Wilco was not only able to meet my expectations - they exceeded them time and time again. Over the years, Tweedy has slowly recrafted Wilco into a true artistic vehicle, with this live band being the pinnacle. If they can manage it, keeping guitarist Nels Cline on board for future studio material could result in the kind of amazing artistic statement so rarely heard from fairly mainstream acts such as this. Cline's playing with Wilco is a testament not only to his flexibility, talent, and open mind - it's a testament to the artistic importance of their music.
(Here's a testament: the beautiful lull.)
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1 - godoggo
I once heard a Wilco song on the radio...
Nels has been probably my favorite musician for, gee whiz, a dozen years now, ever since he was the host of that beautiful New Music Monday at the Aligator Lounge in Santa Monica. Recommended recordings: Destroy All Nels Cline, Interstellar Space, sideman work with Vinny Golia, also that one Nels Cline Trio album when Billy Mintz was in the group. Or, better, see him live with anybody.