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Jeffrey Scot Tweedy Wiki Biography

Jeffrey Scot Tweedy was born on the 25th August 1967, in Belleville, Illinois USA, and is a singer, composer and guitarist, probably best known as the leader of the alternative country and rock band Wilco. Alongside the other above-mentioned band members, Jeff is the winner of two Grammy Awards for the Best Alternative Music Album and the Best Recording Package. Tweedy has been active in the entertainment industry since 1984.

How rich is the singer? It has been estimated by the authoritative sources that the overall size of Jeff Tweedy net worth is as much as $9 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2016. Music is the main source of Tweedy wealth.

To begin with, Jeff was raised in Belleville by his parents JoAnn and Bob Tweedy, the fourth child in the family. He started playing guitar being six years old. The boy was educated at Belleville Township High School West, and later Jeff studied at Belleville Area College and Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville.

After the graduation, Tweedy began his musical career by joining the group named The Plebes in the early 1980s. He joined it with his friend Jay Farrar. The Plebes changed their name to The Primitives in 1984, then they became Uncle Tupelo and gained sufficient recognition which was followed by getting the chance to make a record and playing on tour nationally. The band released four albums “No Depression” (1990), “Still Feel Gone” (1991), “March 16-20, 1992” (1992) and “Anodyne” (1993), but in 1994 the group disbanded because of disagreements regarding the band’s direction. Regardless, this had been a steady start to Jeff’s net worth.

In 1994, Tweedy formed the band Wilco alongside other members John Stirratt , Max Johnston and Ken Coomer. The band recorded seven albums and achieved commercial success with the albums “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” (2002), “A Ghost Is Born” (2004) and “Sky Blue Sky” (2007). The group also collaborated with Billy Bragg and with The Minus. The Wilco won two Grammy Awards in 2005 including one for the Best Alternative Album “A Ghost Is Born” (2004). In 2009, they released the studio album “Wilco” which was nominated for the Grammy Award as the Best Americana Album. In 2011, the band released the album “The Whole Love” which was also nominated for Grammy as the Best Rock Album. Recently, the band has released the ninth studio album “Star Wars” (2015) which entered top ten on the Billboard Independent Albums as well as the Billboard Top Alternative Albums. The album has also entered the list of The 15 Best Albums of 2015 made by The A.V. Club magazine. Overall, the above mentioned albums have significantly increased the total size of Jeff Tweedy net worth.

Furthermore, Tweedy has participated in several musical projects aside from the band, including with Golden Smog and Loose Fur. He also wrote “Adult Head: Poems”, a book of poems which was released in 2004. Moreover, he was released a DVD of his solo performances. His music was originally influenced by country, and then punk, although Jeff has more recently introduced some different experimental themes into his music.

Finally, in the personal life of the singer, he has been married to talent agent Sue Miller since 1995, and they have two children. In 2014, Sue was diagnosed with cancer, but is now in remission. Jeff himself suffered chronic migraines as a teenager, and became addicted to painkillers, for which he went through rehab successfully in the early 2000s.

IMDB Wikipedia “A Ghost Is Born” “A.M.” (1995) “Being There” “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco” (2002) “No Depression” “Schmilco” (2016) “Star Wars” (2015) “Still Feel Gone” “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” (2002) $9 Million 1967 2007 Adult head : poems (2004) August 25 Bandleader Belleville Belleville Area College Belleville Township High School West Boxhead Ensemble Edwardsville Giant/Rockville Records Golden Smog Golden Smog (Since 1995) Grammy Award for Best Americana Album (2010) Grammy Awards Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album (2005) Grammy Awards for the Best Alternative Music Album and the Best Recording Package Guitarist Illinois Jay Farrar Jeff Jeff Tweedy Jeff Tweedy Net Worth Jeffrey Scot Tweedy John Stirratt Ken Coomer Loose Fur Max Johnston Musician Nonesuch Records Reprise Records Sam Miller Shortlist Music Prizes (2004 Singer Singer-songwriter Singers Songwriter Southern Illinois University Spencer Tweedy Sue Miller Sue Miller (m. 1995) Tweedy Uncle Tupelo United States United States of America Warner Music Group Wilco Wilco (Since 1994) Wilco: Learning How to Die (2004) Wired Rave Awards (2003)

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Jeffrey Scot Tweedy Quotes

• Sometimes it’s liberating to confront horrible things in lyrics as a way to master the shadow-self that exists in everyone. I don’t think you can be good in life without acknowledging the part of you that isn’t good. When you suppress that, that’s when shit really goes haywire.

Jeffrey Scot Tweedy Important Facts

• Is one of four children.
• His older brother, Greg Tweedy, died of heart and kidney failure in 2013 at the age of 55.
• Endorsed Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election of the United States.
• Supported Ralph Nader in the 2004 presidential election of the United States.
• Supported Ralph Nader in the 2000 presidential election of the United States.
• Attended Belleville Area College.
• Quit smoking in 2005, after being a chain smoker since he was a teenager.
• Has suffered from chronic migraines throughout his entire life, forcing him to miss forty days of elementary school in one year.
• Attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
• Suffers from major depressive disorder.
• Suffers from panic attacks.
• Has two sons, Spencer and Sam.
• Front man for the band Wilco

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