Jeff Tweedy

Biography

Jeff Tweedy (born August 25, 1967 in Belleville, Illinois, United States) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and poet best known for his work with the group Wilco. Tweedy also founded (along with Jay Farrar) the group Uncle Tupelo, and is a member of Golden Smog, an occasional musical collective whose shifting personnel also includes members of The Jayhawks, Soul Asylum and The Replacements. Jeff is also a member of Loose Fur, which includes Jim O’Rourke (Sonic Youth) and Glenn Kotche (Wilco). Further, as part of (Wilco) Tweedy teamed up with Billy Bragg to set Guthrie family-held lyrics of Woody Guthrie’s to new music on the critically acclaimed albums Mermaid Avenue and Mermaid Avenue Vol II.

Edited by Rahk-attack on 3 Feb 2009, 15:29

All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Text may also be available under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Factbox (?)

No facts about this artist

You're viewing version 6. View older versions, or discuss this wiki.

You can also view a list of all recent wiki changes.