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Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn formed the band after the lead singer of their previous band, The Primitives, left to attend college.
Son Volt is an American rock band formed in 1994 by Jay Farrar after the breakup of Uncle Tupelo.The band's current line-up consists of Farrar (vocals, guitar), Andrew DuPlantis (bass guitar), John Horton (guitar), Mark Patterson (drums), and Mark Spencer (keyboard, steel guitar).
Jay Stuart Farrar (born December 26, 1966) is an American songwriter and musician currently based in St. Louis. A member of two critically acclaimed music groups, Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt , he began his solo music career in 2001.
The band decided to play Tweedy's "The Long Cut" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, which further distanced Farrar and Tweedy. [1]: 80–84 Farrar began to assemble a new band named Son Volt with Mike Heidorn, bassist Jim Boquist, and his brother Dave Boquist. At the same time, Jeff Tweedy formed Wilco with Stirratt, Johnston, and Coomer.
Jeff Tweedy is known to fans as a prolific songwriter and poignant lyricist. Perhaps ironically, that fear is in part what compelled a young Tweedy to start writing music four decades ago. Having ...
Anodyne is the fourth and final studio album by alternative country band Uncle Tupelo, released on October 5, 1993.The recording of the album was preceded by the departure of the original drummer Mike Heidorn and the addition of three new band members: bassist John Stirratt, drummer Ken Coomer, and multi-instrumentalist Max Johnston.
Jay Farrar – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, banjo, mandolin, harmonica; Jeff Tweedy – bass, vocals; acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 13) Mike Heidorn – drums; Additional personnel. Chris Bess – piano (track 3), accordion (track 6) Sean Slade – organ (tracks 5, 6), piano (track 11) Gary Louris – additional electric guitar (tracks 6 ...
Uncle Tupelo singers Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy exchanged their interests in bluegrass music with Buck, and decided to collaborate on an acoustic music project in the future. [ 1 ] Two years later, alternative rock bands such as Nirvana broke into the mainstream.