SC Guitar Show

Went to the SC Guitar Show this weekend. Why do guitars have to be so fucking expensive? I could've spent some serious money there, but I couldn't justify doing so. The guitars that stood out the most to me were ALL of the Gretsch models. Cheapest ones went around $1900. I did get to pick up a 1961 Fender Telecaster. It looked like it had been dragged behind a truck, but that's what was so cool about it. It had a price tag of about $6000. There were a couple of B-bender tele's out there too. I didn't walk out of there empty handed. I bought a $10 leather strap, best deal in the whole show.

Man, I need to win the lottery.

Don't Piss Tweedy Off!

Went to see Wilco Monday night in Charlotte. Man, it was a great show. Setlist:

One By One
Hell is Chrome
IATTBYH
Late Greats
Hummingbird
Muzzle
ALTWYS
Jesus
Theologians
Poor Places
Mountain Bed
Handshake Drugs
Shot in the Arm
Via Chicago
Spiders
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[SHE'S A JAR WAS GOING TO BE HERE....]*
I'm the Man
Candyfloss
Political Schience
War on War
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Kingpin
I'm A Wheel
Ottasite

*Some asshat was yelling out "She's a jar" in the last verse of Mountian Bed(quiet acoustic Woody Guthrie song). After the song was over Tweedy ripped him a new one. After the first encore, Tweedy went into a story saying he was sorry but not really. He also said it reminded him of his dad, b/c they would be playing a song and his dad would tell them to play "She's a jar". Jeff really had the crowd laughing.

The guys on http://viachicago.org/main.html (forum) were all pissed about this guy. Well, if I'd been down around where he was sitting or had been Jeff Tweedy, I'd probably been pissed too. However, I think this guy really got the band and crowd pumped up. The crowd roared when Tweedy gave the "fuck you" to this guy. I'm not sure if it was the same guy or not, but in ALTWYS, the part that goes "come back home", some drunk guy kept yelling "come back home!" Everyone started shooshing him. When the song came to the "leave me alone" part, Jeff looked in that general direction and sang it loud and really meant it. The crowd went nuts. The crowd interaction made some great moments. All in all it was a weird crowd.

I have to comment on the venue too. Although I have been there(9yrs. ago) the outside hasn't changed that much. The inside on the other hand, funky rainbow colored lights that surrounded the whole place and changed colors constantly. They were a steady blue once we entered, then dimmed for the concert, until the 2nd encore when Jeff wanted them turned on. He said something along the lines of, "more venues need light shows for the band" or something like that. The sound of the place was great too. Everything was set just right.

Here's some pics I grabbed off of ViaChicago:

http://www.pbase.com/paper_tiger/wilco_charlotte&page=all

Sorry you missed it Austin. I liked this show better than the Asheville show.

Happy VD!

Thought I tell everyone Happy Valentine's Day. Me and Lynn celebrated yesterday and it was great.

By the way, Wilco won the Grammy for best alternative album. This makes me even more excited to see them next week.