White Wooden Cross by the Side of the Road
- Author
- Adam Nash, Meredith Hobbs Coons, Mary MacLane Mellas, Greta Stromquist
- Published
- Fri 28 May 2021
- Episode Link
- https://wilco-will-love-you.simplecast.com/episodes/white-wooden-cross-by-the-side-of-the-road-O6Yf65mq
- Have a listen to our song of the day: "White Wooden Cross."
- A Chicago Tribune article about roadside memorials felt appropriate given Wilco's Chicago ties.
- Susan Miller Tweedy continues to battle cancer. This is her most recent update and the fundraiser is active as of 5/25/2020. Plus, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is always accepting donations. Please give if you're able.
- Jeff Tweedy talks about both of his parents, both no longer with us, in Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc., which we have referenced many times.
- The book Meredith mentions that includes a section on "troubles telling" is You're the Only One I Can Tell by Deborah Tannen - highly recommended.
- The albums Warm and Sukierae came up again in this episode.
- This video is called "Jeff Tweedy on the idea of the tortured artist," so it should be the one Mary was talking about.
- Van Gogh said, "To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace." This supports Mary's assertion that he did his best work when he was centered and healthy.
- Is the guitar Flamenco-y?
- Here are the lyrics to "White Wooden Cross."
- Here's the sound it makes when the bokoblins blow their horns (for the whole band) in Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
- "Citizens" is our next song.
