Jeff Tweedy

Jeffrey Scot " Jeff" Tweedy ( born August 25, 1967 in Belleville, Illinois) is an American songwriter from Chicago. He was known primarily for his band Wilco. He was also, together with Jay Farrar founding member of the alt-country band Uncle Tupelo and a member of the alt-country band Allstar Golden Smog, including with Gary Louris of the Jayhawks, band members of Soul Asylum and the Replacements. Together with Jim O'Rourke and Glenn Kotche he forms the band Loose Fur

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  • In German translation (translated by Mark Kanak ) since September 2006 is a collection of poems adult head ( original title: adult head ) before, appeared in speaker Verlag in the series coast2küste.
  • In connection with the Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album Tweedy led a long battle with the major label Warner Music Group to the artistic freedom of the band, who hesitated out the publication for one year and were finally accepted on the terms of the band.
  • After the release of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is Tweedy went for several months in the drug rehabilitation after he publicly admitted to be dependent on stimulants.
  • Tweedy's work for the Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album is a documentary by Sam Jones to see I Am Trying to Break Your Heart ( 2002).
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