Uncle Tupelo - St Louis, Mo 1994 05 01 [Full Gig]
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- Опубліковано 22 січ 2014
- No Depression/ Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Fifteen Keys/ Long Cut/ Anodyne/ New Madrid/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ Postcard/ Gun/ High Water/ Acuff-Rose/ True to Life/ We've Been Had/ Give Back the Key To My Heart/ Everybody Knows This is Nowhere/ Whiskey Bottle/ Truck Drivin' Man/ Looking for a Way Out (w/ Mike Heidorn)/ Gimme Three Steps (w/ Heidorn and the Bottle Rockets, Brian Henneman vocals)
Such a great band. Five months after this show, I met Neil Young backstage at the Bridge Benefit. I told him he would love Uncle Tupelo and, even though they had just broken up, he would have to keep an eye out for them. An hour later when he was saying his goodbyes to everyone backstage, he points at me from 25 yards away as he's walking out the door and he shouts UNCLE TUPELO! I said YES - DON'T FORGET! He waved goodbye and I was buzzing like I had just turned one of my favorite rock legends on to one of my favorite bands of my generation.
Wow, what a moment and memory to go to your grave with (hopefully not anytime soon, of course)!!!
Wish I would have done that but it was 1993 and I didn't know about Tupelo at the time, good one
I know a couple of people who played for him in Nashville when he made that concert DVD. Hes a good guy
And years later Wilco would open up for him
Good ole Percival. One of the True Modern Troubadours of roots music!!
Was 40 and there live. Love em. Still play their music at 66 now.
Me too. But the gig at Cicero's the month before this was epic. Jay and Jeff got into the huge fight between sets over the nonsense between Jeff and Jay's girlfriend. It was at that moment you knew they were soon done.
This recorded performance is an American treasure. Should be in the national archives.
Agree.
Y’all wanna feel old? “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere was 25 years old at the time of this set. This set is now older than THAT (26 years)
25 years ago! This band has influenced so many---they should be in the Rock Hall of Fame.
I agree completely...UT for rock-n-roll hall of fame!
They're not?!
They're too cool to be in the RRHOF. That induction would ruin it for all of us..
My god, I’d forgotten how much they hated each other by this point. They can’t even look at each other.
Jay’s voice and guitar are just beyond his years. He could always just play the guitar and sing. A natural.
The amount of good music that has been created by Uncle Tupelo, Wilco and Son Volt is pretty unbelievable. Jeff and Jay are two fantastic songwriters that have gone on to make great music seperately after their main band and that is a very rare thing to see in music and it just goes to show the amount of talent that was bursting at the seams in Uncle Tupelo. Theres no need for people to get so heated bcs one person may like the other band more or less, all that matters is that there was great music created by those two together and seperately
nailed it!
I think Jay and Jeff both offer much to every listener
For me...It has never been about liking Son Volt more than Wilco or Wilco more than Son Volt. It’s been about liking Uncle Tupelo
MORE than Wilco or Son Volt. Uncle Tupelo concerts absolutely blow away any concert that I have every seen by either Wilco and Son Volt. As far as live concerts go, the off shoots are not even in the same stratosphere.
@@ostensibly1 agreed. I like son volt and Wilco, but neither hit the spot that uncle tupelo did for me.
Agreed!
That being said, Farrar is objectively better -- voice, musicianship, artistic vision.
This for a brief shining moment was the best Band of its kind, anywhere.
I’m not sure about Bulgaria
@@mcraft2240Lol
Not one mention of how great Jay is at lead guitar, I am quite baffled by this. He is an extraordinary player. And, the crunch and the tone of his guitar, brings joy to my ears.
When he chooses to play, yep it's extraordinary. And yet, when he doesn't...
It's a shame that now he only really plays lead when Son Volt plays Chickamauga
Really impressed with the quality of this recording, especially the audio. We're lucky to have it!
I was 17, over in the underage section on the right side of the stage. One of the best shows I ever saw. Such a great band.
cool, Jody.
i was in that underage section many times, but is this a mississippi frights show?? assumed it was ciceros as their floor is on a very slight tilt (as is this video at times =) Gz, look at those baby faces!!)
laura-jean muffuletta -I seen them play in the basement at Cicero's , pretty cool show. Thanks for reminding me.
Joseph Shapiro Mississippi Nights???
mississippi frights, lol
I just discovered this band (I was too into jambands back in the 90s). They are amazing. I can't get enough of this show.
Best concert I've never been to.
They had giant balls to even think of the concept of UT at the time....and the part that I respect t over the years is that they don''t give a schit about each other or any sort of legacy...respect
I saw them open for Teenage Fanclub in college sometime around '92 I think. I had no idea who they were, it changed my life literaly and put me back on track musically. We met them after the show and they gave my friends and I their fruit basket. Fast forward 20yrs later when I am making music and my friend and guitar player in my band gets a gig playing with Son Volt. 13 years later I'm singing Carter family music at the Ryman. Full circle.
TFC also are fans of the crunchy Crazy Horse sound, I'll bet it was one hell of a show. Check out "Gene Clark" on TFC's "Thirteen" album.
@Steve Benoit that's awesome! Who's your buddy with the band?
@@absolutelynonameslef His name is Chris Frame. He's toured on and off with Son Volt for years. He's the most tasteful guitar player I've ever shared a stage with.
@@stevebenoit5295 Chris is great! Had a chance to see him a couple times with SV.
@@absolutelynonameslef That's great! That first Uncle Tupelo show changed my life. I got to see Wilco and Son Volt quite a few times when I lived in California. Their first records are a snapshot in time.
I got to see them twice at Slim's. Love Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy, Son Volt and Wilco. But Tupelo will always be my favorite.
Love this band. Have done since 1990. This is a great show. Jay's got an awesome voice.
Nice user name. Jay and J are my top two musical influences.
What I would give to have been there, a band for the ages.
1993 I found myself in the 40 Watt Club listening to these guys on more than one occasion. I love their music to this day.
Saw them several times at Cicero's and at both of their final shows ever at the Blue Note in Columbia. They made such great music together, including some of my (still) all-time favorite songs.
Given the well-chronicled tensions that led to this breakup, I found it a bit amusing that 3 of the last 5 songs on this set list were "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere", "Looking for a Way Out" and "Gimme Three Steps". #GallowsHumor
I've never read any commentary about the band's demise, not from a "pop critic" nor from any random Joe on the internet. To me, the whole album Anodyne tells the tensions, if you listen to the lyrics. Easy to think it's about a wife/girlfriend each one is writing or singing about, both use metaphors.
Some of the songs are even played with a furious energy that gets created in friction situations. I think they exited on a very high note -- and no matter the frictions existing at the time, they should be very proud of that album.
The name "anodyne" also tells the tale -- make the album as a palliative, a respite, from the friction that has driven them to part ways.
My God I love this band.
I was busy turning 22 and finishing up my senior year of college in PA on this evening, likely blasting March 16-20 in my bedroom at some point in the evening, blissfully unaware this was all going down. I never got to see UT live because they broke up too soon (but did get to see Wilco and SV back to back nights in NYC the following year when they both debuted...what a week that was!!!) so the fact that UA-cam exists for this to be posted is one of the great joys of the modern world. What a show, what a sound, what a band, what memories!!!!
Gosh damn why can't they just get over their selves and have one reunion tour of only Uncle Tupelo material....all of it
Because Jay hasn’t spoken to
Jeff in years and years. Tweedy isn’t interested in doing it for the money. Besides, Wilco is way bigger than any Tupelo reunion tour would be.
@@thomasminarchickjr.7355 no offense but we all know that story. It's wishful thinking on all our parts here.
I wish I could have seen them live just once.
Me too
It was awesome seeing them live. Just got lucky i lived in St. Louis. Saw them live tons. I was shocked when they broke up.
The best. So incredible, this group, from a small town called Belleville, IL. Union grade school put these two together. Some unwanted advances tore the band apart.
So very sad they had to split. They were so good together. Totally miss those harmonies, the vibe, the venues, the whole thing. Jay was more brilliant than I remember. And yes, he seems to do his best in this not to look over at Jeff the entire time. Also, so rushed. The whole thing seems to be just one giant song practically-- almost as if they can't wait to get it over with.
I miss these guys so much.
This was a great show but also quite sad. I remember standing on the steps at Cicero's or on a milk crate in the storage room doorway many times. So many great shows the years I worked there (88-91).The guys in Uncle Tupelo were so young but they really put it all together and went out there and did it-and still are.
This is incredible, what a gem from the archives! Fabulous quality too. Damn, those were the days.
Probably the best thing on UA-cam.
1,000% agree
00:32 No Depression
3:09 Chickamauga
6:45 Watch Me Fall
9:34 Grindstone
12:48 Satan
15:05 Fifteen Keys
19:04 Long Cut
22:51 Anodyne
28:11 New Madrid
33:00 Slate
36:17 Atomic Power
38:15 Postcard
42:09 Gun
46:18 High Water
51:22 Acuff-Rose
54:25 True to Life
57:17 We've Been Had
1:01:00 Give Back the Key to my Heart
1:05:53 Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
1:08:33 Whiskey Bottle
1:15:04 Truck Drivin' Man
1:19:53 Looking for a Way Out
1:25:59 Three Steps
Bless you and may you always be healthy sir
thanks
Thanks, yo.
Absolutely amazing band !!! I'll take Jay and Jeff any day to John and Paul ! Incredible song writers and performers. Thank you Uncle Tupelo. The best !!!!
I saw them in Feb 1994 at the Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC. I believe it changed me.
It really is a tragedy that they didn't carry on together. Although their respective projects gave us some amazing music, it's just... a sorely missed opportunity at greatness.
I was stage left at this last great UT show. UT, Son Volt, Wilco, Coffee Creek...with Brian H. - they always were good. Like watching your own past.
Never in '94 would you have dreamed of watching your past on something called UA-cam, eh? What a trip.
Yes very true
Some ppl people are just born with natural god given musical talent, and my god are these boys good
I lived in Edwardsville, IL just north of Belleville where they are from '91-'96 and I saw them several times a year, including this show. They are still one of my favorites.
Is this Mississippi Nights?
Awesome show! I really miss these guys. While both Son Volt and Wilco are great bands, I really loved Jay and Jeff together in Uncle T. The last time I saw them live was at Trees in Deep Ellum (Dallas, TX). They opened for the Meat Puppets. Killer show.
They twisted old time American music into the alt-country genre giving former punk rockers some longevity with the No Depression movement. What little darlings they all were...
Holy shit!!!! I was at this show! It was so great!
Mississippi Nights was a real dive place to see a band, but MAN did they have the best ones back in the day in St Louis!
And Kennedy's!
I loved these guys. In 94 our music mag relocated to Seattle and so did my vinyl and cds. My UT cds were stolen from my car in a smash and grab. I was bummed. I echo someone else’s comments, they should be in the Hall of Fame.
I have been listening to this band since college. Wilco and Son Volt are great and many of their songs populate my primary playlist but nothing they do has ever or will ever top what they did as Uncle Tupelo. What a great concert to watch above. The sound recording is really great. Who knows who owns the footage but they should make it a live album thru that Uncle Tupelo Partnership they have.
Gotta love the 18th Century Virginia Colony gentleman tobacco farmer hairdos!
Going out in a blaze of glory! 27yrs on, I was there fuck I got old! Love you boys!
Thanks for putting this up my gosh what a band!
Why have I never checked for this? Amazing!!! Thank you so much!
.thank you for this so much. I got there a little late. I live in stl. area. I am surprised i didnt find this earlier. THANK YOU SONG HUNTER !
Wow, thank you for uploading this! Great quality too, wish I could have been there.
Not sure how I’ve missed this every time I’ve looked for live Uncle Tupelo. But apart from missing them together, the fascinating part is how much Jay is the focus for the person making the video. Even when Jeff is singing, the camera is leaning toward Jay.
Miss them. Never got sick of them. So real. Maybe I'm the only one not that into Wilco. Loved Jay's contributions, too. Anodyne is a perennial favorite. Think I'll watch this everyday for the next few years :)
+Allan Ostermann Never dug Wilco, either. Love the hell outta some Uncle Tupelo.
+Allan Ostermann Still love to hear these guys. I have seen Jay as well as Son Volt over the years and enjoy his stuff much more than Wilco and Jeff. Not to say Jeff isn't a great songwriter, he is, but I think Jay stayed truer to the UT sound.
+Allan Ostermann Everyones taste is different but IMO Son Volt only put out two good albums the first and second. The first is PHENOMANAL, but Wilco overall is so much better, again thats my opinion. But Wilco never has lost relevancy and have records considered some of the best of the best AKA Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
+redshaftedflicker thats a joke right?
+D Rago No, I'm not a fan of Wilco not even in the slightest. I completely agree with you that everyone's taste in music is different, many times very different. I completely agree that SV's finest and by far the best are the first two hands down. The rest of their output doesn't do it for me just like Wilco's YHF.
skipped high school prom to go to this show .. was totally worth it
and it looks like i let jeff borrow my shoulder-pads-and-all jacket. oh the 90s!
I pity you. Prom is the greatest and most important night of your life!
voted St. Louis' 4th Best Country Band! 15 Keys!! Long Cut!! Chickamauga!!! LOVE This!!!!!
yep, that was on the poster.
Uncle Tupelo = incomparable beautiful dream. Thankful that this was captured so well.
HEY AMA, WE SHARE A LAST NAME & THE LOVE OF UNCLE TUPELO & JAY WHO JUST RULES TILL THIS DAY.
Love this! Thanks for listing all the songs!!
I was at this show, great night! Very much shaped my own musical journey.
I moved to St Louis about the time they were breaking up, so never got to see them. Thanks much for this!
Greatest American band of the 1990s, no question. Wish I had seen them live.
Greatest American band of the 1990s LOL, good one
I wish I got to see UT. I did get get to see the original Son Volt and Wilco.
don't be sad it's over, be glad it happened.
Uncle Tupelo was the seed that sprouted 2 more awesome bands. Had they never split, there's no telling what we may have missed... past or present. Jay and Jeff are unique human beings, like we all are. Hell, even the Beatles split up after only 7-8 years. Regrettably I never was lucky enough to see UT live. But I've seen Jeff solo and Jay with Son Volt (3X). I'd say they've both done well. Somehow their individual parts gave us some AWESOME MUSIC! (not surprising). Come together again Jay and Jeff!
Wow, what a grand finale!
One of the best bands ever....
Max Johnston killin it on fiddle
Wow. This is amazing. It appears to be the final show.
Thanks for posting!
Props on the recording, also the band sounds great,even though we got 2 great bands love to see a tour....
Thanks. Doesn't get any better than this. Clear sound.
absolutely astonishing body of work they produced. But there is something quite noble (even if that wasn't the intention) and wonderful that they never released shite nor got complacent and just re hashed last years songs and toured the hits.... The Stones are an embarrassment, Uncle Tupelo, Like Hank Williams, died young and fresh. 'Live fast die young and leave a beautiful memory'...oh yeah they did......
Thanks So Much For This!
I watch this all the time what a great fucking band
AWESOME!!! JAY RULES AS ALWAYS!!! MAKE SURE TO TURN IT UP AS LOUD AS YOU CAN.
Thanks for this! ♥️
i think jay and jeff needed each other to hold each other in check and to push each other to make better and better music, i thank both of them profusely for the fantastic music they have shared with the planet, but i cant help but wish they could get over there differences and make more music together
+Travis Armour dude u think jeff tried that shit he already had a girlfriend now his current wife, where did u hear this B.S.
+chuck They are starting to do so happily for fans Farrar said. "It was too many songs for one band, essentially." article is Son Volt's Jay Farrar making peace and music with the past from the Chicago Tribune in 2017 3/30
I think Jay needed Jeff, alot more than vice versa. Jeff is a lyrical prodigy -- Jay needed that push and without Tweedy, his songs were never as good.
@@wh023 absolutely true
I am so intrigued as to what happened between these 2. I saw Farrar in an empty bar in Bellingham WA a few years back. He didn't look too thrilled to be playing to an empty bar and he really did appear to be a completely miserable person. Hey take the opportunity to go out on the floor and meet some of your fans and maybe sell a few shirts or CD's. Love the guys music. Trace is one of the greatest records I own.
Jay's a strange cat ... I saw a Son Volt show where he didn't look at the audience once. Seriously ,the guy stared at his feet the whole time and looked like he'd rather be anywhere than in a bar packed to the rafters with people cheering him on. A couple years after that, I saw him do a solo acoustic gig and after he came out, he half-smiled and said, "Hello, folks," and a little ripple went through the crowd, like, "Wow, Jay must REALLY like us!"
sky blue sky is so good nothing before or after matters
Yeah, I don't understand all these haters. I'm just recently getting into Uncle Tupelo, and consequently Son Volt, and they're both great. I'll probably go through all their stuff.
But to the vocal Wilco haters: Have you ever given "Sky Blue Sky" a chance? Not as an alt-country album, but just as an album? It's all subjective, but I don't see how you can say that's not a solid af record.
Stephen Johnson ... Get Son Volt debut album “Trace”. You won’t regret it
The Halcyon Days, for certain
WHOOOOOAAAAH...This is my fav band!!
Still love this in 2022 💖
thanks so much for this exquisite show. that the boys sound so on right now - 20 years hence - is testament enough as to why the gods allowed us the internet. whew.
I usually think about Trace and AM, and make an Uncle SonCo album. It's always dope as fuck
Swapping the primo uncle wilvolt playlists with the boys
Jay and Jeff = the Sam and Dave of alt.country.
amazing sound
I was at this show. Always visit your uncle! Back home
Jay Farrar leaves, Jay Bennet arrives and that's the first incarnation of Wilco right there. Still my favorite. Ken Coomer is a great drummer and it's cool seeing John back there playing guitar/bass!
Mr Bennett, a ticking time bomb with "insider" connections who also consider him a ticking time bomb. But pop stardom, sure.
This is so great. Thanks so much. How is it John Stirratt looks EXACTLY the same 20 years later??
Jeff, on the other hand 🤣
"I'm just playin' the bass, man. I'm not in the spotlight. Don't mind being on stage. Pay's pretty good. Sometimes we hit a groove."
Not forever, just for now...when UT is your Whiskey.
fantastic!
WOWSER. ONE WORD LEGENDARY
Fifteen Keys says it all. Thank you Mr Farrar.
And of course, the sardonic reply by Mr Tweedy: The Long Cut.
These two songs are played with the energy created by this artistic or commercial values division.
@@seanoneil277 The whole album Anodyne is extremely tense. You can sense the friction on every song. It is my favorite UT album by far.
So cool to watch and yet so sad to watch. Those two, who made such great music together, barely looked at each other for 90+ minutes. I'll never understand what makes people build such walls. Great melodies, great harmonies, great lyrics; Wilco has the critical acclaim, Son Volt has some good records, but neither is as great as UT.
+Ron Pinkoski I get what you mean. I suppose the things that bring some great artists together, is the same thing that breaks them up eventually. Oh well, don't think of the end of one great band, but the birth of two GREAT bands.
It was over a girl....If I remember correctly...
they both were wrestling with their Demons....Great Artists have a lot of Demons to wrestle so why not just appreciate the great songs they've given us in their lifetime!! Enjoy the music and let your mind go blank!!
Their drummer told me at the time that they used to ride for miles in the van together in uncomfortable silence.
@@nathanpitman4547 it was for Jay, Jeff had no clue. Read the book! good stuff!
Great footage. They were at the top of their game at this gig. I saw them on this tour at the Whisky in West Hollywood, CA. Max capacity about 400 to 500. Great show.
A suggested listen for Uncle Tupelo fans: Green on Red...from the 1980s underground. Check out "This I know" or "The Drifter"
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Jeff so solid, reliable and true with the harmonies back then
Jay’s guitar playing is just tremendous throughout this show-so interesting to listen to even on Jeff’s songs he clearly hates playing (The Long Cut). I wish he played like this in Son Volt-except for the blast of the inevitable Chickamauga encores, he mostly strums and lets the rotating cast of lead guitarists do the coloring and solos.
Jay’s inherently introversion has held him back as an “entertainer”. He’s just not comfortable communicating except through music-a real artist. Not altogether unusual (see J Mascis!). Tweedy NEEDS to communicate-on stage, internet, collaborations etc. They’re both great, just completely incompatible personality types. As usual, the drummer (Mike, see Ringo, Murph, etc.) held them together. Without him, nobody to bridge the chasm.
I second the incompatibility comment. It's not like the band just magically snapped apart one day. I personally saw the dynamics at play, and it was painful to watch the hostility coming from Jay. They were a joy to listen to, though.
even years later, interviewers would ask Jeff why they broke up, and he'd say, "You'd have to ask Jay."
holy shit.......
I do not understand how some fans of Uncle Tupelo can hate Wilco or Son Volt. Seems like they are both the logical extension of Tweedy and Farrar's muse. I like where both went to a certain extent. But to HATE either offshoot, I do not understand. It's not like either went the route of post-Beatles McCartney and formed Wings.
Wilco is absolutely nothing like Uncle Tupelo was. They started out making some pretty decent stuff, but after about two or three albums it turned into just this alternative conglomeration of sounds that did nothing for me at all. Son Volt has stayed much truer to the Americana that Uncle Tupelo was founded upon. I've always been a much bigger fan of Son Volt than Wilco, but lately Wilco's stuff just seems like crap to me. That new "Star Wars" Wilco album is one of the most atrocious things I've ever heard...
That is YOUR opinion Dagger 323 but to disparage either one is just STUPID!! Both Farrar and Tweedy are exceptional Musicians and Honestly Tweedy has Progressed you might say where Farrar stayed Truer to the Country sound. I've seen Wilco 3 times and haven't been able to see Son Volt or Farrar....but Wilco's shows are some of the best LIVE shows i've seen...and I've seen a bunch.
Me Too I love Son Volt.
Eh give Wings a second chance
Stormbringer Coming
Great conversation. I have to say that I am more of a "Jay" guy (kind of like being a "John" guy. But, Jay has stagnated and every time I see Son Volt (3 times? 4?), the sound gets cranked up louder and louder as the show goes on until you can't discern one instrument from another, cam't hear Jay's beautiful voice at all and it's a distoted mess. Get so angry every time. because he makes some of the most beautiful music ever written. Jeff has progressed and Wilco's success has to count for sonething. His vision is more positive and sustainable than Jay's nihilism ever was.
greatness. Thanks.
My God, they even played some Neil Young...best garage band ever!
Always loved and respected Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar. In the Winter of 1993, I think, singer/songwriter, John Eddie (search: John Eddie on UA-cam and Google, including his co-Exec Producer title with Priscilla Presley for "Agent King" soon-to-be on Netflix ... but I digress), and I went to see Tweedy/Farrar's Uncle Tupelo at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey - in a room that fit about 200 people, if that. 'So happy to say we did - and in the audience that night? - JKF, Jr., who bummed a light for his cigarette off of John's female friend. I've got all the Uncle Tupelo records, which are amazing.
Is that audio from the camera? Sounds like a soundboard bootleg that’s recorded over the video. Sounds great.