Jeff Tweedy kicked off the last live set of the Solid Sound Festival with “Out of Tune.”
Meanwhile, management of the venue at MASS MoCA says there were just over 5,000 people on Joe’s Field for Wilco‘s amazing set on Saturday night. And there was room for many, many more.
Can you say: the start of an annual tradition? Stay tuned. It just might happen.
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Avi Buffalo has an interesting sound, a weird girl-voiced guy singer, great guitar work and a great woman drummer. But the band’s set, moved indoors at the Solid Sound Festival drew a sparse crowd because of the impending headlining set by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. Too bad, as it was a good set.
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The beauty of the Solid Sound Festival is the way the artists respect each other and care about their work.
Steve Wynn’s gig was Saturday, but he stuck around for Sunday’s installment, too.
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Yuka Honda, left, guests with The Nels Cline Singers
If you expected vocals, you were disappointed by The Nels Cline Singers. But if you weren’t, this improvisational instrumental Wilco side project probably blew you away this afternoon at the Solid Sound Festival.
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Wilco side project The Autumn Defensedidn’t let the threat of rain dampen their spirits. They moved inside to the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA and kept the crowd — which had to deal with lines to get in — happy with a great set.
They ended with a Big Star cover, “You Can’t Have Me.”
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Wilco could have played all night Saturday and nobody would have complained.
Okay, maybe a neighbor or two above Joe’s Field, the venue for the mainstage shows.
Wilco created the Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA, so it’s not a surprise that it is a great event. But it’s the friendliest, least commercialized music festival I can remember. It’s a very pleasant surprise.
Wilco played nearly 2 1/2 hours with just a short break before the encore set. You can find a set list elsewhere (I’ll try to find a good link when I’m at a computer), but suffice to say that every album was represented. (I was hoping for “Passenger Side” from A.M., but didn’t get that.)
This show was no sell-the-new-CD trip. Jeff Tweedy and company were having a great time and it showed.
Here’s hoping they make the Solid Sound Festival an annual thing. It’s a great core concept and MASS MoCA is a perfect, well-run venue for it.
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