The Chicago six-piece Wilco played a total of 95 songs from their vast catalog over a three-night stand at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul on Dec. 13 to 15. True to the shows’ billing, each night featured no repeats, as well as no opening acts.

Singer and guitarist Jeff Tweedy led his talented group through detailed and passionate versions of songs spanning all the way from their 1994 debut A.M. up through this year’s Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP. With a dedicated crew deftly handling a steady stream of guitar changes, the sets stayed in tune and on time. With Tweedy’s surefooted vocals leading the way, jubilant bassist John Stirratt shared center stage and contributed key harmonies. Pat Sansone split his time between keyboards for the ambient moments and strapping on an electric guitar to strike some Townshend-esque poses and windmills for the rockers with more firepower.

Glenn Kotche employed a wealth of techniques on the drums, holding the crew together, and then letting go for a huge closing solo during “Let's Not Get Carried Away” on Saturday evening. Keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen ensured that the multi-layered compositions could feel just as full as their recorded versions, if not moreso. Guitar hero Nels Cline showed just as much gentle feel for a lap steel as he did raw abandon on his electric guitars. His ripping solos — such as on Sunday’s performance of “Impossible Germany” — often shifted the entire room’s mood as the band hit upon their alt-country, folk, psychedelic, and drone sides.

Plenty of fans hit all three nights, and they were rewarded with an onslaught of big hits, hidden gems, and an occasional clever aside from Tweedy. Underneath the jokes, the band came off as serious about delivering their material well, and genuinely appreciative for how well the whole thing landed.

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Friday, Dec. 13, 2024

1. Company In My Back

2. Should've Been in Love

3. Country Song Upside-Down

4. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart

5. Hints

6. Country Disappeared

7. Misunderstood

8. From Far Away

9. How to Fight Loneliness

10. It's Just That Simple

11. Tired of Taking It Out On You

12. Venus Stopped the Train

13. Secret of the Sea

14. Hesitating Beauty

15. Bird Without a Tail / Base of My Skull

INTERMISSION

16. Someone Else's Song

17. You Satellite

18. Hell is Chrome

19. Panthers

20. Levee

21. One Wing

22. You Are My Face

23. Pot Kettle Black

24. Box Full of Letters

25. I'm Always In Love

26. Random Name Generator

27. Theologians

28. I'm the Man Who Loves You

29. A Shot in the Arm

Encore:

30. Too Far Apart

31. Heavy Metal Drummer

Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024

1. Spiders (Kidsmoke)

2. Wishful Thinking

3. Evicted

4. Art of Almost

5. Muzzle Of Bees

6. Sunken Treasure

7. She's a Jar

8. Handshake Drugs

9. Either Way

10. Bob Dylan's 49th Beard

11. Remember the Mountain Bed

12. If I Ever Was A Child

13. Quiet Amplifier

14. Less Than You Think

INTERMISSION

15. The Late Greats

16. Blue Eyed Soul

17. Whole Love

18. Cold Slope

19. King of You

20. Laminated Cat (Aka Not For The Season)

21. Camera

22. Side with the Seeds

23. What Light

24. Jesus, Etc.

25. Say You Miss Me

26. Hate It Here

27. Monday

28. Outtasite (Outta Mind)

29. I'm A Wheel

Encore:

30. Casino Queen

31. Let's Not Get Carried Away

Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024

1. Via Chicago

2. Poor Places

3. Reservations

4. Sky Blue Sky

5. Shouldn't Be Ashamed

6. I Am My Mother

7. Cruel Country

8. Love Is Everywhere (Beware)

9. War On War

10. Sad Kind of Way

11. Meant to Be

12. Ashes of American Flags

13. Forget the Flowers

14. Everyone Hides

15. One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend)

INTERMISSION

16. Annihilation

17. At Least That's What You Said

18. Hummingbird

19. On and On and On

20. Can't Stand It

21. Sonny Feeling

22. Hotel Arizona

23. Impossible Germany

24. Passenger Side

25. A Magazine Called Sunset

26. Dawned On Me

27. Walken

28. Kingpin

29. I Got You (At the End of the Century)

Encore:

30. Falling Apart (Right Now)

31. California Stars

32. Candyfloss

33. Kicking Television