Jay Farrar

Here is a song about my favorite dead rocker, Johnny Thunders, who passed at 38. Ironically, the lead guitaris for this tune, Bob Stinson, died at 35. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHXBOoDmQk8 Great video clip. I saw Johnny Thunders open for the Replacements at the Beacon Theatre in NYC in 88 (or ...

el caballo loco wrote:Ghosts is very, very good. My go-to track is "Carry Me Ohio."

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Indeed!

Got my ticket for Friday night and plan to go Saturday night too.

Cool. Just bought a ticket to see it as part of the Sound Unseen film fest here in Minneapolis in May. Don't give away the ending.

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One of the highlights of the evening! hey rambler, glad to see you made it through the snow up there! Actually I missed all the actual snow fall because I was in Ohio following the Jay/Gary tour (and visiting my family). Still snow on the ground when I got back to ole' MN yesterday. So good to be h...

Such a cool cover. Glad I got to hear it in Evanston. Thanks for posting, Antelope.

Nice. Thanks for sharing that Antelope.

Refreshingly good piece/interview. The writer lets Jay speak and doesn't ask a bunch of questions about an Uncle Tupelo reunion, etc. Thanks for posting this! Really looking forward to the Newport and Kent shows.

bergosan wrote:Glad to see these got posted here. Meant to do it but didn't get around to it.

I can't post links yet, but I've got Cocaine and Ashes up too. Sorry about the jackass behind me talking through the whole thing.

Enjoy!

Thanks so much for the videos. What a great show!

Here's "Out of the Picture":

(Not my videos--found them on YouTube--thank you bergosan)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viJ4b6ynglc

Here's the Tear Stained Eye sing-along:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqvV6xNRCGY

And he played "Out of the Picture"!!!! Can't remember the last time I heard that live. My all-time favorite song. I thought I was going to have a heart attack when he played the first few notes. Excellent show in Evanston. I agree about "the new guy." Nice to hear mandolin again and his slide guita...

Left A Slide wrote:

cyfan wrote: 16 Hanging Blue Side
21 Out of the Picture
22 Still Be Around

Those three in particular sent me both in Evanston and Saint Paul.