Uncle Tupelo Live Performances, 1993

1993 - Live @ Thirsty Ear, Left of the Dial
Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down

Soundboard/studio recording. Acoustic performance

01/23/93 - Mountain Stage, Charleston, WV
No Depression/ True To Life/ Moonshiner/ Grindstone/ Watch Me Fall/ Whiskey Bottle/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down

FM broadcast. First show with Ken Coomer on drums and Max Johnston on various instruments. "Moonshiner" from this show was released on Live from Mountain Stage, Vol. 7.

01/24/93 - Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
Set opened with "Grindstone," there were approximately 40 people in attendance (thanks to Jim for the information).

02/05/93 - Lounge Ax, Chicago, IL
No Depression/ True to Life/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Moonshiner/ Atomic Power/ Postcard/ Flatness/ Looking for a Way Out/ Nothing/ Fall Down Easy/ Cold Shoulder/ Effigy/ Gun/ Graveyard Shift/ Grindstone/ (Is Anybody Going to) San Antone?/ Worried Blues From Waiting/ Heard It On the X

Audience recording. The set included the first known version of CCR's "Effigy," and a great thrashy cover of ZZ Top's "Heard it On the X." Note that the bootleg "Halls of Shame" that claims to be from this date is actually the radio broadcast from Lounge Ax, 3/24/94.

02/13/93 - Fox Theater, Boulder, CO
Here's a preview from the Rocky Mountain News.

02/14/93 - E Town (NPR radio show) Boulder, CO

02/15/93 - Zephyr Club, Salt Lake City, UT

02/??/93 - Cat's Paw, Bozeman, MT
"It was a very small total dive biker bar. There might have been 40 or 50 people at the show and the band was just hanging out like it was someone's backyard. It was also like -30 degrees below." (thanks to David for the information)

02/18/93 - Cruel Elephant, Vancouver, BC
Freedy Johnston opened.

02/19/93 - Backstage, Seattle, WA
Freedy Johnston opened.

02/20/93 - Belmont's Tavern, Portland, OR
No Depression/ Grindstone/ Watch Me Fall/ Moonshiner/ True to Life/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Postcard/ Nothing/ Fall Down Easy/ Gun/ Still Be Around/ Flatness/ Discarded/ Cold Shoulder/ D.Boon/ Punch Drunk/ Atomic Power/ Graveyard Shift/ Factory Belt/ Looking For A Way Out/ Whiskey Bottle/ Train/ Effigy/ Heard It on the X

Audience recording. Freedy Johnston and Digby opened.

02/22/93 - Slim's, San Francisco, CA
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ Grindstone/ Watch Me Fall/ No Depression/ Life Worth Livin'/ Looking For A Way Out/ Nothing/ Fall Down Easy/ Cold Shoulder/ Wipe the Clock/ Postcard/ D. Boon/ Flatness/ Graveyard Shift/ Gun/ Whiskey Bottle/ Atomic Power/ Factory Belt/ Effigy/ Sin City/ Heard It On the X/ Before I Break

Audience recording.

02/24/93 - Jabberjaw, Los Angeles, CA

02/25/93 - UCLA quad, Los Angeles, CA
A lunch-time show on campus.

02/25/93 - Bogarts, Long Beach, CA
Freedy Johnston and The Trouble Dolls opened.

02/26/93 - Palomino, N. Hollywood, CA
Atomic Power/ Grindstone/ Watch Me Fall/ Moonshiner/ True To Life/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Life Worth Livin'/ Postcard/ Nothing/ Discarded/ Fall Down Easy/ Flatness/ Wipe The Clock/ D. Boon/ Punch Drunk/ Cold Shoulder/ Graveyard Shift/ Sleeping Room (Henneman vocals)/ Gun/ Still Be Around/ Factory Belt/ Looking For A Way Out/ No Depression/ Effigy/ Is Anybody Going To San Antone?

Audience recording, also on video (click on the hyperlinks above to watch clips on Youtube).

02/27/93 - Rhythm Cafe, Santa Ana, CA
Atomic Power/ Grindstone/ True To Life/ Life Worth Livin'/ Watch Me Fall/ No Depression/ Moonshiner/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down

Audience recording. Acoustic set opening for Johnny Cash.

02/28/93 - Casbah, San Diego, CA

03/01/93 - Mason Jar, Phoenix, AZ

03/03/93 - La Luna, Santa Fe, NM

3/05/93 - Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Grindstone (cuts in)/ Watch Me Fall/ No Depression/ True to Life/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Life Worth Livin'/ Looking For a Way Out/ D.Boon/ Fall Down Easy/ Flatness/ Wipe the Clock/ Nothing/ Postcard/ Cold Shoulder/ Graveyard Shift/ Gun/ Still Be Around/ Train/ Factory Belt/ Effigy/ Whiskey Bottle/ Heard it on the X/ Before I Break/ (Is Anybody Going to) San Antone?

Audience recording. Great set, with the last known recorded performances of many songs (D. Boon, Fall Down Easy, Flatness, Wipe the Clock, Cold Shoulder, Graveyard Shift, Train, Factory Belt, Before I Break).

03/06/93 - Fitzgerald's, Houston, TX

03/07/93 - Club DaDa, Dallas, TX

03/23/93 (air date) - NPR Interview + 2 live
Blue Eyes/ Atomic Power

Interview and acoustic performance. They only did one verse of "Blue Eyes." Listen to it here

03/24/93 - Dublin, Ireland
Show might have been on 3/25/93.

03/26/93 - The Venue, Edinburgh, Scotland
One fan recalls that there were an enthusiastic 80-100 people in this 200-capacity venue.

03/27/93 - Riverside, Newcastle, England
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ No Depression/ Watch Me Fall/ Moonshiner/ Atomic Power/ Lookin' for a Way Out/ D. Boon/ Punch Drunk/ Cold Shoulder/ Postcard/ Life Worth Livin'/ Nothing/ Fall Down Easy/ Train/ Still Be Around/ Discarded/ Gun/ Factory Belt/ Effigy/ Before I Break/ Graveyard Shift/ Are You Ready for the Country?

Pictures from this show

London band Soul Green opened. Approximately 80-100 fans in attendance. There is no known audio of this show.

    

(Thanks to Rob Strong for the scans)

03/28/93 - Arena, Middleborough, England
This show may have been cancelled due to low ticket sales.

03/29/93 - Duchess of York, Leeds, England

Postcard/ Nothing/ True to Life/ No Depression/ Train/ Fall Down Easy/ Watch Me Fall/ Life Worth Livin'/ Lookin' for a Way Out/ D. Boon/ Grindstone/ Gun/ Whiskey Bottle/ Punch Drunk/ Cold Shoulder/ Moonshiner/ Flatness/ Graveyard Shift / Weary Blues From Waiting/ Before I Break/ Effigy

(Thanks to Rob Strong for the scan)

04/01/93 - The Borderline, London, England
The last show of a brief UK tour. Greg Kot's book on Wilco mentions that Ken Coomer was very sick with food poisoning, but played the show after Jay Farrar insisted they play a full-band electric set.

04/03/93 - St. Louis, MO

04/26/93 - Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO
Jeff and either Jay or Mike joined the Jayhawks for their encore. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on 4/29/93: "For the encore section, the Jayhawks came back on stage with two members of Uncle Tupelo, local favorites who are poised to embark on major label status. The bands have played together several times before at Cicero's, and Olsen seemed genuinely happy to have his guests join them for three good-natured countrified romps." The Bottle Rockets opened this show.

07/02/93 - Kridhurst, Copehnagen, Denmark
Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Looking For A Way Out/ Nothing/ Anodyne/ We've Been Had/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ Wherever/ No Depression/ Acuff-Rose/ Steal the Crumbs/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Fifteen Keys/ The Long Cut/ (Is Anybody Going to) San Antone/ Little Hands

Audience recording. Only known version of Skip Spence's "Little Hands."

07/03/93 - Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True To Life/ Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Anodyne/ The Long Cut/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ Acuff-Rose/ Steal the Crumbs/ Looking For A Way Out/ Nothing/ Fifteen Keys/ We've Been Had/ Key to My Heart/ No Depression

Soundboard recording. Part of this show was broadcast on a local radio station. There is also an audience recording of this show.

07/08/93 - The Cruise Cafe, Oslo, Norway
Pictures from this show.
According to one eye-witness, the club was filled with Norweigian Hell's Angels (thanks to Jonathon for the information and pictures).

07/15/93 - Villa Delle Rose, Bologna, Italy
Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Anodyne/ Long Cut/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ Looking For a Way Out/ Nothing/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ Acuff Rose/ Steal the Crumbs/ Fifteen Keys/ We've Been Had/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Moonshiner/ Willin'/ (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone?

Soundboard recording. This show featured a beautiful arrangement of "Moonshiner" with lots of fiddle from Max.

07/18/93 - Caprino Veronese Deltaland,Italy
Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Anodyne/ The Long Cut/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ Acuff-Rose/ Steal the Crumbs/ Looking For a Way Out/ Nothing/ Fifteen Keys/ We've Been Had/ Give Back the Key To My Heart/ No Depression/ Willin'/ Do Re Mi

Soundboard recording.

07/29/93 - Coffee Creek - Cicero's Basement Bar, St. Louis, MO
First night of a two night stand for Coffee Creek. Here's a review from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

7/30/93 - Coffee Creek - Cicero's Basement Bar, St. Louis, MO
Buckaroo/ Are You Ready for the Country?/ Love's Gonna Live Here Again/ (Is Anybody Going to) San Antone?/ Sleeping Room/ Sing Me Back Home/ The Bottle Let Me Down/ A Good Year For the Roses/ Mendocino/ Streets of Baltimore/ Texas Me/ Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man/ You're Still On My Mind/ Misery & Gin/ Buckeroo/ Nashville West/ Back to the Country/ Wasted Days and Wasted Nights/ Wallflower/ Willin'/ Blue Eyes/ Wrote A Song For Everyone/ Wild & Blue/ Truck Drivin' Man/ Danger Road/ Thanks a Lot/ Nashville West/ Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way/ Pipeline/ Get Down River

Soundboard recording. The fourth and final Coffee Creek show. The tape of this show in circulation for years was not complete (ended after "Truck Drivin' Man"), but a different source containing the complete second set has been found.

08/27/93 - Tonder Fest (Tent 1), Tonder, Denmark
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Grindstone/ True to Life/ Chickamagua/ Watch Me Fall/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Anodyne/ The Long Cut/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ No Depression/ Acuff-Rose/ Steal the Crumbs/ Fifteen Keys/ We've Been Had/ Willin'

Soundboard and audience recordings. The soundboard tape was previously listed as "07/??/93, Somewhere in Europe."

08/28/93 - Tonder Fest (Tent 2), Tonder, Denmark
Atomic Power/ Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Anodyne/ We've Been Had/ Key To My Heart/ Slate/ Acuff-Rose/ True to Life/ New Madrid/ Steal the Crumbs/ Fifteen Keys/ The Long Cut/ Looking For a Way Out/ No Depression

Audience recording.

08/31/93 - Rytmeposten, Odense, Denmark
Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom must Come Down/ True to Life/ Chickamagua/ Watch Me Fall/ Anodyne/ We've Been Had/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ No Depresion/ Steal the Crumbs/ Acuff Rose/ Fifteen Keys/ The Long Cut/ Looking for a Way Out/ Willing/ Suzy Q/ Is Anybody Going to San Antone?

Audience recording

09/05/93 - Music Cafe, Copenhagen Denmark
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (soundcheck)/ Willin' (soundcheck) / Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kindgom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Anodyne/ We've Been Had/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ No Depression/ Steal the Crumbs/ Acuff-Rose/ Fifteen Keys/ The Long Cut/ Looking For a Way Out/ Willin'/ Is Anybody Going to San Antone?

Audience recording

10/07/93 - Y-Not, Wichita, KS

10/08/93 - Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS
We've Been Had/ Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Anodyne/ Atomic Power/ Slate/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ Steal the Crumbs/ Acuff-Rose/ Looking For A Way Out/ Fifteen Keys/ The Long Cut/ No Depression/ Life Worth Livin'/ Nothing/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Suzie Q/ Willin'

Audience recording

10/09/93 - Blue Note, Columbia, MO
The Texas Instruments opened

10/11/93 - Jake's, Bloomington, IN

10/12/93 - Mabel's, Champaign, IL

10/13/93 - Scotty's Pub, Bloomington, IL
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Grindstone/ True to Life/ Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Anodyne/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ Fifteen Keys/ Long Cut/ Acuff-Rose/ Steal the Crumbs/ We've Been Had/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Looking For a Way Out/ Life Worth Livin'/ Nothing/ No Depression

Soundboard recording. Bottle Rockets and Stumptwhoopt opened.

10/14/93 - The Patio, Indianapolis, IN

10/15/93 - Vic Theater, Chicago, IL
Fifteen Keys*/ Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Anodyne*/ Long Cut/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ Acuff-Rose/ Steal the Crumbs/ We've Been Had*/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Looking For A Way Out/ Life Worth Livin'/ Nothing/ Truck Driving Man*/ Willin'/ Sin City/ Suzie Q* (w/ Bottle Rockets)

Soundboard recording. This show was recorded by radio station WXRT but was never broadcast. The songs with an * appear on The Long Cut + Five Live promo CD. There is also a very good audience recording of this show.

Greg Kot from the Chicago Tribune: "At the Vic, Uncle Tupelo benefitted from an expanded lineup. At their most earnest and hard-rocking, bassist Jeff Tweedy and guitarist Jay Farrar come across like a heartland cliche, but two multi-instrumentalists and a new drummer now underscore the beauty of their melodies. Max Johnston's banjo, fiddle and mandolin especially brought out the country plaintiveness of tunes such as "Give Back the Key to My Heart." A sense of humor would help, but failing that, Uncle Tupelo's tales of rust-belt burn-out sound more at home than ever in the land of Gram Parsons, Neil Young and the Jayhawks."

10/16/93 - Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press: "In front of a couple hundred well-heeled, well-educated college students (many of whom couldn't have cared less about the band onstage), four working-class stiffs from a small town in Illinois performed their hushed anthem to a generation disappointed - in rock stars, parents, politicians, themselves. Impossible to ignore were the two banners that hung, limply, off to the side in this assembly-room-turned-concert-hall. One read ``Fine Arts.'' The other, ``Education.''

10/28/93 - Mean Fiddler, London, England
Pictures from this show

10/30/93 - The Venue, Edinburg, Scotland
Steal the Crumbs/ Acuff-Rose/ Fifteen Keys/ We've Been Had/ Give Back the Key/ Looking For A Way Out/ Nothing/ Willin'/ Truck Drivin' Man/ Everybody Knows this is Nowhere

Audience recording, the circulating master tape of this show only includes the second half of the show. Previously listed as 3/26/93 and 10/29/93 (I think I have it right this time, thanks to Norrie McCulloch for the clarification).

11/04/93 - Lafayettes, Oxford, MS
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Grindstone/ True to Life/ Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Anodyne/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ The Long Cut/ Steal the Crumbs/ Acuff-Rose/ Fifteen Keys/ We've Been Had/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Looking For A Way Out/ Nothing/ Truck Drivin' Man (w/ Bottle Rockets)

Audience recording.

11/05/93 - Tree's, Dallas, TX
A preview from the Dallas Morning News.

11/06/93 - Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX
Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ Anodyne/ The Long Cut/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ New Madrid/ Nothing/ Steal the Crumbs/ Acuff-Rose/ Fifteen Keys/ We've Been Had/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Looking for a Way Out/ Sandusky/ Sauget Wind/ No Depression/ Willin'/ Truck Drivin' Man

Audience recording, existing tape has many flaws. Giant Sand and the Chainsaw Kittens opened.
Here's a preview from the Austin American-Statesman.

11/09/93 - The Mason Jar, Phoenix, AZ

11/10/93 - Whiskey A Go Go, Hollywood, CA
Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ Anodyne/ The Long Cut/ Slate/ New Madrid/ Nothing/ Steal the Crumbs/ Acuff Rose/ Fifteen Keys/ We've Been Had/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Looking For a Way Out/ Sauget Wind/ Sandusky/ Willin'/ Truck Drivin' Man

Audience recording. Giant Sand opened. A review from the Press Telegram.

11/11/93 - KUSF Studios, SF
New Madrid/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Criminals

FM broadcast. Acoustic performance and interview

11/11/93 - Slim's, San Francisco
Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True To Life/ Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Anodyne/ The Long Cut/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ Steal The Crumbs/ Acuff Rose/ Looking For A Way Out/ We've Been Had/ Give Back The Key To My Heart/ Fifteen Keys/ Nothing/ Life Worth Livin'/ No Depression/ Willin'/ Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere/ Truck Drivin' Man

Soundboard recording, most of this show was later broadcast on a local radio station.

11/13/93 - La Luna, Portland, OR
Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Anodyne/ The Long Cut/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ Steal the Crumbs/ Acuff-Rose/ Looking for a Way Out/ We've Been Had/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Fifteen Keys/ Nothing/ Sauget Wind/ Willin'/ No Depression/ Truck Drivin' Man/ Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Audience recording. Opening bands were Giant Sand and Kitchen Radio.

11/14/93 - Backstage, Seattle, WA

11/15/93 - The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
Opened for Soul Asylum

11/17/93 - Cat's Paw, Bozeman, MT

11/18/93 - University of Montana, Missoula, MT

11/20/93 - Fox Theater, Denver, CO

11/22/93 - William Jewell College, Liberty, MO

12/03/93 - Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO
Chickamauga/ Watch Me Fall/ Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ True to Life/ Anodyne/ Long Cut/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ Steal the Crumbs/ Acuff-Rose/ Fifteen Keys/ We've Been Had/ Key To My Heart/ Looking For A Way Out/ Gun/ Sauget Wind/ Postcard/ Willin'/ Truck Driving Man (w/ Brian Henneman)/ Suzie Q (w/ Brian Henneman)

Soundboard recording. The Bottle Rockets opened. A preview from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "The Tupelo engine roars on, with the group's new album, "Anodyne," receiving lots of praise nationwide. The lads from Belleville will make a triumphant homecoming, accompanied on Friday by the equally deserving Bottle Rockets (from Festus-Crystal City) and on Saturday by Tim Lee (formerly of the Windbreakers, a band that wasn't actually from around St. Louis, though Lee did have relatives here)." And here is a review of the show.

12/04/93 - Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
Set included the last known performance of "Cortez the Killer" with Brian Henneman on lead guitar. Tim Lee opened.

12/08/93 - The Paradise, Boston, MA
Fifteen Keys/ Watch Me Fall/ Grindstone/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Anodyne/ The Long Cut/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ New Madrid/ Chickamauga/ We've Been Had/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Looking for a Way Out/ Postcard/ Willin'/ Gun/ Everybody Knows This is Nowhere/ Truck Drivin' Man

Audience recording. A preview from Boston Herald.

12/09/93 - Tramps, NYC
Fifteen Keys/ Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down/ Grindstone/ Watch Me Fall/ Chickamauga/ Anodyne/ Long Cut/ True to Life/ Criminals/ New Madrid/ Sandusky/ Slate/ Atomic Power/ Postcard/ We've Been Had/ Give Back the Key to My Heart/ Gun/ Sauget Wind/ Willin'(w/ Mark Spencer)/ Everybody Knows This is Nowhere/ Truck Drivin' Man

Soundboard recording. Part of the CMJ festival, with Kevin Salem and the Health and Happiness Show. Last known performance of "Criminals" until Jay Farrar's 2001 tour. Tony Margherita mentioned in the liner notes to Anthology that this show got a rave review in the New York Times, though he may have been referring to this preview of the show at Maxwell's the next night.

12/10/93 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ