WILCO & BILLY BRAGG : CALIFORNIA STARS

[@markmunger9978]

Absolutely one of my favorite Guthrie/Wilco/Bragg collaborations. A gem for the ages.

[@michaelflanagan5450]

Right on, Woody Guthre

[@gemmabrandy5207]

I could listen to a loop of this for the rest of my life.

[@Sonmoecham]

Me too!

[@petersaurine1906]

The'll never realise how much joy they've given us by playing this song.

[@karmadhyana]

I don't remember seeing such a genuine smile of pure joy in a long time, as the one I see on Jeff Tweety's face here. He smiles like a beautiful child, and sings with astounding reverence for the music.

[@a59yankee]

Just want to run up there and give him a big hug...

[@yz6]

Mutual admiration. Jeff had heard Brewing it up with Billy Bragg in his youth no doubt, like the rest of us..

[@arturocolton1485]

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[@oliverkevin8954]

@Arturo Colton Instablaster =)

[@arturocolton1485]

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[@Grannygamer2024]

No this is absolutely my favorite Wilco song ❤

[@coffeefan365]

I just discovered this song and love it! I didn't realized it was a cover because this sounds perfectly done by Billy and Wilco.

[@MarkMadsenSJI]

Bragg does other Guthrie songs too….our best folk singer!

[@lionelerasmus7388]

I am hooked on this song it is like a drug i must have this lp it is just great and nice to listen to great band

[@lovewalruss]

Love this and glad we have Billy Bragg on this version.

[@quicklynamed]

I love this. Healing hands warm the heart! Gotta love Wilco, Billy, and especially Nora!

[@leogadget]

How could you not love Wilco? Pure joy...

[@chrismartin1231]

Absolute bliss. really

[@joetomasik6120]

My daughter introduced me to this band within the last year not sure how I missed the boat I …was listening to Pearl Jam Nirvana.Skills are Incredibly talented.God bless Jeff Tweedy and his family

[@kirkgibson9146]

same reason i missed the boat...we were busy doing homework with kids! LOL!

[@digger973]

I love it when you hear a song 100 times, but then one day you hear it . Bob seger is one those of guys.

[@debrapoole7671]

I have to watch this version of this song at least once a week.

[@stevemelling9438]

A great song that I've listened to hundreds of times.

[@pedronipony8261]

All the smiles 🥰 clearly loving what they're doing

[@angelicaluce3230]

JEF TWEEDY - you are an AMERICAN HERO - keep it up babe!

[@wengrrrl1]

How bloody great is Wilco? Just saw them last night. STALWARTS . 👍🏿💕🎸🥁

[@cynthiahawkinsonmceahern4684]

Gives me goosebumps. Makes me cry. Love.

[@franciscocaselles9771]

That's a perfect sample of "FLOWING"... all they are ONE!... just see their faces... AWESOME! WOW!... the SONG and the BAND FLOWING puts me HIGH!

[@jgraffeo87]

Honestly... how could you not like Billy Bragg's solo stuff? So good!

[@PatrickBurns-g7y]

Phenomenal Song Choice of Jeff Tweedy Seriously California Stars¡!! Genius

[@pierrotlavoie]

Damn. I discovered this song just before a roadtrip to California from Montreal. I was listening to this song on my way there at sunset in the midwest. Hummmmmmmm.... :)

[@billblondeau4269]

OMG Billy Bragg is a god of music and when he worked with Wilco he found his peers.

[@torrerodriguez3783]

These guys took Woody Guthries words and turned them into this beautiful song. Nice work .

[@mikeflanagan658]

WOLCO is/was a good band. But Bob Seger is dinomite with this song I've never heard more clarity when Bob sings.

[@margaretschaffner9133]

Just happens to be my birthday! 12 years ago .. WILCO love

[@debrapoole7671]

Still watching/listening every day.

[@patrickdefazio1212]

Can you guys come to Folk Fest in Ottawa Canada. Captain Pat

[@myriammeijer6537]

So cool these guys did it again! I named my sweet rat Wilco. He's my sweetest pet. I have memories from the band Wilco ❤️

[@kiernanthomas6006]

I sing this line like this: "I Like to dream , my troubles all away , on a bed , In Californ I.A. !"

[@beograd611]

This is beautiful.

[@MrLuciano54]

Pure joy and love for music is what I see in this clip...love it

[@lindajacobsen5322]

Wonderful Woody. Thank you .

[@joanld]

just love this song. Woody Guthire was just a great songmaster!!! \

[@Report2ro]

Oh my days this is so heartwarming, just what I needed after a rough day.

[@rexhake1]

great music from a very happy looking band . lovely stuff .

[@zvonac1966]

veliki pozdrav iz hrvatske, volim vas, zvonko

[@connorlovesgaga]

This song makes me sad, I do love it alot

[@Bob6stringer]

Great tune I've never gotten to see live, and it reinforces that there was a bond between the two singers, not just some common, triangulated respected for Woody Guthrie. Good to see, thanks wilcoclubvideos.

[@kelleyrawlings]

I love this SO much, it hurts.

[@RufusWainwrong]

this is my "im drunk" song and i love it so much.

[@theoone2829]

So much joy!

[@sjf9994]

How good is this video & song - a tribute to a gret songwriter by a couple of greta performers and a great band

[@meganodell7572]

Love this song

[@Plumplechook]

Nice to see them together again. I thought Billy and Jeff had a bad falling out. So this is great to see!

[@debrapoole7671]

*sigh* that voice is just....magic

[@ThePros10]

great song very powerful

[@AaronPICAR]

This makes me miss Jay Bennett (RIP) and Leroy Bach

[@criiistube]

love that organ

[@valentinamarquez8868]

que lindo duo...

[@SosasRoomProductions]

OMG! I was just looking at a concert from Mettalica! it's crazy what the differences are! Like the fans at Mettalica are like screaming! Jumping! And are big metal heads. But these people! They can't compare to them!

[@hiphoplover1974]

California's Anthem

[@catman2u2]

Nice progression, rhythm. Hadn’t heard this before

[@Builder281]

They're just having so much fun up there.

[@matitsarichie111]

Wouldn't u buddy?

[@kenhunt5153]

I will always miss the West.

[@AsFewFalseThingsAsPossible]

Great closeup of the Jazzmaster at 3.27, and that little finger is so long !

[@omarcappai4450]

love and more and more love and more and more love and more and more love

[@BassPlayerSusan]

This is interesting, considering that there were some "differences of opinion" between Billy Bragg and Wilco about the project. This I read in Greg Kot's book about Wilco and in Jeff Tweedy's autobiography. Per Wikipedia, 'Tempers flared between Bragg and Wilco after the album was completed. Bennett believed that Bragg was overproducing his songs, a sharp contrast to Wilco's sparser contributions. Bennett called Bragg about the possibility of remixing Bragg's songs, to which Bragg responded "you make your record, and I'll make mine, fcker." ' Still, it looks like they're having great fun doing this. Ps. Pay attention to Glenn's drumming.

[@AndrewJohnClive]

SHeesh! Nels' lead is amazing!!!

[@robobrando]

Aw he gave John a hug too ❤️ he and Jeff were the only ones left from the Mermaid Avenue sessions at this point.

[@mikeflanagan658]

This song was written by Woddy Guthrie

[@robobrando]

@@mikeflanagan658 I knew that. But Jeff Tweedy and John Stirratt are the only two members of Wilco left who were part of the Mermaid Avenue/Woody Guthrie project. It was cute that Billy gave John a big hug.

[@LuigiFazio]

Bellissima!

[@garycallaghan6369]

Luigi Fazio what's matter you Shuta u facea Fongoolou Bastala

[@JamesQuitadamo]

..."just to tream a tream wichu"

[@miken8558]

to the guy who says that Billy messed up the words, so did Jeff on the first verse. Ironically I saw Son Volt on the wide swing tremolo tour in Portland Oregon, they opened up for Billy Bragg ironically.

[@yachtingmediterraneants8251]

What is the year of this video, nice

[@andrewp5642]

Dear, dear Woody. Carry it on.

[@Behindertenrecht]

SUPER !!!

[@bersee]

This is very good with snow.

[@riserclamp]

i love it, mate!

[@purphanz]

I first song I listened to after getting high for the first time.

[@slicew1833]

When was this performance

[@EatMorePez]

This was filmed on November 11, 2009 in Weissenhäuser Strand, Germany. How come during the piano solo at 2:55 they show a close up of every member of the band except Pat, the man playing the piano?

[@hooskerdu1]

I always loved Billy Bragg back in the 80s...so it really bummed me out when I heard that Billy said "You make your album and I'll make mine, fucker!" to Jay Bennett.

[@unclekennymusic]

Lyrics by Woody Guthrie, from the 1998 album Mermaid Avenue.

[@Staylogical]

The 1998 Farm Aid version with Jay Bennett blows this out of the water.Mainly because of Jay Bennett.Raw.

[@chrisconnor5418]

and Tweedy's voice was made for this song

[@garycallaghan6369]

oleole52 Fuck j Bennett wilco don't need that traitor. U Shuta u facea upa mate.

[@dukeon]

Nah, I don’t care for the Farm Aid version and Bennett just bothers me. I know he was a great musician, but Jeff was right to give him the boot. I prefer the later lineups, and I don’t care if I’m the only one who does. I still like the older songs of course; I like most of the songs off every one of their albums. Jeff Tweedy is just a great singer, songwriter, and musician. He could do an acoustic solo set and it’d be amazing.

[@michaelflanagan5450]

Q. Did Woody Guthrie write this song?

[@michaelflanagan5450]

Yes,he wrote this song

[@TedhamPorterhouse1]

EPIC

[@Cylam]

im the one who made the 100 likes and this song i would like to play like thousand times or more and more and more.

[@corndogginit]

My ears just came.

[@rainblaze.]

i really don't listen enough to wilco 😶😔

[@tonifrancis2189]

I wish they would serenade me every night.

[@hockeyboyjd]

How recent is this? Where was it at?

[@alessandropatteri2651]

2009 on Germany

[@stevetett]

According to BB it was in November 2009

[@somper10]

So, so money.

[@andyinoregon]

The fan front-row left at 0:10 looks like a 60 year-old Beck.

[@TheMikecj83]

check out that youthful crowd

[@rtyghoy711]

Fuck that’s awesome

[@Rugbymalcolm47]

The money I would fucking pay to have been in attendance

[@peterdevlin8448]

thank Woody Guthrie for this one

[@Macnaughton]

Is it Jeff Tweedy, OR Billy Bragg? THIS should end ALL debate ッ.

[@rtyghoy711]

Tweedy is the man billy just attended

[@thinlinechris]

@2:11 is that lee renaldo?

[@jimjam8949]

Sounds like the moniters aren't working very well here. Vocal tunning 😕

[@MacLenHarStar]

like to see how Jeff Tweedy adjust his gitter loudness at the end-pin @0:47

[@JasonUmbrellabird]

I've never liked BB much the whole Mermaid Avenue thing made me respect him more. I like the songs he did on those albums, unfortunately I still don't like his own stuff.

[@tommycassII]

tweedy is a genius song crafter but would be tough to work with in a band he def wants to be the one controlling and in charge, look what it did for Jay Bennett

[@traceurGeorge]

I really don’t wanna be that guy… but I’m gonna… no mosh pits, no phones, no over crowded mental sweaty crowds, just a few hundred people, a real mix of people just listening to one of the most chill songs being performed in one of the most relaxed performances, the whole thing just seems so laid back!!

[@ImNotRyanGosling]

Alex Hogrefe?

[@nestorian9]

Billy Bragg said some pretty funny, sly comments about getting these Woody Guthrie songs instead of Dylan.

[@SecsSells]

While BB was a part of Mermaid he had nothing to do with this song, other than ride the coattails of JT and JB.

[@mutantbass2883]

+DAM FLA Uh huh?

[@attnMoFo]

+DAM FLA Billy was not only a part of both albums, he wrote the majority of the music on his own for both albums. So, I guess there's that bit you missed.

[@SecsSells]

+AttnJack Understood. All I was saying was that JT wrote the music to this one.

[@holzkiewuf]

I freaking love Wilco and The Mermaid Ave records are two of my all time favorites, but they kind of sound like shit here. Billy clearly wasn't involved in the practice sessions.

[@nestorian9]

@trickydickynavis and then Tweedy inexplicably said he Bragg was full of sh**. At least according to what I read. Tweedy=Mystery.