Watch Members Of Wilco, R.E.M., Yo La Tengo & More Performing Big Star’s ‘Third’ Live

On Friday, Concord Bicycle Music will release the all-star live concert album and feature film Thank You, Friends: Big Star’s Third Live … And More. Several of the songs featured in the DVD have been shared in advance of the April 21 official release.

The release captures an ensemble featuring a core of sole surviving original Big Star member Jody Stephens, Mike Mills of R.E.M., Chris Stamey of The dB’s, Mitch Easter of Let’s Active and Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer of The Posies who were also later members of Big Star. That group was joined by a number of guests in April 2016 at the Alex Theatre at Glendale, California on songs from Big Star’s final album Third, as well as selections from the revered power pop group’s first two LPs, #1 Record and Radio City.

Among the additional players included Jeff Tweedy and Pat Sansone of Wilco, Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo, Dan Wilson of Semisonic, Benmont Tench of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Robyn Hitchcock, Jessica Pratt, Brett Harris, Django Haskins, Skylar Gudasz and others including a full chamber orchestra led by Kronos Quartet. Watch four of the songs featured in the film below:

[Kizza Me (feat. Jeff Tweedy and Django Haskins)]

[When My Baby’s Beside Me (feat. Jeff Tweedy)]

[In the Street (feat. Brett Harris and Mike Mills)]

[Thirteen (feat. Skylar Gudasz)]

Audio Tracklist

Disc 1

1. Watch the Sunrise (feat. Pat Sansone and Brett Harris)
2. September Gurls (feat. Mike Mills)
3. In the Street (feat. Brett Harris and Mike Mills)
4. Back of a Car (feat. Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow)
5. Thirteen (feat. Skylar Gudasz)
6. Give Me Another Chance (feat. Dan Wilson)
7. When My Baby’s Beside Me (feat. Jeff Tweedy)
8. I’m In Love with a Girl (feat. Pat Sansone)
9. Feel (feat. Ken Stringfellow)
10. The Ballad of El Goodo (feat. Dan Wilson)
11. I Am the Cosmos (feat. Chris Stamey)
12. You and Your Sister (feat. Pat Sansone)

Disc 2

1. Kizza Me (feat. Jeff Tweedy and Django Haskins)
2. O Dana (feat. Jon Auer)
3. For You (feat. Jody Stephens and Luther Russell)
4. Nightime (feat. Jeff Tweedy)
5. Jesus Christ (feat. Mike Mills)
6. Take Care (feat. Ira Kaplan)
7. Big Black Car (feat. Jessica Pratt and Jon Auer)
8. Blue Moon (feat. Jody Stephens)
9. Stroke It, Noel (feat. Ken Stringfellow)
10. Downs (feat. Robyn Hitchcock)
11. Dream Lover (feat. Skylar Gudasz and Ken Stringfellow)
12. Holocaust (feat. Django Haskins)
13. You Can’t Have Me (feat. Skylar Gudasz and Mike Mills)
14. Kanga Roo (feat. Brett Harris)
15. Thank You, Friends (ensemble)

Video Tracklist

1. I’m In Love with a Girl (feat. Pat Sansone)
2. Feel (feat. Ken Stringfellow)
3. September Gurls (feat. Mike Mills)
4. Thirteen (feat. Skylar Gudasz)
5. The Ballad of El Goodo (feat. Dan Wilson)
6. Watch the Sunrise (feat. Pat Sansone and Brett Harris)
7. When My Baby’s Beside Me (feat. Jeff Tweedy)
8. I Am the Cosmos (feat. Chris Stamey)
9. In the Street (feat. Brett Harris and Mike Mills)
10. Kizza Me (feat. Jeff Tweedy and Django Haskins)
11. O Dana (feat. Jon Auer)
12. For You (feat. Jody Stephens and Luther Russell)
13. Nightime (feat. Jeff Tweedy)
14. Jesus Christ (feat. Mike Mills)
15. Take Care (feat. Ira Kaplan)
16. Big Black Car (feat. Jessica Pratt and Jon Auer)
17. Blue Moon (feat. Jody Stephens)
18. Stroke It, Noel (feat. Ken Stringfellow)
19. Downs (feat. Robyn Hitchcock)
20. Dream Lover (feat. Skylar Gudasz and Ken Stringfellow)
21. Holocaust (feat. Django Haskins)
22. You Can’t Have Me (feat. Skylar Gudasz and Mike Mills)
23. Kanga Roo (feat. Brett Harris)
24. Give Me Another Chance (feat. Dan Wilson)
25. Thank You, Friends (ensemble)
26. Bonus Track: You and Your Sister (feat. Pat Sansone)