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Jeffrey Scot "Jeff" Tweedy (born August 25, 1967 in Belleville , Illinois ) is an American songwriter and band leader from Chicago . He was best known with his band Wilco .
Life
Tweedy was also together with Jay Farrar founding member of the alternative country band Uncle Tupelo the Member and alternative country -Allstarband Golden Smog , u. a. with Gary Louris of the Jayhawks , band members from Soul Asylum and the Replacements . Together with Jim O'Rourke and Glenn Kotche, he also runs the band project Loose Fur .
Since 2010 he has been producing albums and writing songs for the blues and soul singer Mavis Staples .
Together with his son Spencer, he also founded the band Tweedy , which released their debut album Sukierae in 2014 .
Remarks
- The German translation (translated by Mark Kanak) has been available since September 2006, the volume of poems Kopf erwachsen (original title: Adult Head ), published by loudspeaker publisher in the series coast2üste.
- In connection with the Wilco album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot , Tweedy led a long battle with the major label Warner Music Group for the band's artistic freedom, which delayed the release by a year and was ultimately decided on the terms of the band.
- Following the release of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot , Tweedy went into drug withdrawal for several months after publicly admitting his addiction to stimulants .
- Tweedy's work on Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album can be seen in a Sam Jones documentary , I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (2002).
Discography
- Sukierae (2014, with Spencer Tweedy as Tweedy )
- Together at Last (2017)
- Warm (2018)
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- ↑ Jeff Tweedy in the US charts (Billboard).
- Jump up ↑ The Album of the Hour on the Situation of Blacks in America. faz.net, November 17, 2018.
- ↑ No trace of the Oedipus complex in FAZ of November 3, 2014, page 10.
Web links
- Who Owns Culture? - “Who owns the culture?”. Jeff Tweedy and Lawrence Lessig in conversation with Steven Johnson
- Jeff Tweedy at Discogs (English)
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| SURNAME | Tweedy, Jeff |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tweedy, Jeffrey Scot (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belleville , Illinois , USA |