Tweedy / The Minus 5 @ The Fillmore, 03.18.15

Tweedy, the family band of Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy’s son Spencer Tweedy, played two sold-out nights at the Fillmore on. After a St. Patrick’s Day opening night with The Fiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger opening, Wilco buddies The Minus 5 opened night two on March 18th.

Scott McCaughey’s The Minus 5 collective featured yet another lineup, with drummer Linda Pitmon and bassist Michael Giblin joining McCaughey and REM’s Peter Buck, who’s been the most constant member besides McCaughey.

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Jeff Tweedy was back in the Fillmore for approximately the bajillionth time, but these were his first shows with Tweedy, who are supporting their debut record Sukierae. Spencer Tweedy still seems a little tentative on stage, which is understandable given that he’s a teenager playing big venues with his dad who’s in one of the most venerated bands in America. (Speaking of “dads,” while Jeff Tweedy has always been an excellent stage banterer, it wasn’t until I saw him standing next to his son on stage while bantering that I realized how many “dad jokes” Tweedy tells. Still amusing.)

While they played the majority of Sukierae among the 30(!) songs during the evening, the setlist included a healthy does of Wilco covers (it’s almost impossible to see Tweedy play “Heavy Metal Drummer” without thinking of this scene from I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, between Jeff and Spencer Tweedy, which, coincidentally, transitions to Wilco playing the song at the Fillmore), and songs by Golden Smog, John Lennon, Neil Young, and Mavis Staples. They ended, of course, with a cover of the Wilco/Billy Bragg/Woody Guthrie tune “California Stars.”

Check out the full set list, as well as a photos of the Minus 5 and Tweedy…

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