Wire Enlist Jeff Tweedy and Son Sam, Shellac, American Football, Pelican Members for Pink Flag Orchestra

Last weekend, Wire hosted their DRILL: Chicago Festival. In addition to performing “Drill” with St. Vincent and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Wire also enlisted an army of guitarists to perform as the Pink Flag Guitar Orchestra, taking on the title track to 1977′s Pink Flag LP.

Jeff Tweedy and his son, Sam (making his stage debut), Bob Weston (Shellac, Mission of Burma), Tim Kinsella (Cap’n Jazz, Joan of Arc), Mike Kinsella (American Football), Brian Case and Jonathan Van Herik (Disappears), Cooper Crain (CAVE, Bitchin Bajas), Alex White (White Mystery), Azita, and Trevor de Brauw (Pelican) were some of the participating musicians. Below, you can watch the performance.

Watch Wire perform “Comet” at Pitchfork Music Festival 2013:

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