bböp Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Say this for the folks who run the Ann Arbor Folk Festival: They run a tight ship. Jeff got pretty much exactly his allotted hour, and not much more. Obviously, it was a huge treat to hear "I Wanna Be Your Dog," which Wilcobase informs us he's only done once before (though I thought he had also played it at Lounge Ax at some point). Jeff called it a little bit of "Ann Arbor folk." I also thought it took some guts to play two songs off the PA in a fairly big room like that. There was a little bit of a weird vibe in the crowd, which you maybe would expect at a show with eight -- actually nine, if you count MC Jim Lauderdale -- different performers. I'm sure there were people there specifically to see Old Crow Medicine Show and people who just come to the festival every year regardless of who's playing and people who are just supporters of the Ark. It seemed like a wide spectrum across the audience, definitely not just people there to see Jeff. I saw a lady in the front row actually crack open a book midway through Jeff's set, and someone told me that he saw some people near him respond not positively when Jeff talked about Christ smoking crack. Perhaps because of that odd dynamic, Jeff had some -- shall we say -- interesting banter, including confessing that he eats one bite of a pear every night before he comes out on stage. That was pretty random. Anyway, here was the setlist: Someone Else's Song (played at edge of stage w/o PA)One By OneSpiders (Kidsmoke)new song-Everlasting Everythingnew song-SolitaireIATTBYHWait UpI Wanna Be Your Dog [The Stooges]The Ruling ClassJesus, etc.Airline to HeavenA Shot in the ArmI'm The Man Who Loves You-------------------------------Acuff-Rose (played at edge of stage w/o PA) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulcalypse Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Seem's like a great set. I bet that "Someone Else's Song" really got the crowd in the mood. Speaking of, how was the crowd? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Dreamin' Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Also, what happens to the rest of the pear? That seems so wasteful. I hope he eats the rest of it later.More rock 'n roll excess. Thanks for the report, Sir Paul! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
H.Stone Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Also, what happens to the rest of the pear? That seems so wasteful. I hope he eats the rest of it later. Maybe it's an incredibly small pear and one bite constitutes the majority of it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bböp Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 Jeff also said he changes clothes seven times -- exactly seven -- before he comes out each night. And he always ends up wearing the exact same thing. Not sure where that fits in with the pear, but there you go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Alan Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 The show was great. Jeff did some a little more uncomfortable than usual, if that's the right word. I was happy to hear two new songs, interesting to see where wilco may be headed, but of course these could sound entirely different with the band. I was also very impressed with Old Crow Medicine Show and Carolina Chocolate Drops. I wish their set was longer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 That arrangement of I Wanna Be Your Dog goes back to Jeff's Uncle Tupelo days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Dedicated to Ron Asheton? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Via Harvard Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Overall it was a great show, I wish he could have played longer. You could tell he was uncomfortable with the time factor. Just before he played Ruling Class, he said something to the effect of the song being about Jesus smoking crack. There were 3 older ladies in front of us and they left immediately after he said that. Hilarious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalle Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Ooooook we are back and safe from our treacherous drive there and back. It was a very very weird vibe there last night with, from what I felt, majority of the audience was there to see Old Crow Medicine Show and then hard core Wilco fans like ourselves scattered throughout the theatre. This was the first time I've ever seen Jeff solo (weird after all the times I've seen the band) and the first time either of my friends have seen him so it was sort of cool. The set was a little too short for my liking but hearing I Want To Be Your Dog along with the new ones etc. was very cool. Jeff's banter had to be some of the funniest I have ever heard at any show ever (recordings included) and he totally lost a lot of people when he said "this song is about Jesus smoking crack", but hey it was hilarious! We got to meet him after the show which was very cool again, and I got to tell him how much Sky Blue Sky meant to me which was very special and Jeff seemed to really appreciate it. I'll post pictures and give more things as I think of them (it was also very cool to meet bbop and Leo for the first time, very nice fellows so hopefully we can see each other again at other shows). Coooooool more to come! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dbf65 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Not sure if Jeff made any mention of it last night when he played "Dog", but a Iggy and a few of the Stooges lived in Ann Arbor for awhile. Actually, they lived in a house that was across the street from where I lived in the late 80's. (they were gone by then of course, but every now and again a couple sightseers would show up.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Great meeting you as well Kalle. I'm sure we'll see each other at more shows.Very strange seeing Tweedy in a non-Wilco crowd. Two extremes this weekend - obnoxious in Kzoo, apathetic in AA. Strange. Both very good performances.Big of him to take time out and support the Ark, one of the greatest rooms in which to listen to music.I Wanna Be Your Dog!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
apbenes Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 here's a link to a recording of the show: http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=522025 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ike67 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Finally got some video posted up on my blog of this show.....audio turned out great. http://thelonemicrophone.blogspot.com/2009...arbor-folk.html Someone Else's SongOne By OneSolitaire (new song)I Am Trying to Break Your HeartI Wanna Be Your Dog (Stooges Cover)The Ruling ClassJesus, etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalle Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Ooooook I figured I'd post a bit more about the new songs played, Solitaire and Everlasting Everything. I really really like Solitaire, certainly, to my ears the catchiest and coolest sounding new tune we have heard. Lyrics are much along the same style as One Wing and You And I, in that they have hints of both the Sky Blue Sky bluntness and the AGIB word mashing poeticalness, both of which I love. However, both these songs sound like they were all ready meant for the full band and that we're just getting a very very stripped down version of what we will hear (the only new song that is probably an exception to that is You And I, which I think would sound quite lovely in the vein of Be Patient With Me etc.), both maintain some catchiness after a period of time and with some interesting chord changes which I love, so if Solitaire, Everylasting Everything, One Wing, You And I, I Will, and the "crushed cities like a bug" are all on the record I am quite excited (I really dislike Sunny Feeling, too much chromatic crap like Shake It Off, and I feel if they put Wilco The Song the record anywhere else but a hidden song it might really ruin what this record is shaping up to be. Nevertheless I have faith and these new ones are quite good.Anyways like I said earlier we got to meet Jeff again and I got to tell him how much SBS has meant to me and what I went through, and realistically he went through the same thing making the album but he seemed genuinely sympathetic and pleased that his art has done, in what I think what it and he meant it to do. For other pictures from Wilco and various other shows check out my flickr (I am the one looking like I am about to burst).http://flickr.com/photos/kallewainio/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 What are those books that you are showing to Jeff? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blureu Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Which of these new songs were debuted at Bridge School and the solo Jeff show in Spain? Solitaire, Everylasting Everything, One Wing, You And I, I Will, and the "crushed cities like a bug" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Which of these new songs were debuted at Bridge School and the solo Jeff show in Spain? Solitaire, Everylasting Everything, One Wing, You And I, I Will, and the "crushed cities like a bug" Here are all of them I believe... Recent shows:"Solitaire""Everylasting Everything" Lollapalooza (Although, it was sung before that):"One Wing" Spain show:"You And I" Bridge School Benefit:"I Will, I Will""Crush the Cities" Oh and 'Sunny Feeling' too, but I forget where that was oringally played. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blureu Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 thanks. I think One Wing and 'Sunny Feeling' were debuted at the Alaska shows in July 2008. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalle Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 What are those books that you are showing to Jeff? The programs for the festival which he signed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 The programs for the festival which he signed. I see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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