Wilco -- 29/5/09, Seville, Spain

[bböp]

A bit odd to see Wilco not playing last on their stage at this festival -- they played before the Jayhawks, who closed out the evening with a great set of Hollywood Town Hall and Tomorrow The Green Grass-era songs -- but I think they had to hit the road pretty quickly after their set. Maybe that was also part of the reason there wasn't any collaboration between the two bands (though the Jayhawks did give Wilco a shout out, with Mark Olson saying it was great to see them again and that the Jayhawks had known them for a long time). Anyway, it was interesting that more than a quarter of Wilco's set was made up of songs from the new record -- I believe the most new songs they had played in a single set up to that point.

 

Wilco setlist:

 

Wilco (the song)

Handshake Drugs

One Wing

IATTBYH

A Shot in the Arm

At Least That's What You Said

You Are My Face

Bull Black Nova

Jesus, etc.

Impossible Germany

You Never Know

Hate It Here

Walken

I'm The Man Who Loves You

Spiders (Kidsmoke)

 

Jayhawks setlist:

 

Wichita

I'd Run Away

Take Me With You (When You Go)

Up Above My Head

Waiting For The Sun

Red's Song

Settled Down Like Rain

Leave No Gold

Two Hearts

Real Light

See Him On The Street

Nothing Left To Borrow

Martin's Song

Tomorrow The Green Grass

Blue

Bad Time

Miss Williams' Guitar

[Gobias Industries]

Wilco and then the Jayhawks? That's worth a million bucks. Too bad there's no way I could have ever, ever gone...

[Preferred B]

Wilco and then the Jayhawks? That's worth a million bucks. Too bad there's no way I could have ever, ever gone...

 

I'm not usually a fan of fests, but this one was pretty unusual. Gates didn't open until 10:00 pm, and at the main stage were Akron/Family at 10:30, Wilco at 11:45, and Jayhawks around 1:40 am. I had a great time, and thought the versions of Bull Black Nova and You Never Know were the best I'd seen yet.