My buddies A-Bomb, Buzzard and I went to see An Evening with Wilco at the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton a few weeks ago, which was their last show of the year. This would be my 7th time seeing Wilco in concert and first time in fifteen years. Hard to believe it had been that long since they last played here.
What an awesome show this was too. First thing my buddy A-Bomb and I noticed was that Wilco still has the same six band members as the last time we saw them. It's no wonder they sound so good, a tight band that can play any kind of music, and Wilco does play a wide range of styles of music, from rock n' roll, folk, to noisey jazz like music. Lead singer Jeff Tweedy hasn't changed a bit since last seeing them and Nels Cline is unbelievable on guitar.
Wilco played two sets which equaled about a two and a half hour long show. And the setlist covered a wide range of songs from a wide range of albums. A great selection from two of my favourite Wilco albums A Ghost Is Born, "Handshake Drugs", "Spiders (Kidsmoke)", "The Late Greats" and Sky Blue Sky, "Impossible Germany", "Walken", "Hate It Here" and those are just the ones I still remember from weeks ago. Other songs played that I recall were "Box Full Of Letters" and "It's Just That Simple" from their first album A.M., a couple from Being There "Sunken Treasure" and "Forget the Flowers". What really surprised me at this show was two songs from the Mermaid Avenue album that Wilco and Billy Bragg did back in 1998. One of the songs played was "California Stars" and I don't remember the other, but I know they played two from the album, for those that don't know that album was made up of songs that all lyrics were written by Woody Guthrie that Wilco and Billy Bragg put music to.
I would love to have heard more songs from their awesome album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, they did do a few from that album "Heavy Metal Drummer", "I'm The Man Who Loves You" and one other. There were a portion of songs that I wasn't all that familiar with from some of their newer albums. The songs sounded great live but I don't know them well enough to recall the titles of the songs. All and all this was a great show. I just hope it isn't another 15 year wait for them to come back through town. Good times!
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