Blog: Pigeons and Planes

There's something special about live music. But when you're brought into a musician's preparation process prior to his or her show, it's another level of extraordinary. It's like you were personally invited and led by the hand to a some intimate thing you weren't supposed to be a part of. Here's Wilco , Nick Lowe , and gospel singer Mavis Staples rehearsing "The Weight" (originally by The Band) in the make-up room back in December at the Civic Opera House in Chicago.