Wilco Busts Out ‘Cars Can’t Escape’ In New York City

Wilco continued their run celebrating the 20th anniversary of their landmark album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot at New York City’s United Palace Theatre on Saturday. Along with a performance of the LP, the Chicago rockers dusted off “Cars Can’t Escape” for night two in NYC.

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Night two saw Wilco once again welcoming the Total Pros horn section including Trey Anastasio Band trombonist Natalie Cressman as well as the Aizuri Quartet string section. Following the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot main set, which featured favorites like opener “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart,” “Jesus Etc,” “Heavy Metal Drummer,” “I’m The Man Who Loves You” and more, Wilco once again delivered a cover of “Be Not So Fearful” by English singer-songwriter Bill Fay, a song they had busted out the night previous. They followed with another tune they had dusted off the night before “Pieholden Suite.”

Next, Wilco delivered the first song not on the night one setlist, “Cars Can’t Escape.” According to SetlistFM stats, Wilco last performed the song on September 7 in San Francisco. The song dates back to the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot era and while it didn’t appear on the album, Wilco did include it on the 2014 compilation Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994–2014. An outtake from the 2002 documentary I Am Trying To Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco features frontman Jeff Tweedy and late multi-instrumentalist Jay Bennett, who the band honored on Friday, demoing the song on guitar and piano respectively.

Following “Cars Can’t Escape,” Wilco performed yet another tune they unshelved on Friday, “A Magazine Called Sunset,” which closed out the April 15 concert. But unlike Friday, Wilco continued on with four more songs beginning with “Hummingbird” from their 2004 album A Ghost Is Born. To close the evening, the band took it back to their 1996 album, Being There, with three songs from the double LP: “Red-Eyed Blue,” “I Got You (At The End Of The Century)” and “Outtasite (Outta Mind).”

Check out clips of “War On War,” “Heavy Metal Drummer” and “I Got You (At The End Of The Century)” below:

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Setlist

Wilco returns to the Palace United Theatre tonight as well as on Tuesday and Wednesday before wrapping up the YHF celebratory run with a three-night stand in their hometown of Chicago. Check out the dates:

Source: JamBase.com