Jay Farrar
Jay Farrar ( born December 26, 1966 in Belleville, Illinois) is an American songwriter from St. Louis, Missouri. He became famous with his band Uncle Tupelo, the 1990s is the most important pioneering band of the alt-country. After the dissolution of the band he formed Son Volt and published since 2001 solo albums.
Solo albums
Sebastopol (2001) and Terroir Blues ( 2003) appeared on the independent record label Artemis. In Sebastopol, he worked closely with Steven Drozd of the The Flaming Lips. One of the fans particularly prized EP with songs from the Sebastopol sessions, ThirdShiftGrottoSlack appeared in 2002, the original soundtrack to the independent film The Slaughter Rule (2002, directed by Alex and Andrew Smith). Was released in 2003 on Bloodshot Records. In the same year Farrar founded his own label Transmit Sound (at the beginning: "Act / Resist Records ").
On his recordings and live performances Farrar is often accompanied by the rock group Canyon and Eric Heywood and Mark Spencer of the Blood Oranges.
Style
His style ranges from just played folk music, traditional country elements to rock band arrangements, reminiscent of Neil Young and Dinosaur Jr.. On his solo albums he experimented also with different sounds and samples. This reminds zuweil on psychedelia, with reference to oriental sounds. One of his trademarks is the alternate tuning his guitar.