Jay Farrar is one of my best childhood friends dad, and my mom was friends with Jeff back in college. It’s incredible to have links with two incredible musicians like them. Too bad they had a falling out
All I can ask for is just one Uncle Tupelo reunion show. Of course the venue needs to be their home base St. Louis, but I would travel most anywhere to see that show.
The comments crack me up. I love all the people who act like Uncle Tupelo was our parents and we HAVE to choose one to live with FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES!!!!! Personally I like dividing my time between Jay and Jeff and getting twice the number of gifts!
I see Jeff Tweedy around town. He's the nicest guy you could meet. I liked Son Volt's first record but haven't really liked much after that. Wilco continues to be one of my favorites. Thank you for posting this.
@@lronhoover6062 That very well may be true. but I'm guessing you've never once talked to Tweedy, have no fucking clue what he's like in general, and are just talking out of your ass.
@@codybruner7608 I'm 20 and like em, I have since I was little. Memories of my mom listening to her Kicking Television live CD in the kitchen. We're few but we exist
Love Jeff’s storytelling just because he makes awkward so relatable. For a person with his talent he just doesn’t seem to have much ego. Sometimes in bands people just clash, even with the best intentions. Thinking of Jay Bennett on this note, who I completely understand why he might have been sacked, in spite of his tremendous talent and contributions to Wilco. God only knows what Jeff had to deal with really. I just wonder if he had that same friction with both Jays but in different ways.
Let's face it, none of us commenting here have an ounce of either of their talent. A sad sight to watch grown people fight about who is better. smh. It was a story about a coincidence and the fact that neither had changed in their desire to even communicate. Shit happens.
Frank Green we have no idea about either one's desire...and, the story was always about ego, as it still is. Desire wouldn't lay a glove on Ego in this fight
Sides shouldn't be chosen in this thread, I'm sorry. Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy were meant to assemble and then separate. They respect each other, even though they refuse to work together after the fact. I love Uncle Tupelo, I love Son Volt, and I love Wilco. They are all creative appendages of these guys as artists, and the fact that they have shit to reconcile is normal throughout all of us. We got three bands for the price of one. Our fuckin' steal.
I think Uncle Tupelo's music is more raw, energenic, earnest, and all around better than pretty much anything either one of them has done since. There's a lot to be said about the power of two songwriters/singers complimenting each other ala Jagger/Richards, Strummer/Jones, Lennon/McCartney. Tweedy and Farrar are two strong willed and stubborn dudes, and I think they let their egos get in the way of creating music together.
Well, one could say that UT depended on tempo switching. Me and a friend are huge alt.country fans, and our running joke is: "Hi. We're Uncle Tupelo. Give us 10 seconds, we'll give you 11 tempo changes." LOL
Jay and Jeff are both great in their own ways, but I find it incredibly sad they they couldn't set things aside as a result of this chance meeting. They should have met halfway and and had a jam for the fan in between their huts. Would have been a fantastic story and a dream come tru for the fan.
@TheLadyKatey - Back up guitars, guitars with a different sound to them which suits different songs and probably mostly guitars already tuned down to different keys . Saves having to tune up and down during the gigs.
I love Tupe, love Son Volt and Wilco, with plenty of exceptions to some of their songs. Anyway, I remember when I really go into Trace, and I brought them up with my brother. "Oh, you mean that guy that always sounds like he's going to kill himself? Or murder someone?" :)
Jeff and Jay should've seen it as a sign to get back together for a tour. Just spotted a "For Billy" ref in Related vids, now let's see what he's gotta say about limeys. Is that a big fat beergut?
I could not disagree more with tanzio. Jay Farrar still emodies the heart and soul of what was Uncle Tupelo's country/folk/punk sound. This is no slight to Jeff as he has indeed expanded his musical horizons in many great ways. For me, Jay belongs in the same category as Neil Young, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zant, Woody Guthrie, et al. All wonderful singer/songwriters of the true American Country sound.
I will agree with you that Jay was the better songwriter/singer/guitarist during the UT years. Not now, though. Maybe he's still a better guitarist, but Jeff has eclipsed him re: everything else IMO.
Has anybody ever heard Jeff's side of that story, or are you just basing that on Jay's bogus sounding story that eerily coincided with his promotion of another tepidly received solo album?
Not really. I know what my ears tell me , and Jay is a fantastic vocalist and songwriter. Jeff is a better bandleader i will admit , but the fact that wilco is so much more popular(than they should be), i would rather listen to the rawness of Jay's songs
i really hate it that ppl laugh at his every word. when i saw him live it was the same way. some people are pathetic in that they'll laugh at anything.
Who gives a shit about who shot the first shot? Too bad these guys can't forgive each other for passed transgressions (when they were what? 20? 24? - who didn't do stupid shit at that time?). I do like having Son Volt and Wilco though - two is better than one!
@friendofsyd Don't know who you're talking to, but they're not alone. Jeff Tweedy has one of the most original voices I've ever listened to. Farrar is generic.
you are definitely alone when you say jeffs voice is more original . Jay has the pure voice , jeff mostly plays characters in his own songs . Jay speaks genuinely from experience ......
This story seems too hard to believe. In all of Mexico, Farrar and Tweedy end up renting houses two doors from each other after they haven't spoken in ten years? And renting the house in between them is an Uncle Tupelo fan? Getthefuckouttahere
Jay's voice is VERY generic and boring to me. Sounded like he wanted to be Michael Stipes and then grunge got popular, and so on and so on..Jeff Tweedy on the other hand is a national treasure.
I think both of their voices are unique and powerful in their own way. Farrar’s take on Moonshiner remains one of the best folk/country vocals I’ve ever heard.
I'm just getting into Wilco and the alt-rock thing, and I get that Jeff is probably responsible for a lot of it, but I have to agree. There is a lot of stupid adulation and idolatry of this ONE guy. But alas, what is a rock crooner without hysterical fans.
I met Jay at a Steve Earle show at Mississippi Nights where Steve played "Windfall" and Jay and the Bottle Rockets did support on "Johnny Come Lately." Twenty-plus years removed, that's a sentence I'm amazed I'm able to write. The only thing I had for Jay to sign was Steve's album cover, and he was really hesitant about that, but I told him I was a HUGE fan, and he was gracious about doing it. And that is EXACTLY the way he talks.
Jay Farrar is one of my best childhood friends dad, and my mom was friends with Jeff back in college. It’s incredible to have links with two incredible musicians like them. Too bad they had a falling out
All I can ask for is just one Uncle Tupelo reunion show. Of course the venue needs to be their home base St. Louis, but I would travel most anywhere to see that show.
Tweedy's comedic timing has always been amazing. As brilliant a songwriter as he is, he honestly could have been a comedian.
The comments crack me up. I love all the people who act like Uncle Tupelo was our parents and we HAVE to choose one to live with FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES!!!!! Personally I like dividing my time between Jay and Jeff and getting twice the number of gifts!
I see Jeff Tweedy around town. He's the nicest guy you could meet. I liked Son Volt's first record but haven't really liked much after that. Wilco continues to be one of my favorites. Thank you for posting this.
Byrrd51 - Tweedy is a pretentious douchebag who thinks most of his fans are too young to remember XTC. #PartridgeRipoff.
@@lronhoover6062 That very well may be true. but I'm guessing you've never once talked to Tweedy, have no fucking clue what he's like in general, and are just talking out of your ass.
@@lronhoover6062 Wilco fans aren’t know for being young. You’re most certainly, talking out of your ass
@@codybruner7608 I'm 20 and like em, I have since I was little. Memories of my mom listening to her Kicking Television live CD in the kitchen. We're few but we exist
the shtick flows strong with this one
Right on, brother!!
Love Jeff’s storytelling just because he makes awkward so relatable. For a person with his talent he just doesn’t seem to have much ego.
Sometimes in bands people just clash, even with the best intentions. Thinking of Jay Bennett on this note, who I completely understand why he might have been sacked, in spite of his tremendous talent and contributions to Wilco. God only knows what Jeff had to deal with really. I just wonder if he had that same friction with both Jays but in different ways.
He's a genuinely funny man. He surprised me with how witty he was when I saw them live in Dublin. I always expected him to be a narky type
Wow, great point. I never knew what it was that I didn't like about Jay and you said it.
"Where were you? We'd still be together!" LOL
Let's face it, none of us commenting here have an ounce of either of their talent. A sad sight to watch grown people fight about who is better. smh. It was a story about a coincidence and the fact that neither had changed in their desire to even communicate. Shit happens.
Frank Green we have no idea about either one's desire...and, the story was always about ego, as it still is. Desire wouldn't lay a glove on Ego in this fight
They should've at least done a one off for the UT fan...
Sides shouldn't be chosen in this thread, I'm sorry. Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy were meant to assemble and then separate. They respect each other, even though they refuse to work together after the fact. I love Uncle Tupelo, I love Son Volt, and I love Wilco. They are all creative appendages of these guys as artists, and the fact that they have shit to reconcile is normal throughout all of us. We got three bands for the price of one. Our fuckin' steal.
Yea but if you had to pick, nobody would pick Wilco. If you could only do without one, itd be Wilco that you throw out with the trash.
I think Uncle Tupelo's music is more raw, energenic, earnest, and all around better than pretty much anything either one of them has done since. There's a lot to be said about the power of two songwriters/singers complimenting each other ala Jagger/Richards, Strummer/Jones, Lennon/McCartney. Tweedy and Farrar are two strong willed and stubborn dudes, and I think they let their egos get in the way of creating music together.
Well, one could say that UT depended on tempo switching. Me and a friend are huge alt.country fans, and our running joke is: "Hi. We're Uncle Tupelo. Give us 10 seconds, we'll give you 11 tempo changes." LOL
I can't see Farrar telling the story in concert about Tweety
Farrer may have
Farrar says maybe 10 words during a show. And would NEVER discuss or even mention Tweedy.
Jay doesn’t say anything, and I would love to hear another example of Jeff talking about Jay
Jay and Jeff are both great in their own ways, but I find it incredibly sad they they couldn't set things aside as a result of this chance meeting. They should have met halfway and and had a jam for the fan in between their huts. Would have been a fantastic story and a dream come tru for the fan.
@TheLadyKatey - Back up guitars, guitars with a different sound to them which suits different songs and probably mostly guitars already tuned down to different keys . Saves having to tune up and down during the gigs.
That's pretty awesome.
"And in the house between us, there's an Uncle Tupelo fan!" Too funny.
It was a sign! Get back together for an album and tour!
-God
I love Tupe, love Son Volt and Wilco, with plenty of exceptions to some of their songs. Anyway, I remember when I really go into Trace, and I brought them up with my brother. "Oh, you mean that guy that always sounds like he's going to kill himself? Or murder someone?" :)
That's basically the funniest comment I've ever read on RUclips.
Come on .....tour Australia , soon I hope
Anthony DeCurtis asked Tweedy (in the same Relix) story, Tweedy wouldn't comment. Which is to say, he didn't deny it.
Love the jayhawks:)
of course you could always mix all the soda's together with golden smog.
Tweedy for life. Funny story though.
he did so to clear all the stories about why he wasn't being conversational with jeff, and wasn't talking to the press about it for 10 years.
Couldn't have said it better myself. I don't get this competition thing between these two, just enjoy the music, all of it.
Is that Sue correcting him? LOL
Jeff and Jay should've seen it as a sign to get back together for a tour. Just spotted a "For Billy" ref in Related vids, now let's see what he's gotta say about limeys. Is that a big fat beergut?
He's so fucking adorable! Great story!
I could not disagree more with tanzio. Jay Farrar still emodies the heart and soul of what was Uncle Tupelo's country/folk/punk sound. This is no slight to Jeff as he has indeed expanded his musical horizons in many great ways. For me, Jay belongs in the same category as Neil Young, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zant, Woody Guthrie, et al. All wonderful singer/songwriters of the true American Country sound.
Wilco sucks
Right, I'm sure the guilt is just KILLING him.
agreed, way to be.
"I blame it on the Mayans."
i am hateful, but i can learn to love.
(and I like Son Volt a lot)
"soul of... Uncle Tupelo", eh? I'll see yr fuckin' "Grindstone".... and raise you one "Black Eye"!
I will agree with you that Jay was the better songwriter/singer/guitarist during the UT years. Not now, though. Maybe he's still a better guitarist, but Jeff has eclipsed him re: everything else IMO.
Has anybody ever heard Jeff's side of that story, or are you just basing that on Jay's bogus sounding story that eerily coincided with his promotion of another tepidly received solo album?
Wilco sucks
Farrar, Coke and Gibson.
The real question here is- why does Jeff need FIVE acoustic guitars?
Seriously? Wow. Care to elaborate?
aaaaand the comment's been deleted.
Ok, so he is. However, his sound is rooted in true "American Country". . the genre.
Weird thing is Farrar came out in an interview saying that Tweedy was after his girlfriend. So he kinda did publicly be an asshole to him.
Not really. I know what my ears tell me , and Jay is a fantastic vocalist and songwriter. Jeff is a better bandleader i will admit , but the fact that wilco is so much more popular(than they should be), i would rather listen to the rawness of Jay's songs
i really hate it that ppl laugh at his every word. when i saw him live it was the same way. some people are pathetic in that they'll laugh at anything.
Sounds like Jeff STILL has Issues about Drama/garbage from the past. Even Guns n Roses got back together for show @ The Troubadour
Jeff I love you but the number of acoustics yr standing in front of is soooooo ridiculous!!!!!!
Lennon and McCartney
I like Jay, but Jeff is way more musically adventurous and his risks pay off way more than Jay's.
Plus he appreciates an audience.
When does the funny bit start?
Who gives a shit about who shot the first shot? Too bad these guys can't forgive each other for passed transgressions (when they were what? 20? 24? - who didn't do stupid shit at that time?). I do like having Son Volt and Wilco though - two is better than one!
@friendofsyd Don't know who you're talking to, but they're not alone. Jeff Tweedy has one of the most original voices I've ever listened to. Farrar is generic.
Jeff should thank Jay. I'll just keep it simple.
You need a helmet dst.
you are definitely alone when you say jeffs voice is more original . Jay has the pure voice , jeff mostly plays characters in his own songs . Jay speaks genuinely from experience ......
I'm sure the million copies of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot he sold are some comfort.
This story seems too hard to believe. In all of Mexico, Farrar and Tweedy end up renting houses two doors from each other after they haven't spoken in ten years? And renting the house in between them is an Uncle Tupelo fan? Getthefuckouttahere
Tweedy seems a lot kinder than Jay , but i have to say , i believe jay is the real talent there . Sorry guys
Wow, its amazing that Farrar has never had to say anything about you...tweedy is just something to clean your boots off
Bennett > Tweedy
Jay's voice is VERY generic and boring to me. Sounded like he wanted to be Michael Stipes and then grunge got popular, and so on and so on..Jeff Tweedy on the other hand is a national treasure.
Your comment is very generic, and I rate it a D-
You can do better.
I think both of their voices are unique and powerful in their own way.
Farrar’s take on Moonshiner remains one of the best folk/country vocals I’ve ever heard.
Tweedy seems insecure or resentful
True, but irrelevant. Farrar>Tweedy.
BETTER THAN WILCO! WILCO SUCKS
Jeff is way overrated. Jay is way underrated. 'Nuff said.
UT could have been bigger and better than REM. Tweedy wrecked it. In his heart, he knows it.
That’s hysterical
I'm just getting into Wilco and the alt-rock thing, and I get that Jeff is probably responsible for a lot of it, but I have to agree. There is a lot of stupid adulation and idolatry of this ONE guy. But alas, what is a rock crooner without hysterical fans.
I met Jay once, and that's just the way he talks. Couldn't tear Tweedy away from the St.L Blues game. I was too pussy to get an autograph.
I met Jay at a Steve Earle show at Mississippi Nights where Steve played "Windfall" and Jay and the Bottle Rockets did support on "Johnny Come Lately." Twenty-plus years removed, that's a sentence I'm amazed I'm able to write. The only thing I had for Jay to sign was Steve's album cover, and he was really hesitant about that, but I told him I was a HUGE fan, and he was gracious about doing it. And that is EXACTLY the way he talks.