Wilco, Laminated Cat (live), Fox Theater, Oakland, CA, October 18, 2021 (HD)

Wilco play the song "Laminated Cat" live in concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California on October 18, 2021. Laminated Cat appeared on the Loose Fur album in 2003. Loose Fur was a collaboration between Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche from Wilco and Jim O'Rourke from Sonic Youth. Wilco consists of Jeff Tweedy (lead vocals and guitar), Nels Cline (guitar), John Stirratt (bass), Glenn Kotche (drums), Mikael Jorgensen (keyboards), and Pat Sansone (guitar and keyboards). Wilco recently wrapped up their It's Time tour, but their most recent dates are the conclusion of the Ode To Joy tour, the last few dates of which were postponed because of the pandemic in March 2020.

===========================
Wilco official bio:

Throughout the past two-plus decades Wilco has won multiple Grammy Awards, released 11 studio albums, as well as a trio of albums with Billy Bragg penning music to lyrics by Woody Guthrie. They have founded their own record label (dBpm Records) and festival (Solid Sound). This year saw them curating Sky Blue Sky, a destination concert experience in Mexico, for the first time. The Chicago sextet continues to be regarded as a live powerhouse, as described by NPR “To see Wilco on stage is to hear the best of the best.” The band’s newest album, Ode To Joy, was released fall 2019.

Wilco return with Ode to Joy, out October 4th via dBpm Records. Ode to Joy comes three-plus years after the release of the “world-weary, wheezy – and wonderfully warm” (The Guardian) Schmilco, and encourages the act of finding joy in a dark political climate. The album presents a unique rhythm track and a minimalist instrumentation, with lyrics at once observant, hopeful, morbid, tolerant, and abstract. “Love is Everywhere (Beware),” the album’s extrospective lead single, is an upbeat, guitar-driven track that explores the dual joy and threat of a community focused on love.

Whether our joy is measured by sparks felt when clutching old sweaters to our chests, by the number of tiny digital hearts earned from a shared photograph, by a guitar solo or a drumbeat or a piece of cotton on a stick in your ear, or by something even greater, Wilco wants to sincerely remind us to wear that feeling loud and proud. This is Ode to Joy: pick it up, hold it tight.

===========================
Wilco - Ode To Joy live tour dates (2021):

10/5 - Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
10/6 - Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
10/8 - Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre
10/9 - Olympia, WA @ Washington Center for the Performing Arts
10/10 - Bellingham, WA @ Mount Baker Theatre
10/12 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
10/13 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
10/15 - Napa, CA @ Oxbow RiverStage
10/16 - San Jose, CA @ San Jose Civic
10/17 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
10/18 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
10/20 - Santa Barbara CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
10/22 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
10/23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
10/25 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
10/26 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre

===========================
Jeff Tweedy live tour dates (2021 - 2022)

12/22 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
12/23 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
12/28 - Los Angeles, CA @ Largo
12/29 - Los Angeles, CA @ Largo
12/30 - Los Angeles, CA @ Largo
1/1 - Los Angeles, CA @ Largo
1/2 - Los Angeles, CA @ Largo
1/5 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
1/6 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore

===========================
Laminated Cat lyrics:

Springtime comes
And the leaves are back
On the trees again
Snipers are harder to see
My friends
Weeding out your weekends

Summer comes
And gravity undoes you
You're happy because
Of the lovely way the sunshine bends
Hiding in the deep end
Weeding out your weekends

Candy left over from Halloween
A unified theory of everything
Love left over from lovers leaving
Books they all know
They're not worth reading

It's not for the season

When autumn comes
You sit in your chair
And you stare
At the TV square
Hiding from your close friends
Weeding out your weekends

Winter comes
And the days all start late
There's motion on the boughs
Where the dark shapes prowl
Feeling all your feelings
Feeling all your feelings

Candy left over from Halloween
A unified theory of everything
Love left over from lovers leaving
Books they all know
They're not worth reading
They're not worth reading

Written by Jeff Tweedy / Jim Kotche / Jim O'Rourke