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Wilco – Late Greats

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Here is my Wilco story: I was working in the NW suburbs of Chicago in 1997.  Being There was my favorite album at the time.  I listened to a little indie radio station called WCBR - The Bear.  They announced that Wilco would be playing Harper College in Palatine, Illinois.  I think this is the only place that advertised the show.  My wife and I got tickets.  We get to the college and the venue is basically a big lecture hall.  I was sitting in the 4th row right next to Tweedy's wife who was holding their then 2-year old son wearing big ear protection.  Tweedy walks out and the first thing he does is says, "We're playing a f'n classroom?!"

The show was great.  It felt like we were sitting in the band's living room.  They took requests from the crowd and, at one point in the show, Tweedy came and grabbed his fussy son and sat him on his lap.

This is the song that I thought would make them stars.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th8NpM6JTSw&ob=av3n

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12 thoughts on “Wilco – Late Greats”

    1. For the record, jeff t. is my favorite snowboarder.

      Now that is a weird coincidence.

  3. For some reason, I've never gotten into Wilco though i've tried them out several times. (I own Being There.) But I have been listening to one of their songs lately, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound covering "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart." It might be sacrilege, I don't know, but it is awesome.
    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6VILyHVDE

    1. I've given wilco several listen throughs and largely been unmoved. Don't get me wrong, I generally enjoy their sound, but I never really understood the hype.

      2. Now you know how I feel re: Shins, Walkmen, Fleet Foxes, New Pornographers....

      1. That's way too upbeat for "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart". I'd love to hear him do "Heavy Metal Drummer" or maybe "Shot in the Arm"

      2. I love the JC Brooks cover. I know it doesn't fit the lyrics but it is such a different take on the song that I like it.

  4. This must be pretty soon after AGiB came out, because Nels Cline's first album with Wilco was Sky Blue Sky, but this says FarmAid 2005.

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