SarahC

First time visiting this particular venue in the magical mountain town of Asheville. I love seeing Wilco in Asheville because it was the city where I saw my first ever Wilco show 20 years ago! Asheville Yards is a rebrand of the venue Rabbit Rabbit, and I believe as such they've got some growing pains happening operationally. The venue offered a "quick entry pass" for $40 per person that included food (and beer if people wanted it) and entry into the venue ahead of the GA line. Interestingly enough they didn't scan tickets. It felt like a complete 180 from the ticket fiasco in Bir

Last Wilco show of 6 tonight in Louisville - don’t know when we’ll see them again. heck of a run.

See you tomorrow?

Oh! I remembered another bit of banter from the show. Jeff said he figured a lot of musicals have happened in the concert hall, and said next time they’d bring Wilco(the musical) through town and gave a clearly unenthused “Yay!” 😆 then said something about how Hummingbird is as close to a show tune as they have. I almost asked “what about Capital City?” But didn’t want to be mistaken for a request shouter… using the proper channels via the site works better anyway.

Definitely. Only maybe a couple dozen trophies, maybe 150 posters, however given their elusiveness, I wouldn’t trade the Hatch Print either. We missed night 1 in 2011, and it took close to 12 years to find one. (Thanks to Steve!)

The banter last night was very very minimal. Jeff didn’t say much except for the standard things he’s been saying most shows -artistic growth joke between Box Full of Letters and Annihilation. -coming to the end of the show “I just mean in general” he did point of a guy in a PBR shirt and asked him where he’d seen him before. Turns out it was the Ryman. the venue was fine, I think an outdoor show would have probably been better for the crowd because the talking mixed with the acoustics of the concert hall was a bit much at times. The chatter was noticea

2 songs or so after “Spiders” somebody yelled out for ”spiders” again, and Jeff said “we just played it!” and the person yelled out “itsy bitsy Spiders” and Jeff said “that was the itsy bitsy version”. I think we ought to rename this arrangement the “itsy bitsy version. Jeff told some really funny stories— one about how when he was a kid his family took a road trip down to FL and they stopped in Chattanooga. He said they went to Lookout Mtn (I’m guessing they visited Rock City). Said he didn’t remember anything about the beach, but he did remember Lookout Mtn. And he was “born a

It was the entire thing, and gosh it was beautiful. Jeff dedicated it to Pat’s partner Mae. We had a great time on the rail. Things have definitely changed there since last we visited in 2019. Now they wristband only the front row of the pit, and security was very strict about being close to your assigned seat. The atmosphere was pretty good regardless of the kinda uptight security. The band seemed to have a great time, and I don’t think chatting was super noticeable to them. Jeff did have a funny interaction where he made a really scary looking face at somebody

So, today, for the first time since 1999 Wilco is playing a full headline set in Chattanooga. They played moon river festival in 2021, but something about festival sets seems different than the full 2+ hour experience. Solid Sound not withstanding, festival sets are super predictable. So excited for tonight.

Highly enjoyable show last night. I was so impressed with the venue. From researching the Pinnacle prior to the show, it appears to be a pretty close copy of The Mission Ballroom in Colorado. The main floor is relatively wide, as is the stage. Plenty of space, and gotta say the staff was very attentive to us both prior to the show and during giving out free bottles of water. They must have gone through half a dozen cases. Early on in the show after a particularly dazzling solo from Nels somebody yelled out at Jeff “he’s better than you!” and Jeff said something along the line of “

Wilco in what’s shaping up to be a cold and soggy Atlanta. Basically, we’re up and down 75/24 for the next 3 days for Wilco shows!

WILCO!!! Finally!

Oh my goodness, yes. "Insignificance" in particular has such a place in my heart with those albums that just kinda wiggle into your ears and stay there forever. It's so good.

I was supposed to see Wilco Friday, but the weather had other plans. I did see soundcheck where they played Everyone Hides, Born Alone(2x), Passenger Side, Country Disappeared, and Random Name Generator

I just finished a sci-fi book called Project Hail Mary last night. One of the better sci-fi books I've read in several years. I appreciated they used real science in a plausible sort of way.