Wilco Live: Ashes of American Flags is a live performance DVD by the American alternative rock band Wilco. The film was released exclusively to independent record stores through Nonesuch Records on April 18, 2009, in coordination with Record Store Day. The wide-scale release of the DVD was April 28, 2009. Ashes was assembled by longtime collaborators Brendan Canty and Christoph Green of Trixie Films, who previously worked on frontman Jeff Tweedy's solo DVD Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest. The live performances were recorded in February and March 2008 at Washington D.C.'s 9:30 Club, Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, Mobile's Mobile Civic Center, New Orleans' Tipitina's, and Tulsa's Cain's Ballroom. The DVD also features a Weblink, which allows the owner to download MP3s of the all 20 tracks on the DVD.
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