What a show! Played so many songs that I wasn’t ever expecting to hear, and was just a great show. He played for about two hours including the two encores. The crowd was polite upfront, but loud and talkative towards the back, and Jeff made a few comments in regard to the latter. At some point during the show, Jeff thought someone was yelling for him to take his pants off. He asked the crowd to be quiet, “Because I need to get to the bottom of this”. I’m not sure what exactly was said, but it became a running joke for the remainder of the show. I honestly didn’t think I’d ever see this guy solo acoustic, or at least not until he had dissolved Wilco in old age and toured the country doing just what he did last night. I had a great time, and I hope the set list details how amazing last night was for me and about 1200 other Wilco fans.

Jeff Tweedy
Vic Theatre
Chicago, IL
3/4/05

Airline to Heaven
Sunken Treasure
Muzzle of Bees
Bob Dylan’s 49th Beard
Please Tell My Brother
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Far, Far Away
Not for the Season
Someday Some Morning Sometime
Forget the Flowers
Remember the Mountain Bed
John Wesley Harding
Dash 7
Acuff Rose
Hesitating Beauty
Blasting Fonda
No more Poetry
I’m the Man Who Loves You

Encore 1
Cars Can’t Escape
Chinese Apple
How to Fight Loneliness
Gun
Late Greats

Encore 2

Secret of the Sea
ELT
Summerteeth
Wishful Thinking
Box Full of Letters
Shouldn’t Be Ashamed
Pecan Pie