Chicago Theatre - Chicago, IL (June 9th, 10th, & 11th) Roll Call

[oistheone]

John, how awesome it is that you not only have a video to remember that sweet interaction, but also that you were able to ROCK IN THE PIT FOR A JACKET SHOW! So glad to hear all fronts!

Also, huge points to Pat -- what a genuinely caring thing to do. Warms the heart!

[ericm]

John, how awesome it is that you not only have a video to remember that sweet interaction, but also that you were able to ROCK IN THE PIT FOR A JACKET SHOW! So glad to hear all fronts!

Also, huge points to Pat -- what a genuinely caring thing to do. Warms the heart!

He didn't just rock the pit, he had his elbows ON THE STAGE, and was rocking some prime Rail Estate!!     

[CHIMMJFAN]

Some of you know I was in dire straits last fall, when heart surgery went south and I almost died, repeatedly.  After 10 days on life support, two months in ICU, 204 units of blood, and additional surgery, I survived the ordeal.

My brother told the band about my plight and they were great.  Carl called me at the hospital and they sent me a get well card package.

Then the last night in Chicago happened.  My first time making it through a full show on my feet.  Better yet, on the rail, Carl side.  It was epic.  At the end of the show, One Big Holiday, the band came out for a bow and Patrick then came over to ask me how I was doing.  Melted my heart after melting my face.

You can see the moment at 7:15 on this video...

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That's very cool John! Yeah I remember seeing Patrick and Carl heading towards the PIT while the other guys were lining up to take a bow....I didn't know Patrick was stopping by you. Just goes to show the type of guys they are. Sorry I missed you at the Chicago shows but I'm sure I'll see you at one of the Milwaukee shows or soundcheck there!

CHIMMJFAN

[Emb1528]

In honor of the Chicago Blackhawks (and some of their fans I met during my stay in Chicago), I am posting this photo I took on the Chicago River while taking the Architectural Boat Tour on June 10, 2015 (Night 2 of the 3 Night Run).



(I don't normally pay any attention to hockey, but I did watch the last two games after having spent 3 days there in the midst of the whole playoffs mania thing up in Chicago. This is for the MMJ/Blackhawks fans I met last week!)

LETS GO HAWKS!!! YES BABY!! WHAT A GREAT PICTURE WHITE!!!!!

[armando]

[Stevie]

so did I miss it or have we still not found out what night got broadcasted and if anyone was able to capture it or not?

[parkervb]

so did I miss it or have we still not found out what night got broadcasted and if anyone was able to capture it or not?

don't think there's been any announcement, at least that I can see on WXRT site.

[walterfredo]

"Hope you're awesome"  ??


edit:  or is Hope your last name? 

[MyMorningSweatshirt]

"Hope you're awesome"  ??


edit:  or is Hope your last name?

No, my last name is not Hope. Her response kind of threw me off a bit at first too. I guess she was just "hoping" I was having an "awesome" day or am doing "awesome" in general. In any case, I hope THEY (WXRT) ARE AWESOME and do actually broadcast this show on Sunday from 7:30 to 9:30. The only thing that sort of concerns me is that the shows lasted more than 2 hours. Will there be edits, will some songs get cut, or will they go past 9:30 to fit in the entire show? We shall see...

I've got Sunday at 7:30 set in my calendar to record. Hope WXRT pulls through this time and actually broadcasts it.

[parkervb]

I REALLY hope its Night 2 because that I Think I'm Going to Hell is GTFOH-good.

[IMeMine]

Some of you know I was in dire straits last fall, when heart surgery went south and I almost died, repeatedly.  After 10 days on life support, two months in ICU, 204 units of blood, and additional surgery, I survived the ordeal.

My brother told the band about my plight and they were great.  Carl called me at the hospital and they sent me a get well card package.

Then the last night in Chicago happened.  My first time making it through a full show on my feet.  Better yet, on the rail, Carl side.  It was epic.  At the end of the show, One Big Holiday, the band came out for a bow and Patrick then came over to ask me how I was doing.  Melted my heart after melting my face.

You can see the moment at 7:15 on this video...

! No longer available

Johnny Yac,
It was so nice to see you again at Chicago.  I'm so glad you are doing well and so happy for you that you had a unique and heartfelt experience with the band.  They really do care and you do so much for them and their fans, it's right that they should be appreciative.  I wish you health and a long lifetime of MMJ shows!
Rabiah

PS I love the posters....

[johnnYYac]

Rabiah, any chance you were in front of me on night 1?  I was mainfloor 3R DD Seat 306.

Sorry for your shitty experience during night 2.  Been there many times.  If a polite request to quiet down doesn't work, get security. 

Hope to see you at another show. 

[MusiKel Mama]

I'm planning on recording the Bonnaroo livestream, so I'll do my best to record the XRT broadcast as well. Hopefully they don't overlap, but if they do I'll just fire up my wife's computer and hope my crappy Uverse connection can handle the bandwidth.

I don't know what's going on with the Chicago show on XRT. I even called them up again earlier this afternoon to double check that the show was a go for tonight. They said yes, tonight at 10:00...don't know.........

Well I recorded the broadcast nonstop from 10 last night until I got up this morning, and there's no MMJ show. Bummer.

Alright...just so everybody doesn't think I'm totally full of it or just crazy, I'm going to copy and paste my e-mail and the response I received from Kelly (Music Director) over at WXRT this morning.

"Hello Kelly,
My name is John, and I was told by My Morning Jacket's sound engineer,
Ryan Pickett, that he was delivering either night 1 (June 9th) or night 2 (June
10th) to you guys to be aired on that Friday (June 12th). We were up in Chicago
for all three nights and would absolutely love to hear a quality copy of one of
those first two nights. When we got back home, I called up the studio at XRT,
and they said it wouldn't be on until Saturday (June 13th). Saturday came and
went, and as far as I know, the show hasn't been broadcast. I've been trying to
contact somebody there at XRT to find out when (and if) it will be aired.
Please, please respond to this e-mail. All the people on their official fan
Forum are waiting...

Thanks,
John H."

This is the reply I got from Kelly Ransford of cbsradio.com at 11:38 AM.

"Hi! We are airing it this Sunday 7:30 - 9:30. Thanks for getting the word out.
Hope you're awesome!"

Hopefully this is true...this time, and we will finally get to hear the show in soundboard quality. If not...then maybe I am crazy...

Mr. White, beautiful work. Thanks so much!!!!

[mdgsolo]

Johnny, thank you for relaying your story.  I have a very similar one and was on the rail on Jim's side at Chicago 3 (was there all 3 nights).  I was almost back on my feet for OBH after a major medical issue from throwing blood clots from a broken leg and nearly dying but came down with pneumonia on the way to Mexico.  If it wasn't for having a hammock on the balcony (people probably thought I was crazy) I would have completely missed those awesome shows with 103-104 degree fever every day.  As it were, I got off the plane home from OBH and ended up going straight from the airport to the ER where I was admitted for a week total getting fluids and IV antibiotics.  Anyway, long story short, it was so great to have Chicago and those awesome shows- particularly Night 3-  I had to lean back several times so Jim had room to solo (that's close)!!  Reading your story, it feels like we were holding down both sides of the stage to keep the band from launching into the stratosphere never to be seen again ;-)  So glad to be alive and experience that!!!

[littleacorn]

Johnny, thank you for relaying your story.  I have a very similar one and was on the rail on Jim's side at Chicago 3 (was there all 3 nights).  I was almost back on my feet for OBH after a major medical issue from throwing blood clots from a broken leg and nearly dying but came down with pneumonia on the way to Mexico.  If it wasn't for having a hammock on the balcony (people probably thought I was crazy) I would have completely missed those awesome shows with 103-104 degree fever every day.  As it were, I got off the plane home from OBH and ended up going straight from the airport to the ER where I was admitted for a week total getting fluids and IV antibiotics.  Anyway, long story short, it was so great to have Chicago and those awesome shows- particularly Night 3-  I had to lean back several times so Jim had room to solo (that's close)!!  Reading your story, it feels like we were holding down both sides of the stage to keep the band from launching into the stratosphere never to be seen again ;-)  So glad to be alive and experience that!!!

Glad to hear you're back to 100%! I must of been right next to ya on the rail then.

[mdgsolo]

Johnny, thank you for relaying your story.  I have a very similar one and was on the rail on Jim's side at Chicago 3 (was there all 3 nights).  I was almost back on my feet for OBH after a major medical issue from throwing blood clots from a broken leg and nearly dying but came down with pneumonia on the way to Mexico.  If it wasn't for having a hammock on the balcony (people probably thought I was crazy) I would have completely missed those awesome shows with 103-104 degree fever every day.  As it were, I got off the plane home from OBH and ended up going straight from the airport to the ER where I was admitted for a week total getting fluids and IV antibiotics.  Anyway, long story short, it was so great to have Chicago and those awesome shows- particularly Night 3-  I had to lean back several times so Jim had room to solo (that's close)!!  Reading your story, it feels like we were holding down both sides of the stage to keep the band from launching into the stratosphere never to be seen again ;-)  So glad to be alive and experience that!!!

Glad to hear you're back to 100%! I must of been right next to ya on the rail then.

To my right was a cool cat from the Bay Area who was there with a another cool guy who lives in Chicago now and to my left (on the other side of my girl) was a really nice couple from Illinois, but I don't remember if it was Chicago- sorry!

[johnnYYac]

mdgsolo, sorry for your health troubles but happy for your perseverance.  As I told Patrick, music is good medicine. 

[IMeMine]

Rabiah, any chance you were in front of me on night 1?  I was mainfloor 3R DD Seat 306.

Sorry for your shitty experience during night 2.  Been there many times.  If a polite request to quiet down doesn't work, get security. 

Hope to see you at another show. 

Thanks Johnny. No we were upstairs the first night in a booth, taking it easy cause I was really sick.  But we were in line in front of you for early entry Jonathan is a big dude with a beard and bald head and he's kinda a smart ass ....(he promised to send you some award winning beers when you sent us some dvds...).  See you soon

[littleacorn]

Johnny, thank you for relaying your story.  I have a very similar one and was on the rail on Jim's side at Chicago 3 (was there all 3 nights).  I was almost back on my feet for OBH after a major medical issue from throwing blood clots from a broken leg and nearly dying but came down with pneumonia on the way to Mexico.  If it wasn't for having a hammock on the balcony (people probably thought I was crazy) I would have completely missed those awesome shows with 103-104 degree fever every day.  As it were, I got off the plane home from OBH and ended up going straight from the airport to the ER where I was admitted for a week total getting fluids and IV antibiotics.  Anyway, long story short, it was so great to have Chicago and those awesome shows- particularly Night 3-  I had to lean back several times so Jim had room to solo (that's close)!!  Reading your story, it feels like we were holding down both sides of the stage to keep the band from launching into the stratosphere never to be seen again ;-)  So glad to be alive and experience that!!!

Glad to hear you're back to 100%! I must of been right next to ya on the rail then.

To my right was a cool cat from the Bay Area who was there with a another cool guy who lives in Chicago now and to my left (on the other side of my girl) was a really nice couple from Illinois, but I don't remember if it was Chicago- sorry!

I'm pretty sure that was us. Me and my girlfriend had a couple to the left of us from NY and honestly didn't really notice the folks to our right. If that was you sorry I'm normally friendlier but  it was my first time in the pit and on the rail for any show so I was pretty mezmerized!

[littleacorn]

Also got an email from WXRT today.
Please somebody with the capabilities beyond my own record this show.