Jeff Tweedy (2019)

Musician

air date: Nov 21, 2019

Grammy Award-winning rocker Jeff Tweedy talks about Wilco’s album “Ode to Joy.”

Jeff Tweedy is the Grammy Award-winning founding member and leader of the rock band Wilco. He is one of contemporary American music’s most accomplished songwriters, musicians and performers. Rolling Stone magazine cited Wilco’s 2002 album, “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot,” as the third best album of the decade. Since founding Wilco in 1994, Tweedy has toured solo, produced three albums for iconic soul and gospel singer Mavis Staples and written a memoir, “Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back).”

• Full Episode
• Audience Q&A
• Does Jeff Tweedy get sick of playing certain songs?
• Building an album concept with Wilco
• Does Jeff Tweedy think about his fans while producing Wilco records?
• How many songs does Jeff Tweedy work on at a time?

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