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Happened to see this in the weekly e-mail from the good folks at the Quad Cities-based Daytrotter.com, who do great work recording unique live sessions with emerging bands and making them available for free download: We confirmed today that we will be recording a Daytrotter session with the great Wilco, August 3. We will be doing so in the confines of the Wilco Loft in Chicago -- the main stage for the documentary "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart," and one of the most spectacular man caves in all of music history -- on August 3. (Elsewhere within the e-mail was the possibility of their rec

Greg...you neglected to mention the best part of this. The show is at the new KFC Yum (does it have an exclamation point? because it should!) Center.

Was curious so I asked Nels a bit about "Amenette" and he said that it was basically a "fake Ornette line" that also had a part that reminded him of a Scott Amendola composition called "Streetbeat." The title made a lot more sense when that was revealed! Personally, I loved hearing "The Angel of Angels" with Nels on 12-string. Really gorgeous. And of the Initiate tunes, "King Queen" is a standout and having Yuka Honda there to add the keyboard parts and contribute some percussion was awesome! I was also a little surprised they didn't do "Floored" in either Philly or DC because that might be

Thanks for the report! Sounds like a fun show. What was the venue like? You guys got some pretty cool songs that he doesn't always do in his typical solo shows...ELT, So Much Wine, Not For The Season, even Hummingbird (which he has said is kind of hard to play solo).

Thanks for the report(s), sir! Wish I could have made it this time. Would have been worth it just to see Mr. Fay again, but it sounds like it was a nice time. Great to see that srmt carried on the pre-show request tradition of recent years.

YES! Mavis, and Todd Barry, Kristen Schaal and John Mulaney. Now I'm officially psyched. Who needs Wilco? Er, um...

Here's the link to the full update post on the Nonesuch blog Cool for Vetiver..some good NYC musicians in that band! And I hear good things about Avi Buffalo, as well.

Yep. Incidentally, it looks like Nels has scheduled a "seminar" where he'll talk about "music, guitars and life" at the Stone in NYC on July 19! Should be a great one. As many of us know, Nels certainly can talk when he wants to. "STONE SEMINAR 29" w/ NELS CLINE $20 : All Ages THE STONE : Northwest corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street

Nice! Sounds like you guys got all of the recent setlist gems all in one show. I believe someone said once that "the second night's always better than the first." Quite a couple of nights, eh Froggie? Glad that Melbourne got in on the fun...

Doubtful, I'm afraid. Then again, if Batgirl makes an appearance...

Yeah, why not? Of course, give a holler if you ever make it to this side of the planet. And I'll do the same if I ever get back your way...

How was Liam? EJ was with him, I assume. New songs?

I'll be hanging out with Batgirl backstage. [insert pawing noise here]

Admirable setlist-keeping, Clint! (Can I call you Clint, though we've never met? Don't want to assume a first-name basis or anything. ) Glad you guys got a good show. The general admission standing shows are always better, aren't they? I mean, I had a fun time the last show in Welly (and will always hold a special memory of that show since I think that was where Wilco's involvement with the Finns and 7 Worlds Collide originated), but it was a pretty formal room. Jeff didn't say anything about the quality of the crowd's dancing, did he? And you've got to track down some Big Star! Such gre

Someone do it, please! It doesn't require that much methodical-ness (methodicism?). I'd love to be in Welly again, but it's not going to happen this time so it'd be great to get a report... And have fun, all you Kiwis!

I wish! I really, really would love to visit Japan someday, but not this time unfortunately. As fun as the Wilco gigs would have been to see, I'd love to know if anybody on here made it to any of the Bacharach tribute shows with Jim O and Glenn and Darin and/or the "night of duos" that Nels played with his Fig (or is it Kitchen Stadium) side project with Yuka Honda? Would love to hear a report from any of those shows...

Hopefully they set up a drum kit and Fred joins Jeff on drums for a few numbers (either as or not, though preferably the former).

Nels is scheduled to join On Fillmore in Chicago as part of a free show at Milennium Park on June 28. It's billed as On Fillmore featuring Nels Cline, so I guess that wouldn't be a Singers gig. But anyway... And congrats to Nels, Scott and Devin on the official release today! I was at the shows in SF they recorded at Café du Nord last fall for the live disc of Initiate and they were awesome, so it's nice to have a document of that. Hooray for "Boogie Woogie Waltz" with Deerhoof!

Yep, you got it! So great that you were able to make it out for this show! I had a blast up front with you and B, despite the craning of necks. Sorry I was such bad company for most of the day (and that goes out to H&R from EC, MD as well). And ah, Wilco Tango Foxtrot: You were very hoppy.

Glad you had a good time, but you must have smoked some seriously high-quality product if you thought they actually gave away a dinette set. "The Price Is Right" theme was played, but to my knowledge, Wilco shows haven't turned into game shows yet. (I believe that a couple of the dinners they gave away were for a place called Dinette. ) Nice to get a couple of nuggets, as always. Can't remember the last time I'd heard "On and On and On," and it's definitely a song that's more powerful in the live setting. Being able to hear the details in "More Like The Moon" and the segue from "Someday, Som

I'm sure the kindly mods will take care of merging threads, but you know my thing about titling show threads so I'm putting the complete setlist, as played, for Pittsburgh here. Anyway, here was how tonight's final (for now, anyway) "An Evening With..." show went down: —"The Price Is Right" theme music intro— Wilco (the song) Bull Black Nova You Are My Face IATTBYH> One Wing A Shot in the Arm On and On and On Company In My Back Deeper Down Handshake Drugs California Stars Impossible Germany I'll Fight Poor Places> ----into acoustic set---- Spiders (Kidsmoke) More Like The Moon So

Excellent work! As some friends of mine who used to be/are big Crowded House fans like to joke about as it relates to Neil Finn, we always need the "hair and pants" report (except in Jeff's case, I suppose it would be shoes and guitars)!

Well, as they say, you can't make them all (do they say that? ) Sorry to disappoint the masses -- like four of you -- but I couldn't make it up to Hartford so I'm no help tonight setlist-wise. Glad to hear that they did Magazine for Nate's birthday, though! And That's Not The Issue...maybe they were just getting it in shape for you, B. I shall be back in form for Philly and Pittsburgh, so I'll help out from there if need be. You can resume hanging on tight then, if so inclined. Till then, I'll be waiting for the Hartford setlist like everyone else. (Your effort looks pretty good, though,

Watch this thread jump to about 20 pages in the next 20 minutes with "Got mine!" posts...

It probably has to do with the fact that the core of Wilco's management team is now based in western Massachusetts as well as Mass Moca being a cool location (especially for a summertime thing). LA has more going for it as it relates to Wilco than you think, but honestly, who would want to go there in August? OK, I can think of several people. But for an outdoor festival?