Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Philco Does Ripple

While the left coast waits for Barack Obama to do his best Bill Graham impersonation, we turn our attention to the 1999 Mountain Air Festival…

Scotty dug up this video over the weekend, and while we’re currently heavy on all things Phil Lesh, the clip’s too cool not to publish this afternoon. Wilco, sounding more akin to its actual alt-country days, invited the former Grateful Dead bassist on stage to join the group in a round of Ripple. I used the word “cool” there because it’s far from “excellent,” something that should have been apparent when Phil walked on stage without his bass. Phil on guest vocals?! Yahtzee. But the collaboration is worth noting, and well worth watching, if for nothing else than to remind yourself what a clean-cut Jeff Tweedy looks like. Gander, take one:

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Is it really that much to ask to get Tweedy involved in an “& Friends” show?