West Dallas' The Relatives snag co-starring spot in just-released Wilco documentary

One of The Best Bootlegs Ever is Wilco's all-covers set at the band's 2013 Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, MA -- 27 fan selections ranging from The Replacements to Daft Punk to The Beatles to ... Uncle Tupelo, because Jeff Tweedy is the best. Turns out, there's a whole documentary about that event you can watch at this very moment: Every Other Summer, directed by Christoph Green and Brendan Canty and filmed during the three-day event that takes place every two years at the want-to-go-to-there MASS MoCA complex.

The doc made its virtual bow on Vimeo yesterday -- where it's available as a $4.99 rental and a $12.99 downloadable purchase -- and the only reason I'm mentioning it today is because of the decidedly local connection: West Dallas' The Relatives were on the bill that also included Neko Case, Yo La Tengo, The Dream Syndicate, Lucius and others. A sneak peak:

Guitarist Zach Ernst says he's only seen the band's portion of the doc, and that it includes a few minutes of "Don't Let Me Fall," The Relatives' 1971 immortal whose rediscovery a few years ago resurrected their recording careers. But any glimpse of the late, great Rev. Gean West -- who died in February at the age of 78 -- is worth treasuring, no matter how brief.

"Our stop at Solid Sound was the highlight of the 2013 Electric Word tour," says Ernst, referring to the band's Yep Roc release -- and its first-ever proper full-length studio record. "A couple of members of Wilco have a side project on Yep Roc, so I think that's how they heard about us. We played right before Wilco on the main stage. It was easily the largest crowd we had ever seen up to that point. I remember how responsive the crowd was to Tommie at the gig, so I was super pleased to see them use his crowd work during 'Don't Let Me Fall' in the documentary. He made everyone 'drop it down'! It's a little bittersweet to watch now that Gean is gone. He was so fixated on the band reaching large audiences, so focused on the idea for so many years, and that show felt like the culmination of that dream."

The Relatives' second record -- Goodbye World -- is due later this year; it will be the final Relatives record to feature Gean, who died with just a single song left to record. Ernst again produced the disc, which also features the return of original Relatives guitarist Charles Ray "Gypsy" Mitchell -- who's only taken a 40-year break, no big. The band performs at the Kessler on August 15. Until then, some more Relatives from Solid Sound:

And some Wilco hitting the Pavement: