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Uncle Tupelo Live Performances, 1992

NOTE: Information on live recordings is included for informational purposes only. Please do not write to inquire about availability of these recordings.

01/25/92 - Blue Note, Columbia, MO
Before I Break/ Discarded/ Gun/ Fall Down Easy/ Watch Me Fall/ Looking For A Way Out/ Nothing/ So Called Friend/ Cold Shoulder/ True to Life/ D.Boon/ ?/ Punch Drunk/ Still Be Around/ Postcard/ Screen Door/ Graveyard Shift/ I Found That Essence Rare/ John Hardy/ Smells Like Teen Spirit-Stepping Stone/ Love's Gonna Live Here/ No Depression/ Off The Hook/ I Wanna Destroy You/ Factory Belt/ Sin City

Poor quality audience recording. Only known complete version of the amazing "Smells Like Teen Spirit-Stepping Stone" medley.

02/20/92 - Gabes, Iowa City, IA
Looking For A Way Out/ Discarded/ D.Boon/ Fall Down Easy/ Flatness/ Postcard/ Nothing/ True To Life/ Punch Drunk/ Cold Shoulder/ Still Be Around/ Watch Me Fall/ Sauget Wind/ Love's Gonna Live Here (end cut)/ Gun (beginning cut)/ Factory Belt/ No Depression/ I Found That Essence Rare/ I Wanna Destroy You/ Graveyard Shift/ Blue Eyes/ Before I Break

Soundboard recording.

02/24/92 - The Opera House, Toronto, CA
First of 8 shows opening for Teenage Fanclub. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on 2/20/92: "Uncle Tupelo has started a 15-show tour that includes eight dates with Teenage Fanclub, whose album ''Bandwagonesque'' is No. 1 on some alternative radio charts. Uncle Tupelo manager Tony Margherita tells us that the band will be back in town for a performance in April."

02/25/92 - The Empire, Cleveland, OH
Opened for Teenage Fanclub

02/26/92 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
Punch Drunk/ D.Boon/ Fall Down Easy/ Watch Me Fall/ Looking For A Way Out/ Nothing/ True to Life/ Postcard/ Still Be Around/ Gun/ Graveyard Shift/ I Found That Essence Rare/ Blue Eyes/ Factory Belt

Poor quality audience recording. Opened for Teenage Fanclub

02/27/92 - Philadelphia, PA
Factory Belt (very beginning cut)/ No Depression/ Nothing/ Fall Down Easy/ Watch Me Fall/ Looking For A Way Out/ True to Life/ Screen Door/ Punch Drunk/ Still Be Around/ Postcard/ Gun/ Graveyard Shift/ I Found That Essence Rare

Soundboard recording. Opened for Teenage Fanclub

02/28/92 - Marquee, NYC

Audience recording. Opened for Teenage Fanclub

02/29/92 - The Paradise, Boston, MA
Watch Me Fall (beginning cut)/ Looking For A Way Out/ True to Life/ D.Boon/ Punch Drunk/ Still Be Around/ Postcard/ Gun/ Graveyard Shift/ I Found That Essence Rare/ Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Soundboard recording. Opened for Teenage Fanclub. The tape is missing the first few songs. From the Boston Globe: "Uncle Tupelo, the opening trio, turned in a barnburner of Neil Young-ish country-rock, kickin' up a storm, but basically, seeming pretty normal about it. The punk-rock giveaway: Gang of Four's "I Found That Essence Rare."

03/01/92 - Club Babyhead, Providence, RI
Atomic Power/ Postcard/ D.Boon/ Fall Down Easy/ Watch Me Fall/ Looking For A Way Out/ Otherside/ That Year/ True to Life/ Punch Drunk/ Gun/ Factory Belt

Audience recording. Opened for Teenage Fanclub. First few songs missing from tape.

03/02/92 - Toad's Place, New Haven, CT
Factory Belt (beginning cut)/ Nothing/ Fall Down Easy/ Watch Me Fall/ Looking For A Way Out/ True To Life/ D.Boon/ Punch Drunk/ Postcard/ Gun/ Graveyard Shift/ I Found That Essence Rare/ I Wanna Be Your Dog

Soundboard recording, as well as a video (the video is missing the first two songs, click on the hyperlinks above to watch clips on Youtube). Last show with Teenage Fanclub, who joined UT for a loud version of "I Wanna Be Your Dog."

03/04/92 - Jake's, Bloomington, IN
I Wannna Destroy You (acoustic)/ Factory Belt/ Nothing/ Fall Down Easy/ Watch Me Fall/ Looking For A Way Out/ Flatness/ Punch Drunk/ Cold Shoulder/ Outdone/ D.Boon/ Still Be Around/ Postcard/ True to Life/ That Year/ Discarded/ Gun/ Graveyard Shift/ I Found That Essence Rare/ Whiskey Bottle/ Love's Gonna Live Here Again/ Train/ Blue Eyes

Very good audience recording.

03/06/92 - Staches, Columbus, OH
Flatness/ Punch Drunk/ Cold Shoulder/ Outdone/ D.Boon/ Still Be Around/ Postcard/ Gun/ Graveyard Shift/ I Found That Essence Rare/ Baby, Please Don't Go

Soundboard recording. Previously listed as 2/92 opening for Teenage Fanclub, but new information puts the actual date as 3/6/92.

03/07/92 - Lounge Ax, Chicago, IL
I Wanna Destroy You (electric)/ Factory Belt/ Nothing/ Fall Down Easy/ Watch Me Fall/ Flatness/ Punch Drunk/ Cold Shoulder/ Outdone/ D.Boon/ Still Be Around/ Postcard/ True To Life/ Train/ Discarded/ Gun/ Graveyard Shift/ I Found That Essence Rare/ Whiskey Bottle/ Love's Gonna Live Here Again/ Brand New Cadillac/ No Depression/ The Concept/ Life Worth Livin'/ Good Guys Don't Wear White/ Otherside/ Blue Eyes/ Smells Like Teen Spirit-Steppin' Stone (cuts)

Ween opened this show. Very good audience recording. One of the band's very best performances, this tape has long been a fan favorite. Only known versions of "Brand New Cadillac," "The Concept" (inspired by the recent shows opening for Teenage Fanclub), and "Good Guys Don't Wear White." Tragically, the circulating tape ends half-way through the "Smells Like Teen Spirit-Steppin' Stone" medley. Here is a preview from the Chicago Sun-Times.

04/23/92 - Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO
I Got Drunk/ Train/ Punch Drunk/ No Depression/ Looking For A Way Out/ Watch Me Fall/ Outdone/ D. Boon/ Fall Down Easy/ Flatness/ Postcard/ Discarded/ Sauget Wind/ Graveyard Shift/ Grindstone/ Gun/ Factory Belt/ Nothing/ Still Be Around/ Powderfinger (with Brian Henneman)/ instrumental/ I Wanna Destroy You/ Mr. Soul/ Good Guys Don't Wear White/ Diddy Wah Diddy/ Good Times, Bad Times/ Baby Please Don't Go

Audience recording. Mike Heidorn's last show with Uncle Tupelo, and they marked the occasion with some covers that were standards back in the Primatives days. Small Ball Paul opened. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on 4/16/92: "UNCLE TUPELO returns to Miss. Nights April 23. And fans here will be glad to know that the hometown heroes have been getting international acclaim for their latest release, ''Still Feel Gone.'' Rolling Stone magazine lauded Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy for ''writ(ing) with an insightful eye and ragged beauty...'' The British publication ''Melody Maker'' put the album on its ''Hit List,'' and wrote ''. . .you'll shiver at the ghost town claustrophobia of 'Looking for a Way Out.' '' It described ''Still Be Around'' as the sort of song ''(Michael) Stipe might one day write when he's done with metaphysics.'' Doors open 8 p.m., show 9 p.m., Miss. Nights, 914 N. 1st St., Laclede's Landing. Small Ball Paul opens. $6"

06/11/92 - Coffee Creek - Cicero's Basement Bar, St. Louis, MO
Buckeroo (end)/ Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?/ Love's Gonna Live Here/ Your Gentle Way Of Loving Me/ I Wanna Destroy You/ Sleeping Room/ Wallflower/ Is Anybody Going to San Antone/ You're Still On My Mind/ Sing Me Back Home/ Powderfinger (has a cut)/ Atomic Power/ Wrote A Song For Everyone/ instrumental/ Back to the Country/ Wasted Days and Wasted Nights/ Blue Eyes/ Moonshiner (has a cut)/ Wasn't Born to Follow/ A Good Year for the Roses/ Do Re Mi/ Thanks A Lot/ Are You Ready For the Country?/ Texas Me/ Mendocino/ Movin' On/ Texas in the Rain (?)/ Turkey in the Straw/ She's About A Mover/ Waltz Across Festus (sic)

Soundboard recording. This is the second of the four Coffee Creek shows. Many copies of this recording in circulation also include additional tracks from the 7/30/93 Coffee Creek show.

07/25/92 - Austin, MN

Audience recording. The first show with Bill Belzer on drums. A newsletter from the band referred to this show as a "mudfest...in front of 7,000 people." The Gear Daddies were also on the bill, playing one of their final shows. This show is described in some detail in this article.

Late July or Aug, 1992 - Cicero's Basement Bar, St. Louis, MO
Uncle Tupelo was the surprise opening act for Joe Henry, who was backed by the Jayhawks on this tour.

09/10/92 - Gabe's, Iowa City, IA
Head Candy and The Bishops opened. Here's a preview from The Gazette

09/11/92 - Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down (flawed)/ True To Life/ No Depression/ Watch Me Fall/ Shaky Ground/ Atomic Power/ Whiskey Bottle/ Wait Up/ Wipe the Clock/ I Wish My Baby Was Born/ Do Re Mi/ Life Worth Livin'/ I Wanna Be Your Dog/ Still Be Around/ Warfare/ Moonshiner/ Grindstone/ Sin City/ Motion Pictures

Soundboard recording. All acoustic set at a folk festival. Brian Henneman sat in for the entire set. First known version of "Moving Pictures" by Neil Young.

09/12/92 - Club DeWash, Madison, WI

10/01/92 - The Sting, New Britain, CT
The first night of the short-lived "Arkansas Traveler Revue" with Michelle Shocked, The Band, and Taj Mahal.

10/02/92 - Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT

10/03/92 - City Hall Auditorium, Portland, ME

10/04/92 - Toad's Place, New Haven, CT

10/05/92 - University of Maine Arts Center, Bangor, ME

10/07/92 - Silverado Theater, Boston, MA
Audience recording. It was at this show that the tour unravelled, with The Band leaving the tour, and UT following shortly after.

10/09/92 - Carnegie Hall, New York City
The last date UT played on the Arkansas Traveler Revue. An article in the New York Times on October 13 included this cryptic statement about UT's set: " Ms. Shocked's touring Arkansas Traveler Revue also includes the group Uncle Tupelo, which updates rural styles with modern pessimism."

11/05/92 - The Shadow, Kansas City, MO

11/06/92 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
The Draghounds and Five Easy Pieces opened.

(Thanks to Mark Janovec for the scan)

11/07/92 - The Unicorn, Milwaukee, WI
Soda opened.

11/08/92 - Lounge Ax, Chicago
Grindstone/ No Depression/ Wait Up/ Shaky Ground/ Atomic Power/ Sauget Wind/ Nothing/ Postcard/ That Year/ Fall Down Easy/ Watch Me Fall/ Punch Drunk/ Cold Shoulder/ Discarded/ Looking For A Way Out/ Gun/ Factory Belt/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Moonshiner/ Wipe the Clock/ I Wanna Destroy You (acoustic)/ Motion Pictures/ True to Life/ Before I Break

Audience recording, as well as video. First in a series of shows captured on audio and video by a zealous fan who flew in from California to spend his vacation following Uncle Tupelo around the Midwest. There are at least 3 different audience recordings of this show, all are very good quality. Click on the hyperlinks above to watch clips on Youtube.
Here is a preview from the Chicago Sun-Times.

11/10/92 - Jake's, Bloomington, IN
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True To Life/ No Depression/ Watch Me Fall/ Shaky Ground/ Atomic Power/ Whiskey Bottle/ Wait Up/ Wipe the Clock/ I Wish My Baby Was Born/ Life Worth Livin'/ I Wanna Be Your Dog/ Still Be Around/ Warfare/ Grindstone/ Moonshiner/ Gun/ Postcard/ Cold Shoulder/ Punch Drunk/ Looking For A Way Out

Audience recording, as well as video footage filmed with a tripod. Click on the hyperlinks above to watch clips on Youtube.

11/11/92 - Mabel's, Champagne, IL
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ No Depression/ Looking For A Way Out/ Nothing/ Postcard/ Fall Down Easy/ Sauget Wind/ That Year/ Discarded/ Cold Shoulder/ Punch Drunk/ D. Boon/ Still Be Around/ Graveyard Shift/ Gun/ Factory Belt/ Grindstone/ Atomic Power/ Watch Me Fall/ Moonshiner/ Bill Clinton from Arkansas

Audience recording, as well as video footage filmed with a tripod (click on the hyperlinks above to watch clips on Youtube). "Bill Clinton From Arkansas" was a silly tune written by drummer Bill Belzer in celebration of Clinton's victory in the election. Bill played guitar on this while Jay Farrar played drums.

11/12/92 - Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Grindstone/ No Depression/ Gun/ Postcard/ Fall Down Easy/ That Year/ Looking For A Way Out/ Watch Me Fall/ Discarded/ Sauget Wind/ Nothing/ Factory Belt/ Cold Shoulder/ Punch Drunk/ Atomic Power/ True to Life/ Mendocino/ Love's Gonna Live Here Again/ Whiskey Bottle/ The Weight/ Moonshiner/ Bill Clinton From Arkansas

Audience recording, as well as video footage filmed with a tripod (click on the hyperlinks above to watch clips on Youtube). Technical problems limit the end of the show to acoustic instruments. Only known performance of "The Weight" by The Band, though it was a very rough and unrehearsed.

11/13/92 - Blue Note, Columbia, MO
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ No Depression/ Looking For A Way Out/ Nothing/ Postcard/ Sauget Wind/ That Year/ Fall Down Easy/ Discarded/ Cold Shoulder/ Punch Drunk/ D.Boon/ Still Be Around/ Graveyard Shift/ Grindstone/ Atomic Power/ Moonshiner/ Gun/ Factory Belt/ I Found That Essence Rare

Audience recording, as well as video footage filmed with a tripod. Click on the hyperlinks above to watch clips on Youtube.

(Thanks to Aaron Stoker for the scan)

11/14/92 - Shadow, Kansas City, MO
Hell Cat Trio opened.

11/19/92 - Rocks, Odense, Denmark
Atomic Power/ True To Life/ No Depression/ Looking For A Way Out/ Postcard/ Sauget Wind/ That Year*/ Fall Down Easy*/ Watch Me Fall/ Discarded*/ Cold Shoulder/ Punch Drunk/ D. Boon/ Still Be Around/ Graveyard Shift*/ Gun*/ Factory Belt/ Moonshiner/ Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ I Wanna Destroy You/ I Found That Essence Rare

Complete show is available as an audience recording, and songs marked with * are available from a radio broadcast

11/20/92 - Polyjoint, Lyngby, Denmark

11/21/92 - Lopeen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sauget Wind/ Gun/ Postcard/ Fall Down Easy/ D. Boon/ Punch Drunk/ Looking For a Way Out/ Nothing/ Discarded/ Cold Shoulder/ Graveyard Shift/ Factory Belt/ Still Be Around/ Watch Me Fall/ Atomic Power/ True to Life/ No Depression/ Whiskey Bottle/ Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Weary Blues From Waiting/ I Wanna Destroy You/ I Found That Essence Rare

Audience recording

11/22/92 - Helsingborg, Sweden

11/24/92 - Lund, Sweden

11/25/92 - Sweden

11/26/92 - Gothenburg, Sweden

11/27/92 - Sweden

12/01/92 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
True To Life/ Grindstone/ I Wanna Destroy You/ Nothing/ Postcard/ Looking For A Way Out/ Watch Me Fall/ Punch Drunk/ Sauget Wind/ Discarded/ Gun/ Graveyard Shift

Audience recording. Start of a brief tour supporting Bob Mould's band Sugar.

12/02/92 - Nachtwerk, Munich, Germany
interview/ I Wanna Destroy You/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ Grindstone/ Looking for a Way Out/ Watch Me Fall/ Punch Drunk/ Still Be Around/ Discarded/ Graveyard Shift/ Factory Belt/ I Found That Essence Rare/ Gun

FM broadcast

12/04/92 - Findhoven, Holland

12/06/92 - Stadthalle Mulheim, Koln, Germany
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ Grindstone/ Nothing/ Postcard/ Looking For a Way Out/ Watch Me Fall/ Punch Drunk/ Still Be Around/ Discarded/ Gun/ Factory Belt

Incomplete audience recording.

12/07/92 - PC 69, Bielefeld, Germany

12/08/92 - The Loft, Berlin, Germany

12/09/92 - Docks, Hamburg, Germany

12/10/92 - Melkweg, Amsterdam
Whiskey Bottle/ No Depression/ Watch Me Fall/ Moonshiner/ Grindstone/ Weary Blues from Waiting

Acoustic set. Soundboard recording, sometimes listed by traders as "Melkweg 1993." There is also an audience recording of this set.

12/11/92 - Vooruit, Gent, Belgium
This seems to be the last show that UT did with Sugar

12/12/92 - Burgerweeshuis, Deventer, Holland

12/14/92 - The Mean Fiddler, Harlesdon, London, England
A newsletter from the band mentioned that they would do "...a week in mid-December in and around London." However, this seems to be the only show that was played.

12/18/92 - Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO
Life Worth Living/ Grindstone/ Watch Me Fall/ No Depression/ True To Life/ Atomic Power/ Moonshiner/ I Wanna Destroy You/ Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Looking For A Way Out/ Nothing/ Postcard/ Sauget Wind/ Cold Sholder/ Punch Drunk/ Still Be Around/ Gun/ Factory Belt/ Weary Blues From Waiting/ Whiskey Bottle/ (Is Anybody Going to) San Antone/ Texas Me/ Cortez The Killer (acoustic, with Brian Henneman)/ Graveyard Shift/ Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere/ Love's Gonna Live Here (w/ Brian Henneman)

Audience recording. Here is a preview of this show from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.


(Thanks to Aaron Stoker for the scan)

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