sybilm Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 I've seen them several times too, including tonight. I feel that in smaller venues WILCO makes more of a connection with the crowd and there is more energy. I just felt like there was some distance between the crowd and the band, and I had really great seats and still felt this way. Maybe my seats were too close to really get the proper mix for the sound, and I could hear a noticeable echo from the back of the house. Coming from out of town I thought it was difficult to get to Cedar Park, and I was less than thrilled with parking. I had to go to guest services for a small matter and chatted with the manager a bit and we talked about parking and he said they normally charge 15 for parking, he said WILCO management got them to lower the price, kudos to them. I think the only thing I liked about Cedar Park the Venue (the band were top notch as always) were the roaming beer guys, that was cool. saul i agree with saul -- i saw them in el paso and felt much more crowd energy and seemed like jeff enjoyed himself more than at CP. in fact, to me, he seemed not happy for the first few songs. he made all the expected compliments, but i'm not sure he really meant it. i had good seats, and also thought the sound was not great, though it seemed to get better later into the show. i also agree with the poster earlier that stubbs is not a great venue -- last time i was there, some drunk guy, smoking, kept rubbing up against me until i had to ask him to step back. but CP was cold, and the people on my row kept sitting down! i'm going to UIC, will be interesting to see how that feels. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tweedys_Neckard Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I thought the crowd was great. Hell, a dude even proposed to his girlfriend in the aisle next to me during Im The Man Who Loves You. That dude that got the Nolan Ryan ball was right in front of us and it was cool to see Jim Scott get a shout out in the front row. Yeah, Cedar Park sucked, but I felt worse for people in the bowl sections, that had to be shitty. Liam Finn was brilliant as an opener by the way. Glenn joined him for Red Wine Bottle and he and Eliza joined Wilco for California Stars. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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