Uncle Tupelo - Whiskey Bottle - Acoustic

[Janux83]

Que buenos eran!

[ryan06105]

Was bored silly by the new Wilco album so I decided to download Uncle Tupelo's No Depression. Wow. Not only is it better than the new Wilco but I think it might be better than any Wilco album.

[kamrade1]

@ryan06105 I recommend "Anodyne" too

[Allanoster]

The sound of people chasing money, and money gettin' away. Brilliant!

[mkerwin1]

Jeff: call Jay.

Jay: call Jeff.

We need your music again. Can everyone post this on every UT video?

Thank You from your very passionate fans.  Requested on 6/17/11.

[jczother]

@mkerwin1 I loved U T, Wilco's in Chicago playing with great musicians. Jay's still here in St. Louis happy plying his songs with deep meaning and like Woody said, 3 chords is all you need unless your showing out for a girl. I love them both and still play my Tupelo C.D's they brought back to St. Louis a music long forgotten and them days are gone. keep movin' on...

[Geoffsdad]

Nice version! I wish they performed the chorus as powerful as on the studio album. This is similar to the demo version, nice and folky!!

[Anodyne2000]

WOW What a great blast from the past!!!

[sw0rd0fadvers1ty]

The song makes you feel not so bad for being a drunk. Not forever, just for now :D.

[MultiJoben]

These people just didn't know what they were seeing at the time.Given another chance they would shut their fucking mouths and listen up

[Flight00700]

Хоть и я не понимаю про что там поют, но мелодия душевная))

[Jimpeacfammusic]

My personal beef....ego monsters talkin their butts off while craftsmen are singing. When I play live and this happens to me, I don't let it get to me...because I remember them doing the same thing to Chris thomas King, and many other immortals. When you say remember this is a college town..does this mean they have no idea what it means to really work?

[dantean]

@Jimpeacfammusic Chris thomas King?! Dude--Mozart had morons in the gallery eating sausage sandwiches, drinking beer and yelling at women on the opposite balcony while his operas were being performed on the stage before them! MOZART, okay!? Chris thomas King, indeed! I'm just sayin...

[DarryAZ56]

Jay is an American poet. Rock on.

[smalls2005sox]

Wheres on liquer ill spend my last dime????

[jazzy1972tiamaria]

I was there!

[Albeleo]

Fuckin' Son Volt...rules.....Jay Farrar...Jesus Christ....Jesus fucking Christ....

[rowdywanker]

I'll never understand all of the mindless chit chat. Talk is cheap. Uncle Tupelo is priceless my brothers!!!!!

[cineprep]

yeah... they are retards for talking through it.

[erykl777]

I can't believe the people in the audience are talking over this song! Don't they realize they're watching history?

[bhmorris1]

@erykl777 well they probably realized they were watching the present in 1992. Then again, this is a college town

[Manuz1234]

"Whiskey bottle over Jesus. Not forever, just for now" - beautiful. In its original version, the contrast between the verse and kickin' refrain is amazing. Who cares about the Jeff v. Jay competition - this is perhaps the greatest alt country song ever. Great to find this version.

[jjkcharlie]

@Manuz1234 It explains the Village persona to people who've never been. That small town mentality is prevalent throughout America.

[maynewal]

Jay farrar is SO much better than Jeff Tweedy!!! Much love to him. <3 ;)

[yorbacus]

Hmmm...Disagree with Jay being better than Jeff.

[thepoliticsofstarvin]

i mean durin the uncle tupelo years i think they are definately equal they both wrote some great song jay has whiskey bottle, anodyne and the like but jeff has some great ones like fatal wound, blake eye and new madrid. Post tupelo jay kicked ass on son volts first album and then dropped off while tweedy has continued to make great music with wilco

[tomonsterboy]

Such melancholy yet beautifully poetic perspectives on growing up in America! Thanks to Farrar & Tweedy & Co. for sharing all this wonderful music.  Uncle Tupelo RULES!

[MurphysLaww]

Saw them about this time at the now-defunct Liberty Lunch in Austin. I was deaf afterwards from trying to get too close.

[schnauzergurl]

MY UNCLE WENT TO SCHOOL WITH THESE PPLS!! HE WS IN THE SAME GRADE!!!!! I HAVE THE YEARBOOK TO PROVE IT!! lol

[scurt420]

If you are being serious. I would love to see the photos

[schnauzergurl]

i have to go to his house to get it!!!!!!!!! it might be a while!!!

[theampros]

I didn't read all the posts, but I remember the Liquor Guns and Ammo sign. It was across from The Steven's Holiday Motel where bands would often stay when they played the old Blue Note.

[hirudina]

I remember seeing UT a couple of times at the old Blue Note, maybe even THAT show. I wonder who has that sign now? I'd love to track it down. (DHHHS Class of '88 and still a fan).

[hirudina]

Wikipedia states that it's at Shakespeare's- I wonder if they'll part with it.

[feus76]

Spettacolare!!!!

[trophyloaf]

yeah, i saw them at the blue note on their farewell tour, too. i'm a bit fuzzy about the 'liquor, guns and ammo' sign, though. seems like there were a lot of small-ish towns with signs similar to that; the best being a billboard outside a pawn shop in Prescott, AZ that featured a teddy bear holding an M-16.

[Yousignhere]

The Liquor Guns and Ammo sign now resides in Shakespears Pizza in downtown Columbia Missouri.

[mattaki]

i've got a shirt from there.

it says "bass pro shop" on the back.

[plattform5163]

Thanks for sharing this great video!

[dhand34]

best band since the Stones

[phunseekr]

Really bummed I never saw them live... have seen SV and Wilco..but neither are as good as this. Guess we should consider ourselves lucky they ever ran into eachother in the first place.

[jjkcharlie]

When I was a kid, I used to read about these guys but never listened. So, a few years ago, I bought the anthology. This song was on there, I heard it and it moved me. The reason being that, it reminds me of living in the village.

[zelja63]

"the sound of people chasing money, & money getting away", classic line.

[suzisuzuki6]

whisky bottle over jesus, trouble around never far away, long way from happiness, not forever, just for now

[bigfatsnook]

is this the show at Slim's?

so awesome....

[BenVanzetti]

I can't believe so many people are talking while he's playing! Maybe b/c they played so often in IL. You don't know what ya got til it's gone.

[kevagonia]

hipsters always run their fucking mouths at shows. why bother paying to get in?

[GreensongOakheart]

@kevagonia because live music is not there forever just for now. I find the louder the band the louder the idiots. Still ...

[tienavva]

i cant stop watching this.

[amandalee7777]

wow, way to feel old, but this never ages..

[Manuz1234]

This is one of the greatest songs ever. "Whiskey bottle over Jesus. Not forever, just for now." Brilliant. That having been said, the CD version, with its modulations of atmosphere, is much better than this live version. Ultimate example of that high lonesome sound combined with rawkin' guitar.

[timmo618]

no depression....whatever that is.

[jordanward01]

freakin sweet video

[awolmacaque]

farrar far surpasses tweedy emotionally and lyrically

[porchlight70]

thank you. thank you. I've tried to point that out countless times to people. Also his vocals are incredible... when I hear "Moonshiner", I still get chills - even after all these years

[ddoubleprime]

But, alas, not creatively... He's more emotional, as long as you're emotional about coal miners and drinking yourself to death... ; )

Look, I love Jay Farrar's music, and his voice, and his words. "Moonshiner" gives me chills too.

I also love Tweedy's work. The last Wilco show I saw reminded me that guitar rock can still be done right. Why must we always argue and compare? Let them have their individual creative space.

Like Guns n'Roses, UT didn't burn long, but it burned oh-so-brightly.

[tweek301]

are you serious, you obviously havent seen tweedy live or bothered to read his lyrics.

[tdills101]

I also got to see the UT @ The Blue Note in COlumbia, MO and remember the "Liquor, guns, and ammo" sign on the Biz Loop. The radio station made a t-shirt about the sign . Thanks for all the great vids.

[weaverox]

I think I was there. Was this at Jake's (now called something else)? I know I saw UT in B-town way back when but god I have slept a few off since then!

[tizzidale]

Awesome. Thanks so much for these videos.

[Yousignhere]

When he sings at 4:12 'Liquor and guns the sign says quite plain' that refers to a sign that used to hang on the Business Loop 70 in Columbia Missouri. It hang on the wall outside the old Bass Pro shop for many years until the new BP moved in and made him take it down (and eventually ran him out of business). It was a big yellow sign that read 'Liquor, guns and ammo'.

I saw UT at the Blue Note in that town during there farewell tour back in '92. I was 17 years old. Best band ever!

[jb3691]

i m sorry but Wilco and Son Volt are shells of Uncle Tupelo. Unfortunately these two guys were better together. Thats the way it goes in music sometimes. I wish they didnt hate each other.

[marinius]

I second that (or third it if you like). I'm a huge fan of Tupelo, Wilco and Son Volt and watching all these "new" clips brought by mr. Elderly is pure unadulterated enjoyment. Thanks for so much great stuff man!

[anodyne7777]

Thank God for PantsElderly. I thought I had seen most of the video available on these guys several years ago, and here you have resurrected some real treasures. I love to hear "new" versions of "Whiskey Bottle!" Do you have any "Left A Slide" video other than the one from 1996 Austin City Limits?

[crawdad1]

pants elderly!!! i have been waiting years for you to arrive on youtube....thanks much

[420Honey]

Is that henneman? lol I think I did a shot with him this night..

[megaballs1]

Sticky!

[flgbsn62]

yessir, i dig that y'allternative,give this a listen, its a gud'n