conor oberst & the mystic valley band opened for wilco at the dutchess stadium show and also put on an awesome show. i must be honest, i haven't followed him that closely since the bright eyes days, but i am definitely a conor oberst fan. he's just so prolific that he's hard to keep up with. anyway, this was the first time i've seen him play live and i was absolutely impressed. incredible energy, great tunes, and an excellent band. they all seemed to be really enjoying themselves which created a great environment for the crowd.
setlist:
slowly (oh so slowly) sausalito nikorette get well cards spoiled moab cape canaveral air mattress danny callahan nyc- gone, gone souled out!!! big black nothing i don’t want to die (in the hospital)
visit nyctaper for flac and mp3 recordings of the show. many thanks to dan for posting one of my photos with the recording!
on saturday, july 18, my friend dan and i took a last minute trip on metro north to wappingers falls, ny, where wilco was once again playing. the show was so good the monday before that once i found out that there were still tickets available, i knew i had to go again. and i’m so glad that i did.
the setlist was similar to the coney island show, but it was different enough to keep it interesting. and to be honest, it really didn’t matter to me anyway – i would sit through the same song 20 times if they were playing it. i didn’t end up in the front row for this one – imagine, there were fans there that were even more rabid than i – but i was only about three people back and i got plenty of good shots. at coney island, i was off to the left of the stage, but for this show i was right in the center. this was better for taking pictures as i could see the whole band the entire time.
the drummer is usually my favorite member of a band. i just love to watch them play. and wilco is no exception – glenn kotche has to be one of the most inventive, talented, and expressive drummers out there. i loved where i was positioned for this show because i got so many great pictures of him banging away.
sadly, we had to leave before the last encore so that we could catch the shuttle back to the beacon station before the last train of the night left. i think it was the first time in my life that i’ve ever left a show before it was completely over. we still heard it from the parking lot, though, so all was not lost.
it was another awesome night and another awesome show.
about halfway through the show, jeff tweedy threw his guitar pick (pictured in his mouth above) into the crowd. it looked like it landed right near me, so i scoured the ground looking for it, but never found it. long after i'd forgotten about it on the shuttle bus back to the train, dan asked me to hold my hand out. and he gave me tweedy's guitar pick. a nice (if a little bit gross) souvenir of another great night.
setlist:
wilco (the song) i’m always in love i am trying to break Your heart shot in the arm bull black nova you are my face one wing side with the seeds war on war deeper down impossible germany far far away too far apart handshake drugs can’t stand it jesus etc. sonny feeling theologians hate it here walken i’m the man who loves you hummingbird poor places spiders (kidsmoke) the late greats you never know heavy metal drummer hoodoo voodoo i’m a wheel
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 08:00AM 
