Archive for November, 2008

Uncle Tupelo / Jay Farar = Wilco + Son Volt

2008/11/17

From the book “Wilco: Learning How to Die”
When Farar and Tweedy finally confronted each other in their Belleville apartement a day later, emotions and misgivings that had been suppressed for the good of the band, for the sake of the music, came undone.  Voices were raised until these two soft-spoken roomates were screaming at close range.

Tweedy : “Tell me to my face…Why do you hate me?
Farrar squared up with the person he’d been playing in bands with for twelve years.  “You don’t know what it;s like to stand onsatge with somebody every night who loves themselves as much as you do.”

“You’re right, I don’t have any idea.”

…and that was the end of Uncle Tupelo

From Wikipedia:

Although Uncle Tupelo broke up before it achieved commercial success, the band is renowned for its impact on the alternative country music scene.[1] The group’s first album, No Depression, became a byword for the genre and was widely influential. Uncle Tupelo’s sound was unlike popular country music of the time, drawing inspiration from styles as diverse as the hardcore punk of The Minutemen and the country instrumentation and harmony of the Carter Family and Hank Williams. Farrar and Tweedy lyrics frequently referenced Middle America and the working class of Belleville.



Bob Dylan Interviews

2008/11/15

Mayne Street

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NFL Week 10 : Pop quiz, hotshots…

2008/11/10

Hot Read

2008/11/07

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The Political Super Bowl

2008/11/07

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