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He seems to have that effect on people.

 

I was spinning TMPoE just this past weekend while a friend was hanging out out the house. At some point she asked who the artist was. I was a bit taken aback as she's generally pretty hip to what's currently out there and has excellent taste in music. She parked herself in front of the turntable for an entire spin, swooning over the music.

 

Andrew is playing about 60 miles away this coming Sunday. I didn't mention it at the time, as I was un-certain tickets were still available; (Tickets were still available. Whoa!). Gave her a call late last night asking if she wanted to tag along. My ears are still ringing from the squeals.

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Andrew "opened" for Wilco at Summerfest two years ago. Well, he played at the same stage directly before them, anyway. I saw him last week and it was a very good show, but I'm looking forward to seeing him solo again. Though it looks like in Minneapolis he will be with a band, which makes sense because Jeremy Ylvisaker and Martin Dosh are both from Minneapolis.

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Andrew "opened" for Wilco at Summerfest two years ago. Well, he played at the same stage directly before them, anyway. I saw him last week and it was a very good show, but I'm looking forward to seeing him solo again. Though it looks like in Minneapolis he will be with a band, which makes sense because Jeremy Ylvisaker and Martin Dosh are both from Minneapolis.

 

that was last year, yo.

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Damn. Wilco is really getting some big name openers. It was not always like this. I saw Andrew Bird at sxsw last year and he was incredible. A friend of mine (more up to date with todays music than myself) said Andrew's set at ACL this year blew away Wilco, The Decemberists, and nearly every one else you can think of. You never want to schedule an opener that could take away from the main act. Tells you how confident our little Tweedy has become. Not that any band out there could blow Wilco out of the water, but Iam biased so you never know.

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Yeah, does anyone know? I'm gonna be pissed if the rest of the country gets Dr. Dog or Andrew Bird and we get stuck with some crap.

 

Or 16 Frames. :blink (did they open for CH at Ann Arbor?) :yucky

 

 

 

I also saw Mr. Bird last week for the first time...am very excited to see him again and have hubby see what I'm going on about (his music people!). :stunned :) Should be a good pairing...

 

Just got an e-mail, KC tix are in the mail too! :hyper

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you'll end up with Cowboy Mouth

 

They played before Wilco at the 2005 Jazz Fest. They threw red spoons at the audience during a certain song -- so it was like being at a Rocky Horror show.

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You never want to schedule an opener that could take away from the main act. Tells you how confident our little Tweedy has become. Not that any band out there could blow Wilco out of the water, but Iam biased so you never know.

When Wilco followed Neko Case in Montreal in 03, Tweedy said that his voice must sound like a frog by comparison.

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A friend of mine (more up to date with todays music than myself) said Andrew's set at ACL this year blew away Wilco, The Decemberists, and nearly every one else you can think of. You never want to schedule an opener that could take away from the main act.

 

 

All this is subjective, so, to your friend it's probably true.

 

I think Bird's music is interesting and nice when listening on a cd. And he might be fantastic to see in a small indoor venue. But, to me, his voice and the bells and strings and artsy (almost creepy) whistles he employs in his songs are a bit much.

 

 

I'm not worried about Bird taking anything away from Wilco.

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Ha! I blogged about the CH show I saw at the Pabst and was pretty mean about 16 Frames. A few weeks later, the drummer replied to my post.

 

Brianne, I just read your blog. (Lots of good stuff btw!) "Trying to channel Bono" were the exact words that came up in my conversation with fellow concert goers about them. :yes I guess to be fair, I suspect if I heard their music on the radio (without the visual) I might think "oh, this is nice". :mellow ...and I did enjoy watching the bassist and drummer now that I think of it (we were in the front row trying to avoid eye contact with the lead singer! LOL). You were very kind in your response. :) It's a tough gig being an opener, isn't it?

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