beer (and marijuana) in that town. I was going to mention the Walnut Brewery, a block or two off the ped mall on Walnut St., that I went to last time I was in town. Didn't get back there this time, but that was a pretty good place if memory serves. Also, I was going to mention that there are more than a few panhandlers on street corners with cardboard signs. I don't know if any of them have golden voices, though.

Hey T...oh, you guys definitely need to check out The Alpaca Connection. Trust me! The Poets can back me up on this. It's right on the ped mall near the Boulder Theater (between 13th and 14th Streets, I think). Basically it seemed like a lot of the restaurants and bar scene downtown revolved around the aforementioned ped mall, which is basically Pearl Street, so you guys will surely find your way over there. We had good meals at the West End Tavern and the Boulder Café. The former is a little ways up the mall (or is it down?) toward 9th St., and is right next door to the Jax Fish House whi

And here was the Handsome Family's set for Night 2 (mostly the same as Night 1, but a couple of differences): Weightless Again The Bottomless Hole Down In The Ground (w/"Pretty Polly" outro) The Loneliness of Magnets So Much Wine After We Shot The Grizzly When You Whispered Don't Be Scared All The Time In Airports Up Falling Rock Hill