Wilco to Go All-Acoustic for the Friday Night at Solid Sound [Berkshire on Stage]
By Larry Murray
Fans of Wilco are in for a big surprise when the band strides on stage for the beginning of the Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA in North Adams on Friday, June 26.
Those attending this year’s fest will hear something that you can’t hear on any of Wilco’s CDs. For their Friday night performance, the bandmembers plan to unplug their instruments to perform a full set of Wilco tunes acoustically. While not totally unheard of – on their recent tour Wilco performed brief, intimate acoustic sets within the concert’s encores – but this will be the first time the band has unplugged for an extended performance.
“Right now we’re thinking about playing somewhat mirrored sets on Friday and Saturday nights – on Friday, the main set will be stripped down and acoustic, and the encores will be electric,” Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy said. “On Saturday we’ll flip it. Start big and loud and finish acoustically. We’ll see how it goes. It’ll be a bit of an experiment, but the Solid Sound audience is usually game for whatever we throw at them.
“It’s been a great experience for the six of us to perform our songs this way. It’s a bit of a re-discovery of the songs and a way for us to reconnect musically with one another. I found myself really looking forward to this part of the set every night on the most recent tour.”
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