You got to A: See Yo La Tengo live. B: See Wilco play a crap-ton of covers, and C: Meet the guys in the band. That is an incredible weekend, I'm beyond jealous. You met Jeff and Glenn, did you meet Nels at all at the dinner?
No, but I met Nels a few years back. Super nice guy, humble genius. bgood79 ran in to him at the show though.
He was at the record shop. So a few weeks ago I got a DVD with him and his friend Henry Kaiser and it was all about guitar pedals. So when I first saw it, I thought 'this is sort of awkward and nerdy. But pretty informative.' Here's how the conversation went: Me: "Hey Nels, just wanted to mention that picked up your effects pedal DVD with Henry Kaiser a few weeks back and thought it was great!" Nels: "Really!? I haven't seen it. I remember filming it and thought it was really awkward and nerdy."
Hahahahahahaha oh man, that's awesome. That seems to be how all musicians who are great at their craft think. It must have been cool to just run into him like that. Nels Cline is a modern day guitar legend.
Yeah, Nels is absolutely amazing. He never phones it in.
This will be always be my favorite solo of his. Especially once the harmonies kick in.
Its a great one, for sure. He is fun to listen to but equally fun to watch imo. The guy is certainly in the moment when he's playing.