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Wilco/ Nels Cline: news & free album preview

Wilco fans - the band is offering a free online streaming preview of their new album this sunday Jun 14, midnite sat to midnite sunday - via the bands website.

We have tickets to see them shortly - wonder if they will pay some fitting tribute to their former band member Jay Bennett who just died under fairly sad conditions.

I'm a huge fan of their new guitar player Nels Cline who has been a part of LAs jazz scene for decades. Just saw him at an excellent show at Disney/REDCAT in Los Angeles. Didn't realize he had an identical twin brother Alex - an accomplished drummer. Nels and Alex both released their own Cryptogrammophone-labeled albums and this show had plenty of material from both.

Triva: Cline's new solo album "Coward" is named for the a***ole who murdered another LA jazz guitarist and friend of Cline's - Rod Poole and the album contains a long tribute song to him.

Check out wilco and both Cline brothers if you have not already - fairly interesting and innovative music.
gdoodle
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ejlif
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Yes, I just got both Alex and Nels new albums. They are both really good
loomisjohnson
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t6hanks for the headsup on nels' new release--among the greatest guitarists in the known universe. i dunno what he's doing with wilco, which has always seemed somwehat overpraised to me, but i guess the guy has to eat...
dgarretson
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Well, Wilco has improved markedly through Cline's tenure.
loomisjohnson
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i agree that wilco is more innovative and bigger-sounding with nels cline; however i don't think it's it in the band to produce the giant, important statement they're obviously striving for. in my (wholly unsolicited) opinion, at core jeff tweedy is a folkie, and a pretty good one--his woody guthrie albums and solo acoustic stuff are just fine. unfortunately, his ambitions are much larger than his ability to execute them--i.e. his wilco records still sounds like simple folk songs, albeit with lots of electronic flourishes and production bombast. i'm happy that he's so successful--he seems like a very hardworking guy, but (while many may disagree) i don't think they acheive greatness.
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