Mr. Heartbreak Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I may be biased, both because it was my first Wilco show and because I just started a thread to see if anyone could send me the flac files for it because I only have an mp3 now, but Tampa 2005/02/16 was a fantastic show! It was in a nice performing arts center, with awesome acoustics, so the recording came out great. On top of that, it was an awesome setlist, with a wonderful closing "I shall be released". This venue has a pretty big gap between the first row and stage, and after about 10 tunes, Tweedy said something about how far away everyone was, so at this point people started getting up. My seats were about 15 rows from the front, so me and my friend I came with jumped up and went to the front. I ended up leaning on the stage in between Jeff and Nels. Holy crap, my face hurt from smiling at the guitar awesomeness 5 feet in front of me! These early 2005 shows were really unique in that Nels was still learning the songs, so Jeff played more guitar than he has for many years, and Nels has more improvisational parts than he did soon thereafter. They played a nice drawn out version of Kingpin, and in the middle of it, this teenage girl three people to my right was talking on her cell phone. Jeff asked her who she was talking to, and she said her mother, so Jeff asked if he could talk to her! He took the phone, and had a little conversation with the girls mom, including saying "I'm Jeff, the singer of the band"! I was at this show, and that whole thing with the cell phone was hilarious. I really got the impression the girl's mother did NOT believe it was "the singer" on the phone. Classic! Great show, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robby Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I was at this show, and that whole thing with the cell phone was hilarious. I really got the impression the girl's mother did NOT believe it was "the singer" on the phone. Classic! Great show, too. I was at that show as well and remember talking about it here. We were in the second row and when we made the rush up to the stage, Jeff was a bit surprised - he had made a remark that (because my wife was dressed so nice) he thought that we were just there on a date. I have only been to 4 Wilco shows, but this was my favorite. Jeff played a lot on the electric guitar and there was a "freshness" to the way everyone played since Nels & Pat had not been with the band for very long at that point. It was the first time I heard the alternate ending to Ashes and the live "feedback duel" between Jeff & Nels at the end of Handshake Drugs. I also recall the backdrop display was incredible - a series of photographs,film loops, ending with a picture of an outline of a hummingbird at the end of the show (before the encore). Never forget that night - wish they had commissioned a poster just for that show. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wilcoexaminer Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 Can anybody hook me up with the McDonald Theatre, Eugene, OR 9/4/03 show? Can't seem to find a good source online. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 It's up at the Live Wilco Archive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Can anybody hook me up with the McDonald Theatre, Eugene, OR 9/4/03 show? Can't seem to find a good source online. Check your PMs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 also, Detroit 2001. killer version of sunken treasure and its a soundboard: http://wilcoarchive.com/wilco%2020011005/ and Chicago, 7 May 1999. its a sbd, but the mix is awsome: http://wilcoarchive.com/Wilco%201999-05-07%20SBD%20Source Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 also, Detroit 2001. killer version of sunken treasure and its a soundboard: http://wilcoarchive.com/wilco%2020011005/ Probably in my top 5. Definitely my favorite from the 2001 Wilco-the-Quartet tour. Love the version of Ashes, too. Jeff's solo in the outro is messy, loud, scary and totally awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rockinrob Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I was at that show as well and remember talking about it here. We were in the second row and when we made the rush up to the stage, Jeff was a bit surprised - he had made a remark that (because my wife was dressed so nice) he thought that we were just there on a date. I have only been to 4 Wilco shows, but this was my favorite. Jeff played a lot on the electric guitar and there was a "freshness" to the way everyone played since Nels & Pat had not been with the band for very long at that point. It was the first time I heard the alternate ending to Ashes and the live "feedback duel" between Jeff & Nels at the end of Handshake Drugs. I also recall the backdrop display was incredible - a series of photographs,film loops, ending with a picture of an outline of a hummingbird at the end of the show (before the encore). Never forget that night - wish they had commissioned a poster just for that show. I forgot about the backdrop, it was amazing. They hired an artist to basically make a video reel to go along with each song. Some of the images were very trippy, and really added to the whole show. I remember the spiders one and hummingbird ones being exceptionally cool. So, does anyone have the FLAC files saved for me???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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