Wilco - California Stars (Live at Farm Aid 1998)

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • Wilco performs "California Stars" live at the Farm Aid concert in Tinley Park, Illinois on October 3rd, 1998. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.
    For more information about Farm Aid, visit: farmaid.org/you...
    Farm Aid's performances are donated by the artists in order to raise funds and raise awareness for family farmers. They've raised their voices to help - what can you do?

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  • @helenjones9195
    @helenjones9195 2 года назад +176

    Over the course of my life I've accumulated a handful of 'perfect' songs. The ones that no matter if I hear it on the radio, a playlist or in a store, I will stop, close my eyes and revel in the music. This is one of those songs.

    • @brandyncosner8137
      @brandyncosner8137 2 года назад +7

      One of mine too

    • @johnbatson8779
      @johnbatson8779 Год назад +6

      yes and Blue from the Jayhawks

    • @urwholefamilydied
      @urwholefamilydied Год назад +1

      yep. Weird that it's credited Wilco/Billy Bragg. He had nothing to do with it. That whole backsory is really strange.

    • @andrewkrek5699
      @andrewkrek5699 Год назад +4

      100%, plus Love Letter by Nick Cave. Doing more in three chords than most can do with many.

    • @christopherwelch136
      @christopherwelch136 Год назад

      Moi aussi.

  • @saleem12333
    @saleem12333 4 месяца назад +69

    who else is listening to this in 2024

  • @smithjordan480
    @smithjordan480 7 месяцев назад +20

    One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard! And this is the best version of it I've found online.

  • @stevefaure415
    @stevefaure415 2 года назад +18

    Jay Bennett was just loaded with talent. A shame he never really got to shine

  • @michaelstrickand3858
    @michaelstrickand3858 6 лет назад +108

    This is like potato chips. You can't watch just one...every time I come here, I have to play it 10 times. And then once more, etc., etc., etc.

  • @deidrec624
    @deidrec624 7 лет назад +129

    I first heard this song, then bought the album, in Seattle in 1998 right before I decided to move to California. It might've helped me make the decision. I'm still here and eventually married the reason I made the move. This song means so much to me.

    • @DORIANGREY1986
      @DORIANGREY1986 5 лет назад +2

      Beautiful story! I'm dreaming of moving to California as well!

    • @billblondeau4269
      @billblondeau4269 4 года назад +1

      Well, girl yeah.
      Hugs and kisses. This song is phenomenal.

    • @brandyncosner8137
      @brandyncosner8137 3 года назад +3

      I was in Baltimore throwing newspapers and heard these guys. Never looked back

    • @stormbringercoming8105
      @stormbringercoming8105 Год назад +1

      @@DORIANGREY1986
      California is just a dream. The reality is a nightmare.

    • @paulj6756
      @paulj6756 9 дней назад

      ​@@stormbringercoming8105Sort of what George Carlin said about the American Dream?

  • @leolyon2373
    @leolyon2373 Год назад +10

    They may not be in the Hall of Fame, but they are in my Hall of Fame. I miss California so.

  • @MikeCohenSF
    @MikeCohenSF 8 лет назад +78

    One of my all-time favorite songs.

  • @rtyghoy711
    @rtyghoy711 6 лет назад +92

    That is a perfect song , I’m having that at my funeral

    • @myriammeijer6537
      @myriammeijer6537 5 лет назад +2

      That will keep me thinking, I'll write this on an paper.

    • @bb3866
      @bb3866 5 лет назад

      Same

    • @e1ochai
      @e1ochai 4 года назад +2

      Not waiting for my funeral to hear this song.

    • @johncoltrane7899
      @johncoltrane7899 Год назад

      Me too. This, and Sabotage by the Beastie Boys. Two perfect songs.

    • @kentferguson3094
      @kentferguson3094 Год назад

      Played at my daughter’s funeral. She’d lived and gone to school in Arcata California

  • @lorihendrix5565
    @lorihendrix5565 5 месяцев назад +7

    Love this song. Amazing performance 👏

  • @UncleDon8
    @UncleDon8 11 лет назад +46

    I love the simple chord changes and lovely, simple melody. Woody would be very pleased.

    • @karmayangzom5497
      @karmayangzom5497 3 года назад +2

      Can you imagine being gifted this song by Woody’s widow? What an honor❤️

    • @jtb1649
      @jtb1649 2 года назад

      one of the best bands out there. original tremendous song writing

  • @DerekDempsey-q4b
    @DerekDempsey-q4b 16 дней назад

    Rest in peace Jay Bennett. You are a great guitar player, musician. You are sorely missed. Bless you.

  • @steinfeld.motors
    @steinfeld.motors 4 года назад +12

    here I am slightly drunk again and smoking cigarettes again knowing it's time to call it a day and go to sleep but just repeating this song over and over again. not complaining, just saying.

  • @gregwalker1913
    @gregwalker1913 2 года назад +37

    This is music at it's best. The music of Wilco and Billy Bragg; the poetry of Woody Guthrie and an impassioned delivery by the performers. Such a melody, such a song.

  • @kellychesnut7534
    @kellychesnut7534 4 года назад +8

    Love you all from CD101. My hubby fixed your van one weird day in Columbus, OH

  • @ZR1Terror
    @ZR1Terror 5 лет назад +44

    What an awesome song. I just discovered it today thanks to Spotify.

  • @julieshipparts
    @julieshipparts Год назад +5

    Thanks for this song...best ever.

  • @speedblue88
    @speedblue88 6 лет назад +49

    THIS was Wilco. Right in the middle of their golden age. They were never the same without Ken & Jay. Fun days and great memories.

    • @billblondeau4269
      @billblondeau4269 4 года назад +2

      Love this song so much. Billy Bragg for the win.

  • @rarethen9
    @rarethen9 9 месяцев назад +3

    i will never forget listening to this song for the first time

  • @tasteofmusic6915
    @tasteofmusic6915 3 года назад +4

    I gotta watch this every night before i sleep

  • @miken8558
    @miken8558 8 лет назад +50

    Jay Bennet was awesome, so sad he departed the way he did from life and the band, classic Wilco lineup with Ken playing drums hard and heavy.

  • @groovy65baby
    @groovy65baby 7 лет назад +42

    Jay Bennett was such a great musician and perfect for this band. This is the Wilco lineup that mattered!

    • @rtifishul
      @rtifishul 2 года назад +4

      Love the way you put it, Jay was brilliant!

    • @TheTangerineClub
      @TheTangerineClub 3 месяца назад

      Very good indeed. Even amazing if you want. But current Wilco is better.

  • @2009hturner
    @2009hturner 10 лет назад +32

    This is the best Wilco lineup ever.....

    • @wildsmiley
      @wildsmiley 9 лет назад +11

      I prefer Tweedy-Bennett-Kotche-Stirrat-Bach (the YHF lineup) but still, this lineup here was the one on Being There, the album that introduced me to Wilco and also on Summerteeth, which my favorite album of theirs.

    • @BrianStL21
      @BrianStL21 6 лет назад +8

      Dunno. Nels is awesome, man.

    • @jamescourier1545
      @jamescourier1545 5 лет назад +5

      @@BrianStL21 Nels is too technical IMO. I prefer Wilco before YHF

  • @jw6948
    @jw6948 6 лет назад +18

    Man....I miss the 90s

  • @andrewfbradley
    @andrewfbradley 3 года назад +15

    I'm from California, living in the Midwest now. Whenever I hear this song, I am transported back to the Anza Borrego desert, watching the full panorama of stars and getting high on how connected we all are as specs of matter amidst the vastness of the universe. And then I celebrate how lucky I am to be able to see Wilco every year when they swing through my adopted home, St. Louis.

    • @barbaravandyk4655
      @barbaravandyk4655 2 года назад

      WOODIE GUTHRIE wrote this song

    • @PuttEnEye
      @PuttEnEye Год назад

      St. Louis was my adopted home. I sort of feel that way about StL as you feel about Calif😊rnia. Now I’m in Chapel Hill.

    • @coreypulford6971
      @coreypulford6971 6 месяцев назад

      Spent some time in cali and i hated it till i went up north and understood what it was about ❤

  • @donaldbulloch9426
    @donaldbulloch9426 2 года назад +4

    Playing for the fourth time today. I’m on a plane and’ll be in Joshua Tree tonight. At the JT Inn naturally.

  • @joe44850
    @joe44850 5 лет назад +26

    Over 20 years ago. Where did the time go, I still think of these guys as a "new" band :-D

    • @paulj6756
      @paulj6756 Год назад +1

      Well, considering they were almost an entirely different band back then...!

  • @JamesQuitadamo
    @JamesQuitadamo 12 лет назад +64

    Dear God;
    Please take excellent care of Jay Bennet
    Thanks from all earthlings

  • @sdfswords
    @sdfswords 2 года назад +5

    Makes me smile, being a native Californian.

  • @jmarks73-STL
    @jmarks73-STL 11 лет назад +27

    God we miss you Jay. :-(

  • @dokkus
    @dokkus 2 года назад +7

    what a lineup. i love wilco, no matter the combination.

    • @cbartal1
      @cbartal1 2 года назад

      Jay wrote this one

  • @dogcatparty7371
    @dogcatparty7371 3 года назад +1

    Found this 'Wilco' after watching the film 'King of California.' Ideally, everyone who loves nature should watch and discuss that film. G'Day

  • @kelliebrand5625
    @kelliebrand5625 11 лет назад +9

    Jeff Tweedy is an old soul..... love this song!!

  • @jixxxxer17
    @jixxxxer17 9 лет назад +16

    I can't stop watching this video wow !

  • @myriammeijer6537
    @myriammeijer6537 6 лет назад +4

    While I was playing on the playground, watching the sunset in Holland, 2years old...
    Now I'm 21, realizing this, while listening to this beautiful perfomance

  • @cracklinrosie11
    @cracklinrosie11 12 лет назад +9

    Best live version of this song ever!!

  • @randellbaisden8228
    @randellbaisden8228 8 месяцев назад +1

    The bass player has an infectious groove. Best version of a great song with a perfect amount of imperfection here or there

  • @meko3089
    @meko3089 Год назад +2

    30 years came full circle in San Francisco. I will always love you. thanks for the memories.

  • @lynncohen2897
    @lynncohen2897 3 года назад +2

    Mmm .. such a good song, a lot of memories .. I keep coming back to it.

  • @bretoff
    @bretoff 11 лет назад +51

    My eyes were closed and I swear my ears heard Keith Richards playing on this greatness ......

    • @jeffy.1783
      @jeffy.1783 10 лет назад +11

      Looks like Jay is in Open G capo 2nd fret....heavily influenced from Keith here

    • @Staylogical
      @Staylogical 10 лет назад +13

      Jay is the only guitar player besides Keith I've ever heard make that sound.Such a sweet chord sound.

    • @andyinoregon
      @andyinoregon 8 лет назад +3

      +oleole52 The guitar intro here takes you right into The Stones' "Let It Bleed."

    • @jeffy.1783
      @jeffy.1783 7 лет назад +6

      andyinoregon if you like this sound I would suggest the stones stickey fingers and exile on main st

    • @juliadelgado9446
      @juliadelgado9446 5 лет назад

      yes! you're right. I've never pondered this before..

  • @taur611
    @taur611 5 лет назад +6

    This song still gives me goose bumps.

  • @jamiezelinski2838
    @jamiezelinski2838 5 месяцев назад +1

    They hang like grapes, on vines that shine and warm a lovers glass. Saw Jeff Tweedy, solo, 20 k audience, everyone was mesmerized

  • @norms1980
    @norms1980 6 лет назад +2

    What a nice tribute song to Cali. I love this happy little song.

  • @Handlemcdaniel
    @Handlemcdaniel 4 года назад +3

    Best Wilco lineup.

  • @stratenec
    @stratenec 6 лет назад +5

    the best version of california stars, thanks for sharring

  • @Bedianamight1
    @Bedianamight1 5 лет назад +2

    Beautiful Touching SOng, SOund & Lyrics "So I'd give this world Just to dream a dream with you On our bed of California stars"...

  • @maitrem
    @maitrem 5 месяцев назад +1

    I always swap California Stars for San Franciscan Stars, it fits nicely and I'm such a San Franciscan LOVER!

  • @susankelly7844
    @susankelly7844 2 года назад +1

    So young! Soundtrack of my life

  • @joetomasik2550
    @joetomasik2550 3 года назад +1

    Hard to believe this wasn’t in the top 10 songs

  • @MyriamLovesDrawing
    @MyriamLovesDrawing 9 лет назад +5

    Great to see their audience. they deserve it

  • @JohnDoe-jj8sp
    @JohnDoe-jj8sp 7 лет назад +10

    Love it, from Harlingen, Texas.👍

  • @catejames6453
    @catejames6453 5 лет назад +4

    Awww 🥰 his boys look so much like him here!!

  • @TorHadrian1
    @TorHadrian1 7 лет назад +9

    One of my favorite songs by Wilco, and what a live performance!

  • @barbaravandyk4655
    @barbaravandyk4655 2 года назад +3

    Great singer, great song, and great songwriter: WOODIE GUTHRIE.

  • @peterottes6900
    @peterottes6900 6 месяцев назад

    Just a perfect song played impeccably! Damn, I love Wilco..

  • @cjpearceyt
    @cjpearceyt 3 года назад +2

    Never ever ever get tired of this love love it so much

  • @TimmyEatsWorld
    @TimmyEatsWorld 7 лет назад +66

    Nothing against Nes Cline, but Bennett era Wilco (1995-2001)is really their peak.
    "Being there", "Summerteeth" , YHFT, Mermaid Avenue albums.
    So amazing.

    • @christopherjones9266
      @christopherjones9266 6 лет назад +10

      T Lewis I love and miss Jay Bennett, but Nels is real dang good.

    • @bamadave83
      @bamadave83 5 лет назад +14

      In studio, yes. Live the current iteration slays.

    • @andrewptob
      @andrewptob 4 года назад +4

      Being There is their best album in my opinion, but I also think that as a live band, the Nels Cline era is their best.

    • @weezer91101
      @weezer91101 4 года назад +1

      ahh thats a mere opinion.. mere at that

    • @briancullen9575
      @briancullen9575 3 года назад +1

      Tough to disagree with that, though Nels and Glen are amazing.

  • @hectorsanchez4624
    @hectorsanchez4624 4 года назад +3

    I love this song

  • @MrMonikerjay
    @MrMonikerjay 10 лет назад +26

    I miss Jay...He was soooo good.

  • @brandyncosner8137
    @brandyncosner8137 Год назад

    For the upthteent time. May I present,'Wilco'.

  • @jacquelinevalle6264
    @jacquelinevalle6264 7 лет назад +2

    I heard this song live last night, one of my favorite songs ever

  • @andgolivemusicplaylists
    @andgolivemusicplaylists Год назад

    I'm from the jersey shore and have never seen any stars, let alone California stars. Until then I'll just have to dream a dream...

  • @jeffanderson8384
    @jeffanderson8384 11 лет назад +3

    this song always makes me smile...

  • @Staylogical
    @Staylogical 5 лет назад +6

    That guitar player makes that sound! It's so sweet.He's the only one I've heard make it besides Keith Richards.I've heard he's sadly passed on.That means that when Keith dies 100 years from now,we'll never hear it again.

    • @rainblaze.
      @rainblaze. 4 года назад +1

      oleole52
      keef died about thirty years ago but his body was so full of "substance" it just hasn't lay down yet

  • @stormbringercoming8105
    @stormbringercoming8105 6 лет назад +24

    This song makes me wanna drive up and all over the Golden State in a convertible with my favorite gal by my side, a fistfull of cash, and my troubles far far behind me in the rear view. And my dog in the backseat enjoying the ride, tongue hangin’out, wearing a sporty pair of Ray-Bans. When it happens, I’ll let yall know.

    • @jtb1649
      @jtb1649 2 года назад

      dog in the back seat .................classic

  • @mountainfaerie6686
    @mountainfaerie6686 9 лет назад +1

    Coming to Ketchum, ID, on August 16th ~ it's awesome when your fav band comes to your fav hometown!

  • @RNSShepard
    @RNSShepard 5 лет назад +3

    best version ever!

  • @sturnira7184
    @sturnira7184 8 лет назад +15

    OMG I just heard this song for the first time on New girl, I love the song, I love his voice, the lyrics, can't believe I never heard it before, this video is 18 years old, just beautiful

    • @lolttyl143
      @lolttyl143 8 лет назад +3

      +Carollia The lyrics were actually written by Woody Guthrie. Listen to more Wilco so that you can grasp how talented of a lyricist Jeff Tweedy is.

    • @lhart99
      @lhart99 8 лет назад +2

      +Sturnira I had the same reaction when I hears this song. LOL :-)

    • @aftermath5981
      @aftermath5981 8 лет назад +2

      +lolttyl143 +Sturnira Yeah I suggest She's A Jar, probably my favourite lyrics from Wilco (although I love the whole of Summerteeth)

    • @timaltoft3612
      @timaltoft3612 6 лет назад

      Sturnira :-)

  • @gringogreen4719
    @gringogreen4719 4 года назад +2

    Love this version!😎👍✨✨✨

  • @potomafia
    @potomafia 4 года назад +3

    Man, Jeff and Jay getting along on stage and in studio...magic. Soon enough Jay would be the source of many a migraine. With just a slightly different set of personalities/problems we might have had many more years of great output

  • @rockjade4860
    @rockjade4860 10 лет назад +2

    Beautiful song !!!

  • @timsohn899
    @timsohn899 8 лет назад +1

    My brother introduced me to Jeff Tweedy about 6-8 yrs ago. I've been to see Jeff once and Wilco once. Great shows great musicians and Jeff is a good story teller. There's a song One Sunday Morning that I hoped guys would sing and you didn't at either show. It's absolutely one of the greatest songs I've ever heard. I mean that. I will see you any time you come to Oregon. I just hope you guys do that song one of those visits. I do like your live performances a lot.

  • @kellyguthrie1247
    @kellyguthrie1247 7 лет назад +67

    Lyrics by Woody Guthrie!

  • @shirlsfitzy1
    @shirlsfitzy1 6 лет назад +2

    My ringtone!! ❤️❤️

  • @chrisconnor5418
    @chrisconnor5418 7 лет назад +3

    for my entire life, since I was 6 (when this song came out) i thought this was a beach boys song. I've been a Wilco fan for a looong time and I always thought that they had covered the beach boys version.... I had this whole romantic concept of this nostalgic beach boys version which was, the entire time... Wilco!!!

  • @O2AFAC67
    @O2AFAC67 10 лет назад +3

    Wonderful!! Thank you so much for sharing!
    Kind Regards,
    Ron from Texas

  • @CamLocke-dt4wv
    @CamLocke-dt4wv 3 месяца назад

    I agree with H. I love the beat, the style of music, etc.

  • @hiphoplover1974
    @hiphoplover1974 3 года назад

    Just chillin with a few cold ones at 2:15am..........oh yeah,,,,CA time under the fall season CA stars. Cheers!!!

  • @memorypools
    @memorypools 5 лет назад +6

    I'd like to rest my heavy head tonight
    On a bed of California stars
    I'd like to lay my weary bones tonight
    On a bed of California stars
    I'd love to feel
    Your hand touching mine
    And tell me why
    I must keep working on
    Yes I'd give my life
    To lay my head tonight on a bed
    Of California stars
    I'd like to dream
    My troubles all away
    On a bed of California stars
    Jump up from my star bed
    Make another day
    Underneath my California stars
    They hang like grapes
    On vines that shine
    And warm the lovers' glass
    Like friendly wine
    So I'd give this world
    Just to dream a dream with you
    On our bed of California stars
    I'd like to rest my heavy head tonight
    On a bed of California stars
    I'd like to lay my weary bones tonight
    On a bed of California stars
    I'd love to feel
    Your hand touching mine
    And tell me why
    I must keep working on
    Yes I'd give my life
    To lay my head tonight on a bed
    Of California stars
    I'd like to dream
    My troubles all away
    On a bed of California stars
    Jump up from my star bed
    Make another day
    Underneath my California stars
    They hang like grapes
    On vines that shine
    And warm the lovers' glass
    Like friendly wine
    So I'd give this world
    Just to dream a dream with you
    On our bed of California stars
    So I'd give this world
    Just to dream a dream with you
    On our bed of California stars

  • @v8281
    @v8281 3 года назад +1

    Love this song so much 💜 BTW I used to live in Wilco and these guys played Austin all the time. I used to see them play live every chance I got!!!

  • @multicaruana
    @multicaruana 5 лет назад +1

    Really great. I heard this song so often on the radio in the late 90's and now I get to see it performed live. Thanks!

  • @brandyncosner8137
    @brandyncosner8137 5 лет назад +2

    I dig this

  • @turtleman6281
    @turtleman6281 2 года назад

    King of California movie brought me here great song great movie

  • @jamesayers5617
    @jamesayers5617 4 года назад +1

    I love these guys.

  • @okrajoe
    @okrajoe 7 лет назад +4

    Looks so young. So long ago.

  • @johnsumner6593
    @johnsumner6593 8 лет назад +2

    heard this song on WXRT from chicago, love it

  • @dunlapmusic8850
    @dunlapmusic8850 7 лет назад +14

    Jeff Tweedy, dad fashion icon.

    • @tuanjim799
      @tuanjim799 7 лет назад

      normcore lol

    • @laurelcreagh9419
      @laurelcreagh9419 5 лет назад

      The funny thing is that I was just thinking about how his style there is classic, but that the oversized looking suit jackets/blazers look kinda silly.

  • @dancindutchweasel
    @dancindutchweasel 7 лет назад +2

    That drummer rules!

  • @hanneloregermer2177
    @hanneloregermer2177 2 года назад +1

    Just great!!! 🤍

  • @mubbamubba
    @mubbamubba 6 лет назад +4

    Rest in Peace Jay

  • @poffie67
    @poffie67 9 лет назад

    einer der geilsten songs aller zeiten

  • @TheWilhelmBrothers
    @TheWilhelmBrothers 9 лет назад +1

    Great Song!

  • @turbovettez1759
    @turbovettez1759 7 лет назад +3

    Why didn't I ever give them a chance? Oh wow this is excellent. I researched Jeff Tweedy because of an Eric Church song Mr Misunderstood. Glad I did.

  • @Gianpaolo2ina
    @Gianpaolo2ina 12 лет назад +2

    forever Wilco!

  • @myriammeijer6537
    @myriammeijer6537 5 лет назад

    Oh really Iisten to this every week or more. And it stays good

  • @davidmontgomery6126
    @davidmontgomery6126 6 лет назад +2

    Jay rocks!!! And yes I could see Keith playing this.

  • @monster991000
    @monster991000 6 лет назад +1

    I will always associate this awesome song with the tv show Ray Donovan. When his father Micky is getting processed in jail this song played the whole time. Love this song.

  • @daniellebeer2890
    @daniellebeer2890 8 лет назад +2

    love love love!

  • @historynerd85
    @historynerd85 5 месяцев назад

    The worst part is people think this is a Wilco song, and don't give credit

  • @moonlitme
    @moonlitme 6 лет назад +1

    Awesome!