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My Take
Jeff Tweedy is, for my money, one of the most honest songwriters America has produced. From Uncle Tupelo's alt-country blueprint to Wilco's restless reinventions, he has never settled into a comfortable formula. What I admire most is his refusal to hide his flaws; the cracked voice, the anxiety, and the doubt all live inside the songs rather than being polished out. His books and poetry extend the same project of making vulnerability useful. Plenty of artists chase relevance, but Tweedy chases truth and lets relevance catch up. Decades in, he still writes like someone with something at stake, and that is the highest compliment I can give a veteran musician.
Overview
Jeffrey Scot Tweedy (born August 25, 1967) is an American musician, 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. The Plebes later became the alternative country band Uncle Tupelo.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jeff Tweedy
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェフ・トゥイーディー
- Reading
- じぇふ・とぅいーでぃー
- Born
- August 25, 1967 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Goat
- Origin
- Belleville, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- guitarist / singer / singer-songwriter / television actor / poet
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Belleville High School-West
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jefftweedy/
- Xhttps://x.com/JeffTweedy
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Tweedy
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.