Wilco - California Stars (Live on KEXP)

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  • KEXP.ORG presents Wilco performing "California Stars" live at the Columbia City Theater. Recorded on August 10, 2015.
    Host: Kevin Cole
    Audio Engineer: Jackson Long
    Assistant Engineer: Gary Mula
    Cameras: Shelly Corbett, Luke Knecht, Christopher Meister & Christopher Somerville
    Editor: Luke Knecht
    kexp.org

Komentáře • 84

  • @James-ke4gq
    @James-ke4gq Před rokem +18

    Honestly the mess up makes it even better. What a time to be there in that crowd, human and watching Wilco. ❤️

  • @koa2341
    @koa2341 Před 5 lety +158

    Thank you Woodie Guthrie , the father of American folk music, for these lyrics he wrote in about 1938, while visiting Long Beach

    • @jacqdaniels9093
      @jacqdaniels9093 Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks for the comment. Just heard it on soundstage 5 minutes ago, was tryna find it with no name, he did mention woodie Guthrie.

    • @RataStuey
      @RataStuey Před 3 lety

      Is this a cover?

    • @koa2341
      @koa2341 Před 3 lety +5

      @@RataStuey - It depends on your theory. Woodie wrote the lyrics in ‘38 and Wilco put it to music in their album, Melrose Ave with help from his daughter

    • @ewanatkinson5506
      @ewanatkinson5506 Před 2 lety +6

      @@koa2341 and don't forget Billy Bragg

    • @ToolTalkCanada
      @ToolTalkCanada Před 2 lety +8

      @@koa2341 The album is Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg and Wilco.

  • @huckruppee
    @huckruppee Před rokem +14

    Hope I hear this song just before my final resting place and time.

  • @heyklackey
    @heyklackey Před 3 lety +12

    I just know I'll never hear this song with dry eyes ever again. Yesterday it came on my shuffle as I was crossing a bridge on the last leg of a trip to the beach with my wife, my son, my dog (and hopefully nobody I know sees this cuz it's still a secret, but we also have an extra passenger in my wife's tummy!) and that thing happened where the movement of the water made it almost feel like I was driving backwards for a second. And I just thought some force was pushing me back so I could just stay there in that perfect moment for longer. I swear the song was at least 15 minutes long!

  • @swinehorde9118
    @swinehorde9118 Před rokem +25

    What consummate professionals! Jeff called it out, made light of it like an elite Front Man. Pat and Nels just absorbed that misstep and turned this into my favourite version of this song. Glenn and Mikael didn't even flinch. They gave us an extra verse, basically. John's recovery was a a schooling in the art of showmanship.

  • @choosky
    @choosky Před 7 lety +47

    I love this song!!! This song is a natural anti-depressant!!!

  • @mooh83
    @mooh83 Před rokem +9

    This is the best version ever! Absolutely

  • @gregoryjeffers3600
    @gregoryjeffers3600 Před rokem +7

    Lap steel solo AND banjo solo in one song, not sure I've seen that done before ... Best version of California Staars I've ever heard!

  • @johnchandler8967
    @johnchandler8967 Před 4 lety +37

    Wow! What a great version! I love that they goof in the middle and laugh it off. Why can't we all do that, in just about every walk of life?

    • @arleneshanley9889
      @arleneshanley9889 Před 3 lety

      This is seriously hard to learn. I mess up the lyrics all the time!

    • @stephenviesti5066
      @stephenviesti5066 Před 3 lety +6

      The way the banjo stepped into it to make that flub even more enjoyable...gives it a human touch.

    • @paulcockerill4260
      @paulcockerill4260 Před 3 lety

      @@arleneshanley9889 the song is quite simple to learn on guitar though.

    • @jacqdaniels9093
      @jacqdaniels9093 Před 3 lety

      Cause most people suck. Feel the need to be the impossible perfect. Many have no clue how to be humble.

    • @timothylewis2450
      @timothylewis2450 Před rokem +2

      @@stephenviesti5066 Pat was like “ I got this” 😊

  • @jumpysan2663
    @jumpysan2663 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I love Wilco!
    I love this song!
    I love this version!

  • @jarrydbeard
    @jarrydbeard Před 8 lety +45

    Awesome performance -- plus banjo save ftw!

  • @goffdroid
    @goffdroid Před 3 lety +23

    3:00-3:15 . They get back on track. That banjo and drummer went for it.

  • @missmelisa1823
    @missmelisa1823 Před rokem +3

    Why does this not have more likes? It's Amazing

  • @PauloHenrique-fc3jx
    @PauloHenrique-fc3jx Před 9 lety +48

    This is the lyrics:
    "I'd like to rest my heavy head tonight
    On a bed of California stars
    I'd like to lay my weary bones tonight
    On a bed of California stars
    I'd love to feel your hand touching mine
    And tell me why I must keep working on
    Yes, I'd give my life to lay my head tonight
    On a bed of California stars
    I'd like to dream my troubles all away
    On a bed of California stars
    Jump up from my starbed and make another day
    Underneath my California stars
    They hang like grapes on vines that shine
    And warm the lovers glass like friendly wine
    So, I'd give this world just to dream a dream with you
    On our bed of California stars
    I'd like to rest my heavy head tonight
    On a bed of California stars
    I'd like to lay my weary bones tonight
    On a bed of California stars
    I'd love to feel your hand touching mine
    And tell me why I must keep working on
    Yes, I'd give my life to lay my head tonight
    On a bed of California stars
    I'd like to dream my troubles all away
    On a bed of California stars
    Jump up from my starbed and make another day
    Underneath my California stars
    They hang like grapes on vines that shine
    And warm the lovers glass like friendly wine
    So, I'd give this world just to dream a dream with you
    On our bed of California stars"

  • @stevekoller2596
    @stevekoller2596 Před 8 lety +58

    Putting the team on his back at 2:55.

    • @choosky
      @choosky Před 7 lety

      Steven Koll

    • @thegreatsalaam
      @thegreatsalaam Před 6 lety +1

      i got this. take some nasty and pull it together!

  • @dlm425
    @dlm425 Před rokem +1

    This is music, this is god given musical talent

  • @jamesytheblue
    @jamesytheblue Před 11 měsíci +2

    This song is just perfect.

  • @christeevan
    @christeevan Před 8 lety +17

    The best live version I've seen of this gorgeous Woody Guthrie tune -

    • @dejordyball
      @dejordyball Před 3 lety +2

      Tune actually by Billy Bragg/Wilco. Guthrie's words.

    • @michele21auntiem
      @michele21auntiem Před 3 lety +3

      Check out the live version with Jason Isbill.

  • @mattsmith306
    @mattsmith306 Před 4 lety +3

    this is the most important song in the world

  • @kennethfaught8754
    @kennethfaught8754 Před rokem +4

    This. Band. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @elchiponr1
    @elchiponr1 Před 4 lety +2

    Missed these guys at a festival in belgium, like ten years ago, and to be honest I don't regret it at all. Because I didn't know this beautiful song then...

  • @koa2341
    @koa2341 Před 5 lety +9

    Really nice banjo work

  • @petersaurine1906
    @petersaurine1906 Před 3 lety +3

    Great version of a great song.

  • @ciropellegrino
    @ciropellegrino Před 8 dny

    simply wonderful

  • @bluedream8707
    @bluedream8707 Před 6 lety +4

    the king of california!!

  • @CindyVinderwishVonderwish

    love wilco love this song!

  • @CindyVinderwishVonderwish

    I love this song!!!!!

  • @natalieclubine7804
    @natalieclubine7804 Před 10 měsíci

    He performed this solo July 2023 live at The Steifel as his “oncore…so pleasantly surprised

  • @dawnrosalind9058
    @dawnrosalind9058 Před 8 lety +1

    This has become my FAVORITE to chillax with........

  • @andrewholmes3116
    @andrewholmes3116 Před 3 lety +4

    1:51 the real MVP

  • @barrysullivan39
    @barrysullivan39 Před 6 lety +7

    U can see in their faces the joy their having playing.the last 2 years I've seen them at Pritzker n Chicago Theater. N Riviera.Different show every time.The only ones playing live. ,Besides Wilco,who made my. Hair on my neck stick up were early police,early U2,Garbage,Luscious Jackson,Ministry,R.E.M. ,Pixies ,N Sonic Youth.

  • @RudolfGetel
    @RudolfGetel Před 9 lety +2

    Beautiful.

  • @olddirtytattooedwarhorse7772

    that banjo solo really pops!
    edit: so does the Dobro... and the harmonica... i'm learning to play guitar and working on this as my first song... normally i listen to the album version, but i found this one and YT keeps throwing it back to me... the more i listen to it the more i REALLY LISTEN to it and the more it grows on me... it's a great live rendition, even with them flubbing the lyrics, i mean, it's live, you let it slide, right? especially when it's this well put together...

  • @montsegarcia2902
    @montsegarcia2902 Před 2 měsíci

    Vaya lujo...... impresionante

  • @jimmyhigham9146
    @jimmyhigham9146 Před 6 lety +4

    love it

  • @chandrashekhermishra5847
    @chandrashekhermishra5847 Před 3 lety +2

    Such a beautiful song written by woodie

  • @benjaminmatte5225
    @benjaminmatte5225 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Damn good, what a great tune

  • @steviebunch8854
    @steviebunch8854 Před rokem

    Love this.....oh man ...

  • @steviebunch8854
    @steviebunch8854 Před rokem +1

    Awesome 💖

  • @bamadave83
    @bamadave83 Před 5 lety +8

    Lyric flub and all this is probably my favorite version

  • @jimmyhigham9146
    @jimmyhigham9146 Před 6 lety +3

    is this good r what,from the uk love it

  • @Abacadabra1974
    @Abacadabra1974 Před 8 lety +6

    luke perry on guitar.

  • @arleneshanley9889
    @arleneshanley9889 Před 3 lety +3

    OK, so it isn't just me that messed up the lyrics to this song! 😂 💕

  • @glennmuir5617
    @glennmuir5617 Před 4 lety +1

    saved by the banjo

  • @charlieedwards9103
    @charlieedwards9103 Před 9 lety +10

    cant believe there are so few views :(

    • @bamadave83
      @bamadave83 Před 5 lety

      It's a f'n shame

    • @badmoonrison3777
      @badmoonrison3777 Před 6 měsíci

      Possibly because there are so many live versions of the song by them but this is my favorite right ahead of the version that Jason Isbell was on guitar. The mess up makes this version so special

  • @MhandBoutrih
    @MhandBoutrih Před rokem

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @anefernandezdearroiabe4835
    @anefernandezdearroiabe4835 Před 4 měsíci

    🎉

  • @felipenain6017
    @felipenain6017 Před 3 lety

    Came here for the song, stayed for Pat Sansone.

  • @jasonedenilson
    @jasonedenilson Před 8 lety +1

    how do they not get feedback from playing acoustically with those condensors?

    • @jsmaack
      @jsmaack Před 6 lety +8

      Jason Edenilson cause they’re wilco

  • @mitchkenvin259
    @mitchkenvin259 Před 6 lety +1

    Is the guy playing the acoustic 12, playing the same chords as Tweety?

    • @joejohnson273
      @joejohnson273 Před 10 dny

      Yes, but the capo’s are in different places so the chord shapes are different which gives the song a little more texture

  • @Misszumicat
    @Misszumicat Před 2 lety

    I LOVE THIS! does anyone know what key they are playing in?

    • @TheTennesseeYankee
      @TheTennesseeYankee Před 2 lety +2

      I think it is the Key of A - capo on the second fret. Without a capo the chords are A, E and D. With the capo the chord shapes are G, D and C

  • @user-hf8ie8mf3n
    @user-hf8ie8mf3n Před 9 měsíci

    Pretty sweet, especially with the slight goof. Wish I could mess up that well. 👍🤪🏳️‍🌈

  • @stratenec
    @stratenec Před 6 lety +2

    love it