Jeff Tweedy: ‘It would be squandering the gift of making music to communicate cynicism, defeat. Fuck that shit. I’m not defeated’
The leader of Wilco, one of the most influential American rock bands of the 21st century, talks about the anniversary edition of ‘A Ghost is Born,’ the album that established the group as a musical reference
Jeff Tweedy, 57, is the leader of Wilco, one of the most important American bands of the 21st century. A noted observer of the emotions of the individual either in contact or detached from his environment, Tweedy picks up the phone from his home in Chicago to talk about the collection of rare material and live recordings for the 20th anniversary edition boxset of A Ghost is Born, the album that consolidated them as the luminaries of the international indie scene.
