"Ashes of American Flags" - the entire interview is up at <a href="http://www.stateofmindmusic.com/entry/628/Fading-Americana:-Brendan-Canty-and-Wilco%27s-Ashes-of-American-Flags/page=1">State of Mind Music</a>.

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<blockquote> A tacit narrative seems to rise to the surface as the film takes us from venue to venue‚ and it becomes apparent that this film is not simply just about a band playing a few kick-ass live shows on a national tour. The venues they picked‚ many of which I have had the pleasure of playing myself‚ are musical landmarks. They are venues that are steeped in our American musical history‚ from Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma where Bob Willis used to stand onstage with his fiddle leading his band through a set of western swing‚ to Tipitina's in New Orleans that proudly displays a portrait of Professor Longhair above the stage -- whose song the venue was named after‚ to The 9:30 Club in D.C. that gave many early '80s hardcore bands‚ as well as Fugazi‚ a chance to bring their music and their message to a fired-up and earnest group of young people.</blockquote>

