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The | The '''Alone II hootenanny''' (also known as the '''Alone II jam session''') took place on [[November 25]], [[2008]] in Long Beach, California. The event was held at Fingerprints Records with roughly 150 guests in attendance. The format of the show allowed fans to bring instruments as "performers" and for others to view as "spectators". "Performers" were allowed to request any song [[Rivers Cuomo|Cuomo]] had ever written and play along. | ||
A [[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints|CD and DVD]] of this event was released on [[May 5]], [[2009]]. | A [[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints|CD and DVD]] of this event was released on [[May 5]], [[2009]]. | ||
== Announcement == | == Announcement == | ||
The hootenanny was first announced in a Pitchfork interview with Rivers Cuomo. Said Rivers,<br> | The [[hootenanny]] was first announced in a Pitchfork interview with Rivers Cuomo. Said Rivers,<br> | ||
<blockquote>"I want to do a really cool event to promote Alone II on the day of release. It's basically another Hootenanny, but it's a little different. Anyone can come, you don't have to bring an instrument, but if you want to, you can bring an instrument, and you the audience will pick the songs we play, and it can be anything. And I'll just print up the lyrics right there on the spot, I'll have to have a computer there or something, I'll get them off line, off the Internet. It can be any of my songs or any cover, and so, in some cases, it might just be one person [who] says, like, "Oh! Let's play this obscure B-side!" or something, some song from [unfinished Weezer disc Songs From] the Black Hole, and he may be the only person in the room [who] knows it, besides me, and then it will just be me and that person giving a concert to the rest of the room. And then the next song, there might be 20 people who know it. So that will be a very dynamic event, and very fun for me. And I won't have to bring a guitar [laughs]."</blockquote> | <blockquote>"I want to do a really cool event to promote Alone II on the day of release. It's basically another Hootenanny, but it's a little different. Anyone can come, you don't have to bring an instrument, but if you want to, you can bring an instrument, and you the audience will pick the songs we play, and it can be anything. And I'll just print up the lyrics right there on the spot, I'll have to have a computer there or something, I'll get them off line, off the Internet. It can be any of my songs or any cover, and so, in some cases, it might just be one person [who] says, like, "Oh! Let's play this obscure B-side!" or something, some song from [unfinished Weezer disc Songs From] the Black Hole, and he may be the only person in the room [who] knows it, besides me, and then it will just be me and that person giving a concert to the rest of the room. And then the next song, there might be 20 people who know it. So that will be a very dynamic event, and very fun for me. And I won't have to bring a guitar [laughs]."</blockquote> | ||