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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.
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Greatness is overrated. You look at all the great bands, too many to list, in the past. The best music was on the way to greatness. Once they achieve "Greatness" it was all down hill from there.

Wilco puts out I believe the best music right now. I am eagerly waiting for their new album. Financially I wish them all the best. Musically...I selfishly hope they never make what some call "Greatness".
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