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TWEEDY — 7/25/14, Portsmouth, NH (The Music Hall)


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There was no opening act tonight. The band took the stage at about 10 after 8 and played for two hours. My girlfriend was lucky enough to snag a setlist from the stage. It reads as follows:

Down From Above
Diamond Light
Flowering

Summer Noon

Honey Combed

Desert Bell

World Away 
New Moon
Fake Fur Coat

Hazel 

High As Hello

Low Key

Slow Love

Nobody Dies

 

-Solo-

I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
One Wing
Hummingbird
New Madrid
Please Tell My Brother
Ruling Class
Passenger Side
Laminated Cat
Born Alone
Jesus Etc.
I'm The Man Who Loves You

 

-Encore (Full Band)-
You're Not Alone
Key To My Heart
Only The Lord Knows
California Stars

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Nice! Rehearsing for Mavis at Newport, perhaps? That may be the first time Jeff's done that one in a regular (i.e. non living room show) setting...

Yeah, he said it was the first time they had played it and that he was rehearsing for Mavis. My recording will be up in an hour or two.

 

The show was a lot of fun.  Very respectful audience in general and the band is pretty good.  The new music sounded good and was fun.  Lacking the amount of arrangement we get with Wilco, but it still sounded very much like Jeff Tweedy.

 

The solo set actually ran like this:

 

15. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
16. One Wing
17. Hummingbird
18. New Madrid
19. Please Tell My Brother
20. Ruling Class
21. Passenger Side
22. Laminated Cat
23. Born Alone
24. Jesus Etc.
25. I'm The Man Who Loves You
 
Edited to add: 
Just upped on Dime and Etree:
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Phenomenal venue! Loved the Music Hall. The sound was fantastic.

 

Some quick thoughts:

 

-Only the Lord Knows was rockin. A surprise for sure. Jeff made a comment after the song that he does not have a deacon. That was quite funny.

 

-I enjoyed the new songs. I have listened to each of the streamed songs once, so I had some knowledge of a few, but not much exposure to them. Honey Combed stood out for me, as did High As Hello and Nobody Dies.

 

-We had a "balcony cult" for the sing-along on Slow Love, as folks in the balcony yelled the most when Jeff asked if we wanted to start a cult.

 

-Jeff admited to having trouble starting some songs. He practiced different moves to start songs. Humorous.

 

-The stretch from New Madrid to Laminated Cat was tailor made for hardcore fans - in 5 songs, we got Uncle Tupelo, Golden Smog, Loose Fur, early Wilco, and whatever the hell you call Laminated Cat - Loose Fur or Wilco demo. We got our money's worth there.

 

-Watching the show got me thinking that Spencer is spending his summer after his HS graduation touring the US as a drummer in rock band. Kinda different than most of us. All of us.

 

Lastly, I dig Portsmouth. It is like a smaller Portland. I'll make a point to go back and check out the city more.

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Looked over at this for the first time ..

Excepting the " getting ready for Mavis" material

Do you think this is Sorta what we will get in the

Tweedy fall run?

I'm excited like most others for the New Recording. Would also love a run of old Tweedy songs apart from new in the show..

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Looked over at this for the first time ..

Excepting the " getting ready for Mavis" material

Do you think this is Sorta what we will get in the

Tweedy fall run?

I'm excited like most others for the New Recording. Would also love a run of old Tweedy songs apart from new in the show..

I was lucky enough to see three of the shows on the Tweedy summer tour, and the structure was like this one. I'd expect something similar for the Fall tour. Long, interesting set of new material, followed by long satisfying set of Jeff acoustic solo singing Wilco and UT songs, then close out with a song or two with full band back on stage. They were terrific shows (my personal fave was the Lincoln Theatre in DC -- wonderful venue, great energy).
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