[direwolf74]

I had no idea the hip played with Wilco. Sweet merciful christ.... anybody have a poster?

About a year later on the Phantom Power tour, the Hip returned the favor and opened for Wilco in Columbus, OH I believe. I used to have the bootleg of that show.

If anybody has that I would love to hear that. Wilco are my second favourite band, and thia information is kinda blowing me away... (funny how that can still happen to me after all of this time)

Unfortunately it was only a bootleg of the Hip's set, and the bands didn't perform together or anything like that. At the end of the show Gord says "Thank you! Wilco are up next!" That was really the only clue that they were the opening act at that show. But it would have been great if somebody had captured both bands' sets. This was back in the Jay Bennett days, and Wilco's live show was amazing. Not to say that they aren't great now. They are. But I would argue that they certainly had more of an edge to them in those days. A little more raucous. For example:

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For me that's still my favorite incarnation of Wilco, only because it was my first introduction to them and I have very fond memories of it. Although an argument can be made that Nels Cline automatically makes them better now than they've ever been.