Jeff Tweedy
Musician, songwriter and author
Jeff Tweedy is an American songwriter and author who leads the band Wilco. His books include the memoir Let's Go (So We Can Get Back).
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American Born 1967 in Belleville, United States
About Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy is an American musician, author and record producer from Belleville, Illinois. He started making music in high school with the band The Plebes, which included Jay Farrar. That group later became the alternative country band Uncle Tupelo. After Uncle Tupelo split, Tweedy formed Wilco. The band's A Ghost Is Born won a Grammy for Best Alternative Album in 2005, and its albums include Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. He also made the album Mermaid Avenue with Billy Bragg. Tweedy is a writer as well as a musician. His memoir Let's Go (So We Can Get Back) was a New York Times bestseller, and How to Write One Song is another of his books.