At Least That’s What You Said - Wilco
4.22.06 - William and Mary Hall, Williamsburg, VA

A Ghost is Born was released on June 22, 2004. In the weeks leading up to the release, I shared an office with a Wilco fan who constantly played the free streaming preview provided on the Wilco website. It stuck with me. I couldn’t stop listening to it. Every track was mesmerizing. It’s one of my favorite albums from this decade.

It wasn’t until 22 months later that I finally caught Wilco live. Last time I had seen them live was September 1997, so long ago I don’t remember anything about the show except that I had a bad case of PDA with my girlfriend (now wife). This time around, we had a decent sized crew descend upon Williamsburg, Virginia to catch Wilco at William & Mary Hall.

Pregame was spent at the delis. After spending the summer of ‘94 in Williamsburg, I grew to really love hanging out at the delis. I even met Bruce Hornsby at Paul’s Deli during the couple months I spent there. The Green Leafe was packed leading up to the show. A great venue for Wilco pregame. As night fell, we walked over to campus to see the show.

William and Mary Hall is the basketball arena for the Tribe. A decent sized arena, no booze served, and the show was GA. When we got there, security was no longer allowing any more people on the floor. So we settled in to some seats and watched from there. For me, the show was great. My appetite for “A Ghost Is Born” had been growing for 22 months and we were served 9 songs from the album. The crowd energy was kind of lame though, especially after experiencing the crowd at Charlottesville the next night. There were a lot of people sitting down the entire show.

I don’t have a favorite track from “A Ghost Is Born”, nor a favorite song from this show. So, I decided to spotlight the first track from the album (from 4/22/06). In addition to this nugget, check out this photo gallery from the show, courtesy of Charles Harris and a couple very short clips below from the show that night.

Setlist:
Wilco, Saturday 4/22/06, William and Mary Hall - Williamsburg, VA

1. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
2. War On War
3. Company In My Back
4. Hell Is Chrome
5. Handshake Drugs
6. A Shot In The Arm
7. At Least That’s What You Said
8. Jesus, Etc.
9. Ashes Of American Flags
10. Theologians
11. Spiders (Kidsmoke)
12. Hummingbird
13. Walken
14. I’m The Man Who Loves You

Encore 1:
15. Via Chicago
16. Kingpin
17. The Late Greats

Encore 2:
18. Heavy Metal Drummer
19. I’m A Wheel

Jesus, etc. from 4/22/06:


A Shot in the Arm from 4/22/06: