Wilco 2/14/2016 Mountain Stage Charleston, WV

[mpolak21]

I told Paul he could take a night off tonight, since the Wilcos played in my hometown for the first time in 21 years.

 

For the unaware, Mountain Stage is a public radio program that broadcasts from the Capitol complex of my home state of West Virginia. Four or five acts do short sets that are edited later for broadcast. Wilco headlined and did about a 35

minute acoustic set much like their show ending hootenannies.

 

Here's what we got.

 

1.) Misunderstood (Mike was on acoustic, John 12-string. Jeff and John did harmonies on the eight nothings.)

2.) Joke Explained (Mike played a multi-colored melodica that someone opined "looked like he was smoking a box of crayolas. John played an acoustic bass.)

3.) It's Just That Simple (John on acoustic, sublime)

4.) War on War (John got the 12-string again and Pat put down the banjo and played xylophone).

5.) I'm Always in Love (I told Paul, "I hope they play something from Summerteeth" and they delivered!)

6.) Jesus, etc. (John moved back over to bass. Pretty sure Pat was on banjo. One of the show highlights).

7.) California Stars (same setup as Jesus)

8.) A Shot in the Arm (Pat back on xylophone, John on 12-string, this song always makes me teary when they do it)

And Finally

9. Space Oddity (Jeff on 12-string, nailed it perfectly, sublime ending to the night).

 

Not a lot of banter because they were trying to fit as much music in as possible. Jeff, Glenn on his small drum kit, and Nels on dobro came back out with the Mountain Stage house band and a few of the acts for the closing song Wade in the Water.

 

--Mike

[bböp]

I told Paul he could take a night off tonight, since the Wilcos played in my hometown for the first time in 21 years.

For the unaware, Mountain Stage is a public radio program that broadcasts from the Capitol complex of my home state of West Virginia. Four or five acts do short sets that are edited later for broadcast. Wilco headlined and did about a 35

minute acoustic set much like their show ending hootenannies.

 

Great to see you, Mike, and I appreciate the breather. Anyway, it's fitting that a hometown boy should deliver the report and you did a thorough job! I always wanted to make it to a Mountain Stage taping, so I'm glad I finally did.

 

Apparently this show, which was #863 in the program's history, won't air until sometime around early April and it will be interesting to see what makes it in. Pretty stellar lineup for this episode — in addition to Wilco, Au Pair (with Gary Louris of The Jayhawks and Django Haskins of The Old Ceremony), Joan Shelley, Brooke Waggoner and Shawn Mullins were also on the bill.

 

As for Wilco, it's hard to believe that:

A. the band hadn't been to Charleston since playing Mountain Stage back in 1995

B. this was only its third-ever performance in West Virginia

C. given those two things, it will perform in Charleston twice in the span of about three and a half months

 

Here's to the Charleston back-to-back!

[parisisstale]

I told Paul he could take a night off tonight, since the Wilcos played in my hometown for the first time in 21 years.

 

For the unaware, Mountain Stage is a public radio program that broadcasts from the Capitol complex of my home state of West Virginia. Four or five acts do short sets that are edited later for broadcast. Wilco headlined and did about a 35

minute acoustic set much like their show ending hootenannies.

 

Here's what we got.

 

1.) Misunderstood (Mike was on acoustic, John 12-string. Jeff and John did harmonies on the eight nothings.)

2.) Joke Explained (Mike played a multi-colored melodica that someone opined "looked like he was smoking a box of crayolas. John played an acoustic bass.)

3.) It's Just That Simple (John on acoustic, sublime)

4.) War on War (John got the 12-string again and Pat put down the banjo and played xylophone).

5.) I'm Always in Love (I told Paul, "I hope they play something from Summerteeth" and they delivered!)

6.) Jesus, etc. (John moved back over to bass. Pretty sure Pat was on banjo. One of the show highlights).

7.) California Stars (same setup as Jesus)

8.) A Shot in the Arm (Pat back on xylophone, John on 12-string, this song always makes me teary when they do it)

And Finally

9. Space Oddity (Jeff on 12-string, nailed it perfectly, sublime ending to the night).

 

Not a lot of banter because they were trying to fit as much music in as possible. Jeff, Glenn on his small drum kit, and Nels on dobro came back out with the Mountain Stage house band and a few of the acts for the closing song Wade in the Water.

 

--Mike

Nice to hear a great report from a VC "old-timer". Glad you got them to finally come to you!

[Analogman]

 

 

In February Au Pair taped an episode for the Mountain Stage Radio Showwith Wilco. That episode will begin airing tomorrow (April 1) on a number of radio stations: http://goo.gl/7p4Y7J. A podcast of this episode will also be available in a few weeks (subscribe in advance): http://goo.gl/wQksm5

[worldrecordplayer]

Just came across this recording of Space Oddity on NPR:

 

http://wvpublic.org/post/hear-wilco-cover-space-oddity-mountain-stage

[randomname]

Just stumbled across a recording of this show on npr's site. Stream here:

http://www.npr.org/event/music/472954703/wilco-on-mountain-stage?sc=tw