Jeff Tweedy at the Guild Theatre, October 29, 2024

the Guild Theatre presents Jeff Tweedy;
Elizabeth Moen opens
the Guild Theatre
949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
7:30 PM, Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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Tour promo banner for the Guild run

[7:39 PM] {lights down; duo out without introduction; EM: guitar; GM: bass}

1. [7:40 PM] (unidentified tune #1)
   [7:44 PM] {EM swap to acoustic guitar; talking about people from Chicago}
2. [7:45 PM] Renaissance Man (new song? title unconfirmed; lyric excerpts: “making an excuse for another hard lesson” / “if i say i'm bad‚ baby it's true / the only time i tell you the truth…”)
   [7:49 PM] {GM swap to acoustic guitar; EM banter & introduction of the next tune}
3. [7:50 PM] Purple Flowers (Elizabeth Moen)
   [7:54 PM] {GM swap back to bass; EM banter without tune ID}
4. [7:55 PM] Is Heaven Just a Waiting Room (Elizabeth Moen)
   [8:00 PM] {EM banter: this next one is a cover – wish we wrote it; turns out to be a tune made popular by Willie Nelson}
5. [8:01 PM] Hands on the Wheel (William Callery)
   [8:05 PM] {GM swap to acoustic guitar; EM swap back to guitar; introduction of the last tune}
6. [8:07 PM] Jenny's Song
   [8:11 PM] {final applause}
   [8:12 PM] {done}

• Augustus Martini: bass, guitar, acoustic guitar, vox;
• Elizabeth Moen: guitar, acoustic guitar, vox.

Tonight's poster, by Dan Grissom

[8:30 PM] {lights down; JT out without introduction}

1. [8:31 PM] The Universe
2. [8:34 PM] On and On and On
3. [8:37 PM] Guess Again
   [8:40 PM] {JT perfunctory greeting}
4. [8:41 PM] Ambulance
5. [8:44 PM] Now and Then
6. [8:48 PM] Don't Forget
7. [8:51 PM] Radio King
8. [8:54 PM] Evicted
   [8:58 PM] {How am I doing? That's irrelevant}
9. [8:58 PM] Should've Been in Love
   [9:01 PM] {JT pants-shitting story}
10. [9:07 PM] Natural Disaster
    [9:10 PM] {JT assesses that one as a little sloppy}
11. [9:10 PM] A Bowl and a Pudding
    [9:14 PM] {JT isn't taking requests}
12. [9:15 PM] Orphan
    [9:18 PM] {JT ramble on bodily functions}
13. [9:19 PM] Enough
    [9:22 PM] {JT liquor store story}
14. [9:30 PM] An Empty Corner
    [9:33 PM] {Is JT having an episode?}
15. [9:35 PM] Please Tell My Brother
16. [9:37 PM] New Madrid [9:40 PM] {JT ramble about hearing things}
17. [9:42 PM] You and I [9:45 PM] {JT cues us that we're skipping the encore break; gives in and takes another shouted request}
18. [9:47 PM] Jesus‚ Etc.
19. [9:50 PM] Lou Reed Was My Babysitter
20. [9:55 PM] Laminated Cat [9:59 PM] {final words from JT}
21. [10:00 PM] A Lifetime to Find
    [10:03 PM] {final applause; PA up: we're done!}

• Jeff Tweedy: acoustic guitars, vox.

Extra mega-thanks to my pal Jeff for inviting me to attend tonight's show: it was a real treat!

And major props to the fans who posted tonight's Tweedy setlist within 24 hours – my 'score' was a paltry three tunes identified out of 21 performed: pathetic! Or maybe exciting – on account of getting exposed to songs that don't get played very much: I count 1 singleton and 2 twice-played tunes in the list above compared to Jeff's 2024 tour song frequency statistics. A friend said that Jeff didn't repeat any songs across the three-day run at the Guild – which is inline with his smack-talk to the crowd here and there during tonight's show.

Cool!

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2024 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2024 event list! ☸ On to the next event!