Uncle Tupelo- Lounge Ax, Chicago Il. 11/8/92 xfer from Hi8 Master

In 1992, I had pretty much given up filming shows with the CV-80. It was a dinosaur after 4 years. I got the Sony TR-81 (hi8 hifi stereo camera) in late 92- it was a top of the line consumer model at the time. I took a week vacation and flew to the midwest to follow Uncle Tupelo around for a week and film them. I land in Chicago and start driving around- no map or anything- and I got totally lost. I stop at a gas station to buy a map and a random guy comes up to me and yells "what are you doing here? You need to get out- it is too dangerous for you". Errr, ok. I flailed with the map for a while and eventually found the club. Lounge Ax was the most difficult venue to film- no place to set up a tripod. So I hand held it from the bleachers. Sorry for the shakiness.
Jesse Hamm helped with this transfer, and the audio sounds really good. This may be Jeff Segota's audio from his DAT and Shure VP88 mic.

[@TR-yi8up]

Sauget Wind gets me every time. Gun is pretty perfect as well

[@alexandrel.9083]

These guys were unique as can be for their time and this music still sounds great today. Awesome

[@Schnitzmd]

Grindstone c 00:17 No Depression a 03:28 Wait Up c 05:50 Shaky Ground c 07:55 Atomic Power c 11:32 Sauget Wind bb 13:20 Nothing b 16:27 Postcard b 18:30 That Year a 21:51 Fall Down Easy b 24:33 Watch Me Fall b 27:22 Punch Drunk b 29:53 Cold Shoulder b 32:50 Discarded b 35:48 Looking for a Way Out b 38:25 Gun b 41:44 Factory Belt a 45:12 Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down c 49:10 Moonshiner c 51:18 Wipe the Clock c 57:06 I Wanna Destroy You bb 1:00:14 Motion Pictures (for Carrie) d 1:03:55 True to Life b 1:09:23 Before I Break a 1:11:38 a from _No Depression_ b from _Still Feel Gone_ bb from _Still Feel Gone_ (CD version only) c from _March 16-20, 1992_ d from _On The Beach_ by Neil Young

[@truenorth9966]

Thanks for this! I missed this boat 30 years ago and you’ve allowed me to capture it. I can imagine living it. It means more to me than I can express.

[@MarcLuber]

I was at this show! Can't believe it exists on video. Thanks for sharing - very psyched to watch! After the show, Jeff & Jay had to push through the crowd like the rest of us due to the shape of the club. We all wound up getting beers at the bar at the same time. Jeff was friendly and chatty...Jay was more of the say-one-word-and-then-stare-at-your-own-shoes type.

[@davidlindsay9564]

who was on drums? was it Mike, Bill, or Ken?

[@MarcLuber]

I wish I could remember that but I can't!@@davidlindsay9564

[@michaelgraham9774]

Jay would be a hell of a person to try and have a conversation with

[@CoreyLynn]

I love Jay playing guitar on Jeff's songs.

[@clevelandsmells473]

Holy shit, Gun is fantastic. Even Jay seems to enjoy it...kinda.

[@tristennasir5954]

i know it is kind of randomly asking but do anybody know of a good place to stream newly released movies online?

[@undergroundunlimited2282]

Awesome thanks for posting. Great piece of musical history.

[@johncarroll8229]

You are a hero to many for filming this. Thank you.

[@seymoreduless8920]

I just finished Jeff’s book and he says his songs were wrote to accompany Jays songs. This performance makes it really obvious. Thanks for putting it out.

[@SSHitMan]

Oh how I miss Lounge Ax... saw many great shows there including the last Uncle Tupelo show there. Thanks for this upload!

[@tarheelnuto]

What a great find for this morning! Thank you so much for putting this up. Incredible sound and great video access. Sadly never got to see them live, as I was 20 in ‘92 and just learning of them a little too late.

[@owaved22]

This is F'in awesome. I imagine this is how it was live with one of my favorite bands of all time. Thank you...thank you...thank you!

[@bretthamilton7308]

While this is in, my opinion, an important historical document of one of the greatest bands to ever breathe air, live they were fucking spectacular. You knew you were seeing god damn legends. I saw them twice. There was a spiritual aura about them. Hard to find words. That's why Levon Helm, REM, and many other hall of famers knew Uncle Tupelo was the real deal.

[@johnhutto1068]

Sauget wind is 🔥

[@annmestres5943]

Just like old times. Enjoying the show and waiting for Punch Drunk-loved that song

[@KENFEDOR22]

Loved the Lounge Ax, it was really just a narrow bar with a small stage at one end. Great video! Sad that I never saw UT when I spent 14 years in Chicago from 1993 - 2007. I'm sure UT played the Double Door, a larger but still intimate venue in Bucktown, which is still there.

[@djefferson5669]

Uncle Tupelo broke up before the Double Door opened.

[@polishpaulie]

Thanks! Still mad I missed this show, and really miss Lounge Ax.

[@macmann1956]

polishpaulie I really miss Lounge Ax too. So many great shows there. Snooty neighborhood shut it down. Damn them!

[@timduggan6800]

Great video. Saw them the day before this show at the Unicorn in Milwaukee. Thanks for sharing!

[@Puncheons84]

Don't know how I missed this one but thanks for the upload. Great quality for being over 25 years old

[@gordyvonbrody7601]

Thanks for posting! Didn't find out about these guys until they broke up.

[@jeffpearson4573]

Awesome! Thanks to you and Jesse for putting together this ultimate quality version!

[@aisle_of_view]

My heart, it waaas a gun!

[@hazysativa3045]

Id like to hear Billy Strings cover No Depression. In Fact I would love to see a Bottle Rockets, Uncle Tupelo, Billy Strings tour. Get Henneman off the couch . Im not sure how someone could purposely not give fans what they want to hear even if its just one last tour.

[@GG-Wolfhound]

The power of THE WHO, The Wisdom of Dylan and the Soul of The Working man!

[@farrh6867]

Let's not get carried away.

[@GG-Wolfhound]

@@farrh6867 what is your description?

[@rkowna]

Brilliant, thank you

[@CoreyLynn]

Fast forward to Wilco Winterlude 2019 when Robyn Hitchcock fronts the band for I Wanna Destroy You.

[@tjschultz85]

Thank you! I really, really appreciate it!

[@DannyBelrose]

Didn’t Jeff end up marrying the owner of Lounge Axe or did I make that up when I was the Mayor of Wicker Park..

[@krinkly]

amazing... thanks for sharing!

[@JohnWhittle]

wow this sounds great!

[@thomascray]

Oh Hell yeah!!!!

[@mrjapan1]

So fucking good. Thanks for uploading this.

[@gibsoneb3]

This would be Coffee Creek w/Brian on gtr etc. - as I recall.

[@annmestres5943]

I think he was here to support UT for the music off that March 16-20 release that came out in 1992

[@bretthamilton7308]

Ahhhhhh! Someone else who about Coffee Creek! That bootleg of their's was fucking great.

[@johnhutto1068]

Damn they were young

[@coreythumann8439]

Cool...thanks!

[@smoovegittar]

Love it.

[@IwanttoliveinParis]

Is Chicago the "Three hour away town" ? Guess I could google it. Google maps has it as a 4.5 hour drive. So I don' know.

[@partyroy16]

Columbia, Missouri is the town that Whiskey Bottle refers to.

[@mkerwin1]

Gun 41:40 :)

[@undergroundunlimited2282]

One faves man! Still feel gone was a great album top to bottom.

[@williamwelshjr.7704]

Who is the other guitar player at the beginning of the show?

[@sacramentomusicarchive]

Brian henneman

[@coreythumann8439]

Who is playing drums on this? Mike Heidorn?

[@Shaynestacy67]

Corey Thumann Bill Belzer. He was in the band for a short time, after Heidorn left