Son Volt - Full concert 'Union' tour, Live at First Avenue

Son Volt tore through more than 90 minutes of Rock and Roll and the famed Minneapolis club First Avenue, with a perfect mix of new and classic songs.
00:09 The 99
04:08 Lost Souls
06:31 Waterloo
09:17 Sinking Down
12:50 The Picture
16:45 The Reason
20:47 Union
26:10 Reality Winner
30:55 While Rome Burns
[33:06 band member intros]
33:39 Cherokee St.
37:02 Devil May Care
40:05 Medication
48:15 World Waits for You
55:18 Bandages & Scars
58:40 Driving the View
1:01:45 Caryatid Easy
1:06:30 Route
1:10:16 Drown
1:13:40 Afterglow 61
1:17:03 Tear Stained Eye
1:21:38 Windfall
Encore
1:26:50 Hearts and Minds
1:31:18 Back Against the Wall
1:34:30 Monkey Man
Personnel:
Jay Farrar (Vocals, guitar)
Mark Spencer (piano, organ, acoustic slide, lap steel, backing vocals)
Andrew DuPlantis (bass, backing vocals)
Chris Frame (Guitar)
Mark Patterson (Drums and Percussion)

[@d.potemkin220]

No other singer breaks my heart open like Jay Farrar. Love these guys.

[@WilliamFromPenn]

One of the most underrated songwriters of all time. Every song is a chestnut. 'But for now, sounds like heaven....'

[@nathannall5754]

Have always loved Son Volt. Every lyric is a seedless watermelon.

[@timoakes450]

63 -Iwas 5 grew up in Liverpool UK I>VE been here nearly 30years -its a mess -look at yesterday ?? love you all its the only way kids@

[@danielmcbride2375]

Son volt is the most underrated bands. Some of the best music for the soul.

[@hallvardsmestad5762]

I discovered "Straightaways" when I was just a boy. Nobody else understood this! I love this band!

[@absolutelynonameslef]

Straightaways and Trace are two of my favorite albums of all time. Ironically, it was alternative radio that introduced me to Son Volt, with Drown. I can't even listen to that song anymore haha.

[@tinroofecho]

Jay Farrar is national treasure Amazing songwriting always

[@bobnomura2068]

Smooth, strong but not bitter, expressive but not showy, hearty and sticks to your ribs but doesn't feel like a heavy lump in your stomach, makes me want to move out - just like my morning coffee & breakfast !

[@WilliamFranklinaka50Z]

My all time favorite band. I got to see them at World Records in Bakersfield a few weeks ago. Started when Trace came out. Just totally fit my soul. I’ve seen them 3 times. Would see the 100 more.

[@joecharles5368]

My Good Friend John Springer, RIP. We had not seen each other in 4 decades. He recorded me back then Mingus , Monk, Miles, helping me expand my American Music roots of jazz origin. 1st thing after that time he asked what new am i into? I daid Son Volt & the guy he got started wilco. John said Son Volt, And senior Jay Farrar!!! I miss you John!! But the music is the thing that carries us all on!!!🧡💞🤙✌️

[@tia2all501]

Wow this sounds like the older Son Volt songs I love so much Jay is a old soul 💖

[@spankomatic1]

After 24yrs being a fan, the stars aligned and I can finally see them live tonight. #RVA

[@absolutelynonameslef]

Got to see Jay with Jason Isbell in Louisville last month...two of my absolute favorites. Jay had me hooked the first time I heard Trace.

[@tripperdelaluna1]

I remember seeing Uncle Tupelo back in the 90's. I was young and hyped up to hear my favorite song "Chickamauga". I remember Jay yawning during his solo.

[@nedgentz5740]

SV drags out Chickamauga for an encore every once in a while.

[@kevinmcnamara2082]

Son volt is still what they were so many years ago. A damn fine rock n roll band!!!! We need a philly date soon brothers!

[@Jess_Jones]

Love it when they play Medication.

[@cliffparshall4262]

This band is smack dap in my wheelhouse! The best in smooth cool.

[@robertwillson4095]

love this band!! from cape breton nova scotia canada. thanks for sharing.

[@davidcollinge1035]

The musical jam in the middle of ‘Union’ is incredible. Massive respect from Darlington England. Such a tight hand with accomplished musicians.

[@jamesmccourtney2222]

Was there live. Sound was really good live live.

[@silkywellman8528]

What a great songwriter

[@carolynadams4669]

Wonderful. Jay's sound reminds me a bit of Matthew Sweet. Both gifted artists.

[@losttango]

And his look owes a certain amount to Roy Orbison...

[@dathorndike4908]

So awesome to hear Chris Frame back playing with the band. His guitar work adds so much to their sound!

[@PhilipCatley]

May the wind take your troubles away...

[@goranmilicic3665]

Jay Farrar is american music 1st class hero!

[@terenceorourke546]

Just saw this show at 9:30 Club in DC Sunday. The guitars were awesome, and they kept the pace moving. Somehow I was right in the front. They really delivered.

[@brentrivard1948]

Damn I should have been there...just up the road for me. Really digging the video. Big thanks to The Current!

[@elsupremo3651]

Love the quality of this show!

[@rallabhandiprabhakar4750]

SV still sounds very good live . Farar has the perfect voice for Alt Country/ / Americana

[@davidsimpson7632]

So beautiful I can not say that this disc is any better than another because it is all existentialy awesome love you jay

[@terencecamp5487]

I attended Jay, with Jeff, at this show, December 10, 1993 at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ. It was amazing. I was with singer/songwriter, John Eddie, who was quite inspired by the band. JFK, Jr. was in the audience and bummed a light off of John's female friend's cigarette - all tru. Critic's Choice/Pop Mending an Aching Heart by Karen Schoemer New York Times, December 10, 1993 "Anodyne," the title of Uncle Tupelo's new album, is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as a soothing or pain-relieving agent. For Uncle Tupelo, a trio from Belleville, Ill., who will perform this weekend in Hoboken, N.J., it's a code word for the kind of music that makes you feel better. The band's two lead singers and songwriters, Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy, have an obvious affinity for some of the most soul-stirring moments in country and rock history: "Anodyne" (Sire/ Reprise) has the rustic lilt of an old Hank Williams tune, the harmonic grace of the Flying Burrito Brothers, the loose rumble of the Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street." From the pointedly unpolished production, crackling with fiddle, mandolin and pedal steel guitar, to songs like "Chickamauga" (named after the Civil War battle site), "Anodyne" is intentionally retro, an homage to mythically purer times. Mr. Farrar and Mr. Tweedy's allegiance to their roots borders on fetishism: they have even written an ode to Acuff-Rose, the company that published Hank Williams's material. "Name me a song that everybody knows, and I'll bet you it belongs to Acuff-Rose," Mr. Tweedy sings in his self-effacing twang. "Anodyne" is certainly derivative, but Uncle Tupelo isn't seeking to reinvent its sources, merely to honor them. The album has the hushed heaviness of a small-town street at midnight, the scratchy simplicity of a 78-r.p.m. record. "Anodyne" is about loving music, about the release that comes from playing a favorite song over and over, and about the ability of rock-and-roll to stop up the gaps in a bleeding heart. Uncle Tupelo is to perform at 10 tonight at Maxwell's, 1039 Washington Street, Hoboken, N.J. Admission: $8.

[@LauraAnderson3424]

I miss those under-$10 shows on Washington Ave.!

[@kenw8875]

Love Son Volt. Medication is the 21st century’s take on The Door’s ‘This End’, yet brighter. Please PLEASE rip to NOVA/DC in 2021/22. Have a band of brothers that will post 😎

[@robinwatauga]

Like on the Honky Tonk and Notes Of Blue tours, the band has its setlist and alternatives down, yet manages to sound fresh and spontaneous. Great show Friday night at AVL's Orange Peel!

[@emerckx53]

Son Volt makes me feel like early REM. Get's my mind right...

[@seventhskin1]

About 45 minutes ago, long before seeing your comment, I thought the EXACT same thing. That's so cool.

[@emerckx53]

@@seventhskin1 That's way cool my friend...

[@ericfayer1057]

caught this tour in Brooklyn last May and was blown away

[@fernandomendezvalles9571]

Wonderfull show!!!!

[@michaelgamber5408]

Never gets old!

[@MusicCityMaven]

I finally get a chance to see them in Nashville this Thursday!

[@oldguy3074]

This rocks. Thanks cause I can't go to the shows anymore.

[@rndyblck]

Great stuff. This dj is looking forward to seeing them again in Chattanooga on May 11.

[@lastmanstanding1604]

Time for a Dublin, Ireland 2019 date.

[@bobbieenke350]

what a fine listen, excited to see them in july

[@justme420ism]

I feel compelled to post the following on every forum that mentions or features Union. Union is in-your-face social commentary in the spirit and vein of Woody Guthrie. Stay the course, Jay!

[@shawnhourigan3036]

So frigging good 👍

[@jimbrown1091]

Sold out tonight in Indy. I'm watching videos. Damn.

[@douglaswillford2176]

Great show! Always preferred Jay's stuff over Tweedy, even back in the UT days, and it's baffling to me that Son Volt hasn't been able to maintain the same buzz factor they had in the 90's. They continue to excel. Cool to see other fans out there commenting from across the globe, and yeah, Jay is looking kinda like Ray Orbison LOL

[@hammill444]

It might have something to do with The fact that Farrar tends to write the same songs over and over and over----- sonically it all sounds the same.

[@rickheisler5391]

No Chicamauga?! My (current) favorite song of all time (just discovered Uncle Tupelo around 2016).

[@70mjc]

Mark Spencer is a god

[@michaelpal7641]

My neighbors are hearing this-whether they want to or not!!

[@njenney]

Jay looks like Roy Orbison and Andrew Duplantis looks like Tom Petty.

[@nedgentz5740]

Great great band. Don't understand why they're not better known.

[@tia2all501]

I don’t think Jay wanted the same fame as Jeff did

[@hammill444]

@@tia2all501 Nonsense

[@willjennings844]

They re also known in France !

[@ncbeach22]

If Jay had jet black hair I'd swear he was Roy Orbison.

[@justme420ism]

john b. Beat me to it.

[@jimbrown1091]

Roy's voice was a 10. Jay's is a 3. But I like him. Like the sound.

[@ritterbuschfam9638]

I was thinking that his appearance was very similar!

[@elsupremo3651]

They broke out World Waits For You! Wow!

[@froghat3]

we just found an old Tupelo boot in the collection of live stuff

[@matframpton8656]

Beautiful. Perfection personified in my opinion. God bless. 🇺🇸WWG1WGA 🇺🇸

[@adambaldridge2348]

Their Monkey Man live is the best I've ever heard, including Sones

[@helgeolsen9727]

This is good and I really like Son Volt, but don’t come close to the groove of Charlie and Keith. Especially on the Voodoo Lounge tour. And ofcourse the vocal is nowhere near Mick.

[@csx385]

Jay Farrar espero um dia poder assistir um show seu ainda

[@acoustically9201]

He's just spanked it into the car park here. Really great.

[@grrspij]

tomorrow night at Thalia Hall for me.

[@robbieanderson3758]

Saw them at Thalia! Great Show!

[@curacaokidd]

every band should have someone on thier crew who can direct the video recording. this director....like all of them.....just doesn't know the music well enough to anticipate the shots he's gonna want. lead guitar, lead vocal, wide, snare etc.....it's a problem. easier to teach a roadie to direct than teach a director 20 songs for 500 bands

[@ihghost]

Damn, this shit is DOPE!

[@panlan1]

good band!...found em in a crack in my consciousness where they must have slipped into!..a lot of flotsam and jetsam and detritus down there!...

[@dropdtune9199]

Great sound. Seems unfair Son Volt is not as recognized as Wilco. Son Volt for the win by a mile though ...nicer voice, more soulful songs.

[@fyootb9482]

Went straight to 1:06:30

[@martinclarke250]

Awesome!!

[@oseberg_io]

Does anyone dance or move in Minneapolis? Just curious...

[@mattjohn4731]

musical medication

[@klausstoffelen8515]

klasse songwriter..ex uncle tulpelo..hingehen

[@rafaelrubiodiaz]

much better than...............wilco ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[@sparkytheenigma]

Hate to be “that guy” but never been the same since Dave & Jim got kicked into touch. Shame, they were a great band, and Jay’s undeniably a fantastic songwriter...

[@stewcoe8126]

I disagree. Saw them a few times at local bar in Bloomington many many years ago. They were great and I still like the original lineup but this configuration blows my mind. More accomplished musicians and a sound that is so so sweet. If Jay is there it's good no matter the members on stage

[@sparkytheenigma]

Stew Coe fair enough. Each to their own, that’s cool. I just think they’re a different band now. Maybe change the name from Son Volt to “Jay and cohorts” just my opinion, but I think the original line up contributed to the development of the overall sound. Those albums are breakthrough. All been a bit “alt country” by numbers since. Jay seems to be treading water surrounded by enablers.

[@stewcoe8126]

Seriously? The Boguist aren't enablers as well? There are no enablers. A musician does what it will. It's either good or bad or somewhere in between. But specifically the guitars now are far superior. Try listening to jay solo if you're questioning his talent. Lucifer Sam a perfect cover. Monkey man better than the stones live version by miles. I think Jay knows what is best for his band and he wore all these wonderful tunes without any cohorts. I've recently tried to listen to original lineup and for me, it's not even comparable to this lineup. Regardless, enjoy whatever music you like

[@hammill444]

@@sparkytheenigma Absolutely agree. Ever wonder why Jay has had so many different band members over the years? Such a flat dynamic range to the bulk of his songs. Those early records had some intensity and different rhythms---- some edge. Sounds now like no one is around to challenge or inject and new and interesting ideas into his well worn cadence and rhythms. Yes men sounds about right. It's a big band but really a one man show

[@charlie.something]

tom petty on bass

[@PhilipCatley]

Andrew Duplantis. He has a new album out. I like it.

[@hammill444]

"Stuck in cement" sounds about right. Farrars' songwriting has been spinning its wheels for many years now. Still good. But never great.

[@martinclarke250]

chris always looks bored..

[@skyhighactiondrones5453]

Neil young wanna be. Great tunes though.

[@aaronnygaard9776]

as a lifelong neil fan and 30 year fan of jay, i find zero merit in your comment. neil has actually chased the popularity contest from time to time, but he finds his way back nicely so all is forgiven. jay has stuck to what he loves and breathes from day one. they are both essential to my life and you should rethink your lazy analysis. that being said. have a great night and stay safe

[@stewcoe8126]

Neil Young wanna be? I think not. Love Neil but I'd go see Jay any day over Neil. Seen them both several times. Totally different approach and Jay doesn't linger on making noise with guitar like Neil does. Go see Son Volt.

[@joecharles5368]

99%!!! American GREED!! Lo siento