Gary Burghoff
American actor
Jeff Tweedy is an American musician, singer-songwriter, author, and record producer best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Wilco. He co-founded the alternative country band Uncle Tupelo and has released numerous albums with Wilco, as well as solo and collaborative projects with other artists.
Table of Contents
About the Jeff Tweedy
Jeffrey Scot Tweedyis an American musician, singer songwriter, author, and record producer best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Wilco. Tweedy, originally from Belleville, Illinois, began his music career in high school with his band The Plebes along with Jay Farrar, also in the band. It became the alternative country band Uncle Tupelo.
After Uncle Tupelo broke up Tweedy formed Wilco which found critical and commercial success, most notably with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and A Ghost Is Born. The latter received a Grammy for Best Alternative Album in 2005.
During his career Tweedy has released 20 studio albums including four with Uncle Tupelo, twelve with Wilco, one with his son Spencer, a solo acoustic album, three solo studio albums, along with numerous collaborations with other musicians, most notably Mermaid Avenue with Billy Bragg.
Frequently Asked Questions
Jeff Tweedy is an American musician, singer-songwriter, author, and record producer best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Wilco.
Jeff Tweedy co-founded the alternative country band Uncle Tupelo and later formed the critically and commercially successful band Wilco.
Jeff Tweedy’s most notable albums include Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and A Ghost Is Born with Wilco, the latter of which received a Grammy for Best Alternative Album in 2005.
During his career, Jeff Tweedy has released 20 studio albums, including 4 with Uncle Tupelo, 12 with Wilco, 1 with his son Spencer, a solo acoustic album, and 3 solo studio albums, as well as numerous collaborations with other musicians.
Jeff Tweedy is originally from Belleville, Illinois.
Jeff Tweedy is the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Wilco.
Yes, Jeff Tweedy’s album A Ghost Is Born with Wilco received a Grammy for Best Alternative Album in 2005.
7 Quotes by Jeff Tweedy
- 1.
Treating your audience like thieves is absurd. Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator.
Jeff TweedyAmerican musician
- 2.
I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd.
Jeff TweedyAmerican musician
- 3.
I don’t believe every download is a lost sale.
Jeff TweedyAmerican musician
- 4.
We live in a connected world now. Some find that frightening. If people are downloading our music, they’re listening to it. The internet is like radio for us.
Jeff TweedyAmerican musician
- 5.
Stop trying to treat music like it’s a tennis shoe, something to be branded. If the music industry wants to save money, they should take a look at some of their six-figure executive expense accounts. All those lawsuits can’t be cheap, either.
Jeff TweedyAmerican musician
- 6.
I just try to get inside the song and imagine what comes next.
Jeff TweedyAmerican musician
- 7.
We’d been noticing how much more important the internet had become – once information is out there in the world now, anyone can get it. Since that was beginning to happen with the record anyway, we figured, OK, let’s just stream it for free ourselves.
Jeff TweedyAmerican musician