Wilco
Wilco performing at the 2004 Austin City Limits festival
Background information
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genre(s)	Alternative rock, alternative country, folk rock
Years active	1994–present
Label(s)	Nonesuch, Reprise
Associated acts	Uncle Tupelo, Loose Fur, The Autumn Defense, Golden Smog
Website	www.wilcoworld.net
Members
Jeff Tweedy John Stirratt Nels Cline Glenn Kotche Pat Sansone Mikael Jorgensen
Former members
Leroy Bach Max Johnston Jay Bennett Bob Egan Ken Coomer

Wilco is an American rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1993 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure from that group. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John Stirratt remaining from the original incarnation. The other current members are guitarist Nels Cline, multi-instrumentalists Pat Sansone and Mikael Jorgensen, and drummer Glenn Kotche. Wilco has released six studio albums, a live double album, and three collaborations: two with Billy Bragg, and one with The Minus 5. Look up wilco in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Download high resolution version (2100x1721, 543 KB)Picture of the band Wilco This is a copyrighted promotional image. ... The Austin City Limits Music Festival is an annual three-day music and art festival in Austin, Texass Zilker Park. ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... Matt Hillyer of Texas-based Eleven Hundred Springs Alternative country is a term applied to various subgenres of country music. ... Bob Dylans folk-rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Nonesuch Records is currently allied with Warner Bros. ... Reprise Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, operated through Warner Bros. ... Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. ... Loose Fur is an American rock band comprised of Wilco members Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche, and musician/producer Jim ORourke. ... The Autumn Defense: John Stirratt and Pat Sansone The Autumn Defense is an indie band, comprised of multi-instrumentalists John Stirratt and Pat Sansone. ... Golden Smog is a loosely connected group of musicians comprised, at various times, of members of Soul Asylum, the Replacements, Wilco, The Jayhawks, Run Westy Run, The Honeydogs and Big Star. ... Jeffrey Scott Tweedy (born August 25, 1967 in Belleville, Illinois, United States) is an American songwriter, musician, and poet. ... John Stirratt is the bassist for Wilco and the former bassist of Uncle Tupelo. ... Nels and his Jazzmaster. ... Glen Kotche is an American drummer, best known for his involvement in Wilco. ... Pat Sansone (born June 21, 1969) is a multinstrumentalist in the rock bands Wilco and Autumn Defense. ... Mikael Jorgensen is a member of the band Wilco. ... LeRoy Bach was involved in the recording of Wilcos 1999 album Summerteeth, and was named an official member of the group before the release of 2002s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. ... Max Johnston is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work on fiddle, Dobro, banjo, and mandolin with the bands Uncle Tupelo, Wilco and more recently, The Gourds. ... Jay Bennett is an American singer-songwriter. ... Ken Coomer was the drummer for the band Uncle Tupelo as well as the drummer for Wilco until Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. ... This article is about the genre. ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Matt Hillyer of Texas-based Eleven Hundred Springs Alternative country is a term applied to various subgenres of country music. ... Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. ... Jay Farrar, (born December 26, 1966 in Belleville, Illinois) is an American songwriter and musician currently based in St. ... Jeffrey Scott Tweedy (born August 25, 1967 in Belleville, Illinois, United States) is an American songwriter, musician, and poet. ... John Stirratt is the bassist for Wilco and the former bassist of Uncle Tupelo. ... Nels and his Jazzmaster. ... Pat Sansone (born June 21, 1969) is a multinstrumentalist in the rock bands Wilco and Autumn Defense. ... Mikael Jorgensen is a member of the band Wilco. ... Glen Kotche is an American drummer, best known for his involvement in Wilco. ... Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957 in Essex, England), better known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician who blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs. ... The Minus 5 began life as a side project from the Young Fresh Fellows Scott McCaughey who formed the band in 1993. ...

Wilco's music has been inspired by a wide variety of artists and styles, including Bill Fay and Television, and has in turn influenced music by The National and Cherry Ghost. The band continued in the alternative country of Uncle Tupelo on its debut album A.M. (1995), but has since introduced more experimental aspects to their music. Bill Fay is a singer, pianist and songwriter from the United Kingdom. ... The National is a Brooklyn-based indie rock band formed in 1999, by friends from Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Cherry Ghost is a British indie rock band led by Simon Aldred (born September 1975 in Bolton). ... A.M. is the debut album of Wilco. ... For experimental rock music, see experimental rock. ...

Wilco garnered media attention for its fourth album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002), and the controversy surrounding it. After the recording sessions were complete, Reprise Records rejected the album and dismissed Wilco from the label. As part of a buy-out deal, Reprise gave Wilco the rights to the album for free. After streaming Foxtrot on its website, Wilco sold the album to Nonesuch Records in 2002. Both record labels are subsidiaries of Warner Music Group, leading one critic to say that the album showed "how screwed up the music business [was] in the early twenty-first century."^[1] Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is Wilco's most successful release to date, selling over 590,000 copies. Wilco won two Grammy Awards for their fifth studio album, 2004's A Ghost Is Born, including Best Alternative Music Album. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a 2002 album by Wilco. ... Reprise Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, operated through Warner Bros. ... Nonesuch Records is currently allied with Warner Bros. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A Ghost Is Born is the fifth studio album by Chicago-based alternative rock band Wilco. ... The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album has been awarded since 1991. ...

History

Formation

Main article: Uncle Tupelo

Wilco was formed following the breakup of the influential alternative country music group Uncle Tupelo. Singer Jay Farrar quit the band in 1994 supposedly because of a soured relationship with co-singer Jeff Tweedy.^[2] Both Tweedy and Farrar sought to form bands immediately after the breakup. Tweedy was able to keep the entire Uncle Tupelo lineup sans Farrar, including bassist John Stirratt, drummer Ken Coomer, and multi-instrumentalist Max Johnston. The band was tempted to keep the Uncle Tupelo name, but ultimately decided to rename the band.^[3] The group named itself "Wilco" after the CB radio voice procedure for "I Will Comply".^[4] Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. ... Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. ... Jay Farrar, (born December 26, 1966 in Belleville, Illinois) is an American songwriter and musician currently based in St. ... Jeffrey Scott Tweedy (born August 25, 1967 in Belleville, Illinois, United States) is an American songwriter, musician, and poet. ... Deon Rexroat of Anberlin. ... For the comic book character, see Drummer (comics). ... Ken Coomer was the drummer for the band Uncle Tupelo as well as the drummer for Wilco until Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. ... Max Johnston is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work on fiddle, Dobro, banjo, and mandolin with the bands Uncle Tupelo, Wilco and more recently, The Gourds. ... Voice procedure includes various techniques used to clarify, simplify and standardize spoken communications over two-way radios, in use by the military, in civil aviation, police and fire dispatching systems, citizens band radio (CB), etc. ...

A.M. and Being There

After collaborating with Syd Straw on a cover version of the Ernest Tubb song, "The T.B. is Whipping Me" (released in September 1994 on the Red Hot + Country compilation), Wilco began recording tracks for A.M., their first studio album, at Easley studio in June 1995.^[5][6] A demo tape from these recordings was sent to executives at Reprise Records, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers, and the label signed Tweedy to a contract. Although Tweedy stated that he wanted a more collaborative project than Uncle Tupelo, only his name appeared on the Reprise contract.^[7] Tweedy requested songwriting submissions from other members, but only one submission—John Stirratt's "It's Just That Simple"—appeared on A.M.. It was the last song Wilco ever released that was solely written by a member besides Tweedy.^[7] Syd Straw is an American rock singer and songwriter. ... Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. ... Red Hot + Country (or RH+C) was the follow-up to No Alternative in the Red Hot Series of compilation albums. ... A.M. is the debut album of Wilco. ... Reprise Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, operated through Warner Bros. ... Warner Bros. ...

Stylistically similar to Uncle Tupelo, the music on A.M. was considered to be straightforward alternative country rock in what Tweedy later described as "trying to tread some water with a perceived audience."^[8] A.M. peaked at number twenty-seven on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, considerably lower than the debut album of Jay Farrar's new band, Son Volt.^[9][10] The album was met with modest reviews though it would rank thirty-fourth in the Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop critics poll.^[11][12][13] Critically and commercially paling in comparison to the reception of Son Volt's album, the Wilco members perceived A.M. to be a failure.^[14] Shortly after the release of the album, multi-instrumentalist Jay Bennett joined the band, providing the band with a keyboardist and another guitarist. It has been suggested that Billboard be merged into this article or section. ... Top Heatseekers is a weekly albums chart introduced by Billboard in 1993 whose purpose is to highlight sales by new and developing musical recording artists. ... Son Volt Son Volt is a popular music group formed by Jay Farrar in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1994, after the breakup of the band Uncle Tupelo. ... The Village Voice is a New York City-based weekly newspaper featuring investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts reviews and events listings for New York City. ... The Pazz & Jop critics poll is a highly influential poll of music critics run by The Village Voice newspaper. ... A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments. ... Jay Bennett is an American singer-songwriter. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ...

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Sample from "I Must Be High", the first track from A.M.. The song is an example of the straightforward alternative country music described by Tweedy as "trying to tread some water with a perceived audience."

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Wilco made its live debut on November 17, 1994 to a capacity crowd at Cicero's Basement Bar in St. Louis, Missouri (the band was billed for the occasion as "Black Shampoo").^[15] 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Black Shampoo is a 1976 drama film directed by Greydon Clark and starring John Daniels. ...

During the two hundred-date tour supporting A.M., Tweedy began to write songs for a second album. The lyrical theme of the songs reflected a relationship between musical artist and a listener; Tweedy chose this topic because he sought to eschew the alternative country fan base. Ken Coomer elaborated:^[16]

The whole No Depression thing was funny to us because people seemed to forget that Jeff was a bigger punk-rock fan than a country fan. It led to things like us all switching instruments on "Misunderstood," where I'm playing guitar. No Depression is a bi-monthly magazine which covers the genre of Alternative Country music. ...

A number of songs were recorded with this theme, including "Sunken Treasure" and "Hotel Arizona",^[17] however, Wilco also recorded a number of songs in the style of A.M.^[18] Wilco named the album Being There after a Peter Sellers film of the same name. The band went through some personnel changes during the recording sessions. Max Johnston left the band because he felt that his role in the band had diminished in favor of Bennett; he had also been replaced by violinist Jesse Greene on one track because the band felt that Johnston was unable to play the part. Bob Egan of Freakwater briefly joined the band in the studio, playing pedal steel guitar on "Far, Far Away" and "Dreamer in My Dreams", and then became an official member in September 1996.^[19][20] Being There is a dual-disk album released in 1996 by the alternative country band Wilco. ... This article is about the British actor. ... This article is about the 1979 movie. ... Freakwater is a US-american Alternative-Country-band from Kentucky. ... Pedal steel guitar with two 10-string necks The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal slide to stop the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. ...

Unlike the A.M. recording sessions, the band had no vocation for producing a hit song from their second effort.^[21] The recording sessions produced nineteen songs, too many for a single album release. Tweedy was concerned about the high retail price that a double album would be sold for (at least $30), so he asked Reprise Records to release it as a double album at a single album price ($17.98 or less). Reprise agreed to this on the terms that they received Wilco's share of the album royalties. It was estimated in 2003 that the band lost almost $600,000 on the deal, but Tweedy was satisfied.^[22] Being There was well-received by critics from several major media outlets, including Rolling Stone.^[18][23][24] The album reached #73 on the Billboard album charts,^[25] a significant improvement from A.M., and placed fourteenth on the Pazz & Jop Critics Poll for 1996.^[26] A double album is an audio album of sufficient length that two units of the medium in which it is sold (especially records and compact discs) are necessary to contain the entirety of it. ... This article is about the magazine. ...

Summerteeth and the Mermaid Avenue sessions

In November 1997, Wilco entered Willie Nelson's recording studio in Spicewood, Texas to record a third studio album.^[27] The album was lyrically inspired by the marital problems of Tweedy and his wife, as well as by twentieth-century literature.^[28] Tweedy relied heavily on Bennett to provide music for the singer's "bold, but depressing" lyrics.^[29] Wilco recorded several songs, including "Via Chicago" and "She's a Jar," but began working on another project before assembling the tracks into an album.^[30] Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Literature (disambiguation). ...

The two Mermaid Avenue albums consisted of recordings of unreleased Woody Guthrie (pictured) songs.

Nora Guthrie contacted singer-songwriter Billy Bragg in spring 1995 about recording some unreleased songs by her father, folk singer Woody Guthrie. Most of the songs were written late in Guthrie's life when he was unable to record due to the motor impairments of Huntington's disease. By the 1990s, Woody Guthrie had become a "relic" to the MTV generation, and Nora sought to establish a different legacy for the musician. To Nora, Bragg was "the only singer I knew taking on the same issues as Woody." Bragg was concerned, however, that his fans would not realize that the songs were written by Guthrie when he performed them on tour, so he decided to record the album with another band.^[31] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 477 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2926 × 3677 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 477 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2926 × 3677 pixel, file size: 1. ... Woodrow Wilson Woody Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American songwriter and folk musician. ... Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957 in Essex, England), better known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician who blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs. ... Woodrow Wilson Woody Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American songwriter and folk musician. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Bragg contacted Tweedy and Bennett about co-recording the album while Wilco was on the European segment of their Being There tour. Bragg was particularly fond of Being There because their influences extended farther back than the 1950s. Although Tweedy was indifferent to the offer, Bennett was enthused about recording songs of one of his idols—Bennett's previous band Titanic Love Affair was named after a Billy Bragg lyric. A recording contract between Bragg and Wilco was signed after a show at Shepherd's Bush Empire. Bragg mostly recorded the politically-charged lyrics, while Tweedy preferred to record lyrics that showcased Guthrie as a "freak weirdo." The recording of Mermaid Avenue began on December 12, 1997, and was the topic of BBC's Man in the Sand documentary film.^[32] The Shepherds Bush Empire (the first word is sometimes spelled Shepherds) is a music venue in Shepherds Bush in West London, England run by the Academy Music Group. ... Cover of Mermaid Avenue (1998) Mermaid Avenue is a 1998 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Man in the Sand is a 1999 music documentary that chronicles the collaboration between Billy Bragg and Wilco, which involved the musicians creating new music to accompany lyrics that were written decades earlier by folk singer Woody Guthrie. ...

Tempers flared between Bragg and Wilco after the album was completed. Bennett believed that Bragg was overproducing his songs, a sharp contrast to Wilco's sparser contributions. Bennett called Bragg about the possibility of remixing Bragg's songs, to which Bragg responded with "you make your record, and I'll make mine, fucker." Eventually Bragg sent copies of his recordings to Chicago for Bennett to remix, but Bragg refused to use the new mixes on the album. The two parties were unable to establish a promotional tour and quarreled over royalties and guest musician fees.

Despite these conflicts, the album was released on June 23, 1998, and sold over 277,000 copies.^[33] The album received rave reviews from Robert Christgau and Rolling Stone, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.^[34][35] It also placed fourth on the Pazz & Jop critics poll for 1998.^[36] After the album was released, Bob Egan was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Leroy Bach.^[37] is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was first awarded in 1987. ... LeRoy Bach was involved in the recording of Wilcos 1999 album Summerteeth, and was named an official member of the group before the release of 2002s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. ...

After the completion of the Mermaid Avenue sessions, Wilco returned to Spicewood to complete their third studio album, Summerteeth. Unlike previous Wilco and Uncle Tupelo recordings, the album featured a lot of overdubbing with Pro Tools.^[38] Stirratt and Coomer were concerned with the production, since it reduced their involvement in the music. According to Stirratt:^[39] Summerteeth is an album by the band Wilco. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The story of Summerteeth is Jay bought a Mellotron and he was going to use it, no matter what. It was lovely, but it was overdone. Once they got going on the overdubs, they didn't stop. And nobody in the band stepped up to stop the madness … It reminds me of Heart of Darkness, where you knowingly extend the creative process for the purpose of exploration or redemption, or whatever it is you're looking for. The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. ... For other uses, see Heart of Darkness (disambiguation). ...

During 1999, Warner Brothers was looking to help repay a $16 billion debt acquired during the recent merger of parent company Warner Communications with Time Inc..^[40] As a result, Warner's imprints were under pressure to produce musical acts that would yield hit records. The head of Reprise, Howie Klein, who had previously authorized the release of Being There as a double album, was willing to let Wilco produce Summerteeth without label input. When Klein played the album for Reprise's A&R department, however, they demanded a radio single for the album. Wilco agreed to do this "once and once only" and recorded a radio-friendly version of "Can't Stand It" at the request of David Kahne, the head of the A&R department.^[41] The single version of "Can't Stand It" failed to cross over from Triple-A radio to alternative rock stations. Consequently, the album sold only 200,000 copies, significantly less than Being There.^[42] This was despite critical acclaim; the album placed eighth on the Pazz & Jop critics' poll for 1999.^[43] Time Inc. ... This article is about imprints in publishing. ... Howie Klein was the president of Reprise/Warner Bros. ... David Kahne is a music producer having worked on MTV Unplugged, the 1995 Grammy Award winner for Album of the Year. ... Adult Album Alternative (also Triple-A, AAA, or adult alternative) is a radio format broadcast mostly on FM. A spin off of the Album-oriented rock format, its roots may have been established sometime during the 60s from what was called underground music and later progressive. ...

After the release of Summerteeth, the band resumed the Mermaid Avenue sessions. Although they had recorded enough material for a second release in 1998, Wilco recorded a few new songs for Mermaid Avenue Vol. II. "Someday Some Morning Sometime," featuring a vibraphone filtered through a space echo, was identified by Tweedy as being the "piece to the puzzle" towards the creation of their fourth studio album. The album was released on May 30, 2000, and was the last release from the sessions.^[44] Summerteeth is an album by the band Wilco. ... The rest of the recording sessions from recordings of obscure Woodie Guthrie songs. ... A typical vibraphone. ... Roland RE201 SpaceEcho. ... is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

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The first track from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, this song featured an intro on bells composed by Glenn Kotche.

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Shortly after the recording sessions for Mermaid Avenue Vol. II, Wilco purchased a studio in Irving Park, Chicago, which they named the Wilco Loft.^[45] The band recorded some tracks in the studio in early 2000 for a fourth studio album. In May 2000, Jeff Tweedy requested to perform with Jim O'Rourke at a festival in Chicago; Tweedy was a fan of O'Rourke's Bad Timing. O'Rourke introduced Tweedy to drummer Glenn Kotche, and the trio enjoyed working together so much that they decided to record an album as a side project named Loose Fur.^[46] Wilco had recorded an entire album of music at this point, but Tweedy was unhappy with the drum parts. He enjoyed Kotche's contributions to Loose Fur so much that Tweedy brought him into the studio to re-record some demos. Some believe that Tweedy sought to make Wilco sound like Loose Fur after officially replacing Ken Coomer with Kotche in January 2001.^[47] Irving Park is a neighborhood located on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois. ... ORourke in Stockholm 2005 Jim ORourke (born 1969) is an American musician and producer. ... Bad Timing is an album by American musician Jim ORourke, released on Drag City in 1997. ... Glen Kotche is an American drummer, best known for his involvement in Wilco. ... Loose Fur is an American rock band comprised of Wilco members Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche, and musician/producer Jim ORourke. ...

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was rejected by Reprise Records, but released by Nonesuch Records. Both record labels were subsidiaries of Warner Brothers. The album is Wilco's best selling album to date.

Although Bennett sought to act as both mixer and engineer for Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Tweedy was unsure of Bennett's abilities against those of O'Rourke. Tweedy and Bennett frequently argued over whether the album should be accessible to a general listener, or attempt to cover new musical ground.^[48] Unbeknownst to Bennett, Tweedy invited O'Rourke to remix "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart", and the results impressed the other band members—even Bennett. Tensions grew between Bennett and O'Rourke because Bennett wanted to mix every song on the album. O'Rourke cut the contributions of other members on several of the songs; some songs, such as "Poor Places", only featured the Loose Fur trio.^[49] The album was completed in 2001, and Bennett left the band immediately afterwards.^[50] The recording of the album was documented by Sam Jones and released in 2002 as the film I Am Trying to Break Your Heart. Cover art of Wilcos Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (fair use; image owned by AOL/Time Warner) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Cover art of Wilcos Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (fair use; image owned by AOL/Time Warner) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a 2002 album by Wilco. ... Sam, Samantha or Samuel Jones can refer to a number of different people. ... I Am trying To Break you Heart: A Film About Wilco is a documentary film by Sam Jones which follows the American Alterna-country rock band Wilco through the creation and distribution of their fourth studio album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. ...

Time Warner, which owned Warner Brothers, merged with America Online in 2001, leading to more pressure on Warner's record labels to cut costs. Over 600 employees of Warner Music Group were fired, including Howie Klein, the president of Reprise Records. In absence of Klein, David Kahne became the interim head of Reprise.^[51] Kahne assigned Mio Vukovic to monitor the progress of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and to offer suggestions. Music journalist Greg Kot claims that Vukovic disdained the album and was unhappy that Wilco ignored his suggestions.^[52] He brought the album to Kahne, who felt that there was no single on the album. In June 2001, the album was rejected by Reprise and Wilco was asked to leave the label.^[53] To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

Wilco managed to negotiate terms to a buy-out from Reprise. Music journalist Greg Kot claims that instead of financial compensation, the band agreed to leave the label with the master tapes of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.^[54] The label was already receiving bad publicity for its treatment of the band and were willing to accommodate Wilco's request.^[55] However, the All Music Guide claims that Wilco "bought the finished studio tapes from Warner/Reprise for a reported $50,000 and left the label altogether" after Wilco was "[u]nwilling to change the album to make it more 'commercially viable'"^[56] To curb the negative publicity, Reprise began to invest more in bands such as The Flaming Lips. Lead singer Wayne Coyne once remarked:^[57] Reprise is also the name of a record label, see Reprise Records In music a reprise is the repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition such as occurs in the recapitulation of sonata form, though it originally (18th century) was simply any repeated section, such as... The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983) are an American alternative rock band. ... Wayne Michael Coyne (born January 13, 1961[1]) is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter for the band The Flaming Lips. ...

We are benefiting from the label's regret over Wilco. We are living in the golden age of that being such a public mistake. The people on Warners said, "we'll never have a band like Wilco feel we don't believe in them again." They'd tell me that it would never happen to us. And what a great day for me!

As the band searched for a new label to release the album, they decided to stream it at their official website to discourage illegal trading of low-quality MP3s.^[58] The band signed with Nonesuch Records, another Time Warner subsidiary, and the album was released in the spring of 2002. When it was released, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot reached number thirteen on the Billboard 200, Wilco's highest chart position to that date.^[59] Yankee Hotel Foxtrot sold over 590,000 copies, and to date remains Wilco's best selling album.^[60] Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was met with wide critical acclaim: it topped 2002's Pazz & Jop critics' poll, was named one of the 100 greatest albums of all time by Q Magazine, and was named one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone.^[61][62][63] For other uses, see MP3 (disambiguation). ... Nonesuch Records is currently allied with Warner Bros. ... Time Warner Inc. ... Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a 2002 album by Wilco. ... The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a 2002 album by Wilco. ... Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ... The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ...

Down with Wilco, A Ghost Is Born, and Kicking Television: Live in Chicago

While waiting for the commercial release of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco agreed to support R.E.M. collaborator Scott McCaughey for an album release by The Minus 5. They scheduled a recording session for September 11, 2001, but were distraught about the 9/11 terrorist attacks that day.^[64] Later that day, Wilco and McCaughey agreed to "create something good in the world right now" and record some material.^[65] Influenced by Bill Fay's Time of the Last Persecution, The Minus 5's Down with Wilco was released in 2003.^[66] R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980 by Bill Berry (drums), Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass guitar), and Michael Stipe (vocals). ... Scott McCaughey is the leader of the Seattle-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and (with Peter Buck) the Minus 5. ... The Minus 5 began life as a side project from the Young Fresh Fellows Scott McCaughey who formed the band in 1993. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... The date that commonly refers to the attacks on United States citizens on September 11, 2001 (see the September 11, 2001 Attacks). ... Bill Fay is a singer, pianist and songwriter from the United Kingdom. ... Time of the Last Persecution was the second and final album of progressive folk singer Bill Fay. ... Down With Wilco is the fifth album by American rock band The Minus 5. ...

Wilco at the Wired Rave Awards in 2003

In November 2003, Wilco traveled to New York City to record their fifth album. Unlike Summerteeth and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, A Ghost Is Born featured songs that were created with Pro Tools before ever performing them live.^[67] The album featured the song "Less Than You Think", which included a fifteen-minute track of electronic noises and synthesizers, which Tweedy called "the track that everyone will hate". Tweedy justified the inclusion of the song:^[67] Image File history File linksMetadata Wired_Wilco. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Wired_Wilco. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... A Ghost Is Born is the fifth studio album by Chicago-based alternative rock band Wilco. ...

I know ninety-nine percent of our fans won't like that song, they'll say its a ridiculous indulgence. Even I don't want to listen to it every time I play through the album. But the times I do calm myself down and pay attention to it, I think it's valuable and moving and cathartic. I wouldn't have put it on the record if I didn't think it was great … I wanted to make an album about identity, and within that is the idea of a higher power, the idea of randomness, and that anything can happen, and that we can't control it.

Leroy Bach left the band immediately after the album's completion to join a music theatre operation in Chicago.^[68] Like Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco streamed the album online before its commercial release. Instead of using their own web page, the band streamed it in MPEG-4 form on Apple's website.^[69] Wilco sought to substantially change their lineup after Bach's departure, and added Mikael Jorgensen, who had engineered Down with Wilco, Pat Sansone of The Autumn Defense, and avant-garde guitarist Nels Cline to the lineup.^[65][70] Just as the band was about to tour to promote the album, Tweedy checked himself in to a rehabilitation clinic in Chicago for an addiction to painkillers. As a result, tour plans for Europe were canceled, and the release date for the album was set back several weeks.^[71]A Ghost Is Born was released on June 22, 2004, and became Wilco's first top ten album in the U.S.^[72] The album earned Wilco Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Recording Package in 2005.^[73] It also placed thirteenth on 2004's Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.^[74] MPEG-4 is a collection of methods defining compression of audio and visual (AV) digital data. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... Mikael Jorgensen is a member of the band Wilco. ... Pat Sansone (born June 21, 1969) is a multinstrumentalist in the rock bands Wilco and Autumn Defense. ... The Autumn Defense: John Stirratt and Pat Sansone The Autumn Defense is an indie band, comprised of multi-instrumentalists John Stirratt and Pat Sansone. ... Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. ... Nels and his Jazzmaster. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album has been awarded since 1991. ... The Grammy Award for Best Recording Package has been presented since 1974. ...

In 2004, the band released The Wilco Book, a picture book detailing the creation of A Ghost Is Born. The book also contains writings and drawings from band members, as well as a CD with demos from the A Ghost Is Born recording sessions.^[75] Also that year, Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot released a biography of the band entitled Wilco: Learning How to Die. The new six-piece Wilco lineup debuted on Kicking Television: Live in Chicago, a two disc live album recorded at The Vic Theater in Chicago. Released on November 15, 2005, the album received high accolades from Spin, Billboard, and Entertainment Weekly.^[76] As of 2007, it has sold over 114,000 copies.^[60] The Wilco Book (2004) is an exploration of the artistic statement presented by the band Wilco. ... Greg Kot has been the rock critic of the Chicago Tribune since 1990. ... The Victoria Theater, most well known as The Vic Theater is a musical venue located in Chicago, Illinois. ... is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Spin is a music magazine that reports on all the music that rocks. Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. ... Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ...

Sky Blue Sky

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Sample of "What Light", the eleventh track from Sky Blue Sky which was offered as a free download from the official Wilco website. The song exemplifies the straightforward melody, contrasting Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and A Ghost Is Born.

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Wilco returned to their loft in Chicago to record a sixth studio album in 2006. Influenced by The Byrds and Fairport Convention, the band considered Sky Blue Sky to be less experimental than previous releases.^[60] Also unlike previous albums, the songs were created as collaborations. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a 2002 album by Wilco. ... A Ghost Is Born is the fifth studio album by Chicago-based alternative rock band Wilco. ... Not to be confused with The Birds (band). ... Fairport Convention are often credited with being the first English electric folk band. ... Sky Blue Sky is the sixth studio album by Chicago rock band Wilco, released on May 15, 2007 by Nonesuch Records. ...

Wilco streamed the album online on March 3, 2007, and offered the song "What Light" as a free MP3 download.^[77] To further publicize the album, Wilco licensed several songs from the Sky Blue Sky recording sessions for use in a Volkswagen advertising campaign. The move was criticized by both critics and fans; Wilco responded by noting that they had previously done advertising campaigns with Apple Computers and Telefónica Moviles.^[78][79][80] The album was released on May 15, 2007, and was a commercial success: it sold over 87,000 copies in its first week and peaked in the top five in the U.S. album charts.^[81] It also was a top forty hit in seven other countries.^[82] is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... VW redirects here. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... movistar is a major mobile phone operator owned by Telefónica Móviles. ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

Reviewer James Brubaker states that Wilco “shine[s] on a handful of the songs” on Sky Blue Sky, such as the “light, and straightforward” songs. While he calls the album “great traditional rock and folk album at times”, he states that “once you get past the handful of masterful and lovely performances… the rest of the record comes off at times as dull, and forced”. ^[83] The allaboutjazz review also had mixed comments. While praising the album as “deceptively insinuating, almost intoxicating to listen to” and noting its “impeccable sound quality”, the reviewer claimed that “Sky Blue Sky becomes the first Wilco album that sounds too careful for its own good.”^[84]

Pabs Hernandez, a reviewer for Lost at Sea praised the album’s “breezy atmosphere and pacing”, and noted that it is not “easily judged upon first listen.” Overall, Hernandez stated that it “may be no masterpiece, but at worst it's a more than worthy entry into Wilco's laudable catalogue.”^[85] Reviewer Greg Locke praised the record as “one of the best albums of the year”, calling it a “timeless record, full of sweet, hopeful sophistication and class” and “a lean, mean, soulful album.” Like Hernandez, Locke acknowledged that the album could not be properly judged just on the first listening.^[86] The NPR review also had a positive take on the record. While the NPR reviewer stated that the recording “isn't groundbreaking”, they praised its “coherent musical expression” and emphasis on “solid songcraft without pretense” which created a “satisfying and melodically sound albu[m].”^[87]

Musical style and influence

Wilco performing in support of Sky Blue Sky at Festival Internacional de Benicàssim on July 20, 2007

Wilco's music is typically categorized as alternative rock and alternative country. Despite their career long association with a major record label, they are generally associated with indie rock.^[88] Wilco draws influence from bands from a variety of musical genres, but primarily from music created between 1966 and 1974.^[89][90] John Cale's Paris 1919 was credited by the band as providing a musical parallel. According to Tweedy, "It was eye-opening that I wasn't the only person that felt like these worlds had a lot more in common than they'd been given credit for—that experimentation and avant-garde theory was not directly opposed to beauty, y'know?"^[91] Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... The FIB or Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (Benicàssim International Festival) is a famous music festival held in Benicàssim (Spain). ... is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... Matt Hillyer of Texas-based Eleven Hundred Springs Alternative country is a term applied to various subgenres of country music. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Not to be confused with J. J. Cale. ... Paris 1919 is the name of a 1973 album by former Velvet Underground member John Cale. ...

Other recording artists from that timespan appreciated by the band include John Lennon, Neil Young, and Brian Wilson.^[92][93] For his thirty-fourth birthday, Tweedy received a private guitar lesson from Richard Lloyd of Television; Tweedy was a big fan of the group and was particularly fond of the guitar work, which he wanted to incorporate into his music.^[67] Uncle Tupelo was inspired by bands such as Jason & the Scorchers and The Minutemen, influencing the recording of Wilco's A.M..^[94] Tweedy and O'Rourke enjoyed free jazz artists such as Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, and Derek Bailey; they also listen to mainstream jazz by artists such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane.^[95][96] The lyrical structure of Wilco's songs were dictated by classic literature and cadavre exquis—an exercise where band members take turns writing lines on a typewriter, but are only allowed to see the previously written line.^[96] Among the books that the band has cited as being stylistically influential include William H. Gass's In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer, and Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry.^[96][97] John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... This article is about the musician. ... For other persons named Brian Wilson, see Brian Wilson (disambiguation). ... Jason & The Scorchers were an Alt country band led by Jason Ringenberg whose sound combined punk with country music. ... The Minutemen were a punk rock band from San Pedro, California comprising singer/guitarist D. Boon, singer/bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930) is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. ... Albert Ayler (July 13, 1936 – November 1970) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer. ... Derek Bailey pictured at the Vortex Club, Stoke Newington, 1991. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, widely considered to be one of the most influential of the 20th century. ... Coltrane redirects here. ... An example of graphical exquisite corpse Exquisite corpse (also known as exquisite cadaver or rotating corpse) is a method by which a collection of words or images are collectively assembled, the result being known as the exquisite corpse or cadavre exquis in French. ... William H. Gass (born July 30, 1924) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic and former philosophy professor. ... Henry Miller photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer and, to a lesser extent, painter. ... Tropic of Cancer is a novel by Henry Miller, first published in 1934 by Obelisk Press in Paris and still in print (Grove Press 1987 paperback: ISBN 0-8021-3178-6). ... Harold Bloom (born July 11, 1930) is an American professor and prominent literary and cultural critic. ...

Some critics have dubbed Wilco the "American Radiohead", due to their stylistically diverse catalog.^{[98][99][100]} A critic from the New York Times argues that Wilco has a "roots-rock...[sound which] reached back to proven materials: the twang of country, the steady chug of 1960s rock, the undulating sheen of the Beach Boys, the honky-tonk hymns of the Band and the melodic symmetries of pop."^[101] Radiohead are an English alternative rock band from Oxfordshire. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Beach Boys, originally the Beech Boys, a small team of four brothers from the south of Poland, emigrated to America in the early 1950s in search of a fortune to be made in the Arizonian logging industry. When it soon became evident they had been the victims of... A vintage belt buckle from Gilleys, a large honky tonk featured in the movie Urban Cowboy. ... For other uses, see Band. ...

Rolling Stone described Wilco as "one of America's most consistently interesting bands" and "America's foremost rock impressionists."^[102][103] Despite critical acclaim, Wilco's influence on modern rock has been limited.^[104] Bands that have been influenced by Wilco include Derek Webb (of Caedmon's Call),^[105] The National,^[104] and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.^[106] English indie rock band Cherry Ghost took its name from a lyric from the Wilco song "Theologians" (from A Ghost Is Born)—lead singer Simon Aldred is a self-proclaimed "massive Wilco fan".^[107] Pete Yorn's song "Crystal Village" was influenced by Wilco's "She's A Jar." On his 2004 album Live From New Jersey he introduces the song by saying, "Someone accused me of ripping off Cat Stevens. And I was like, 'That's bullshit, man. I would never rip off Cat Stevens.' I ripped off Wilco on that song." Derek Webb and wife Sandra McCracken in performance in April 2005. ... Caedmons Call is a Contemporary Christian band and pioneer of white blues music, which fuses traditional folk with world music and alternative rock. ... The National is a Brooklyn-based indie rock band formed in 1999, by friends from Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is a Vermont-based band that has recently gained national attention with their newest album, The Is Somewhere. ... Cherry Ghost is a British indie rock band led by Simon Aldred (born September 1975 in Bolton). ... Peter (Pete) Yorn (b. ... Live from New Jersey is a live album released by Pete Yorn in 2004. ...

Discography

Main article: Wilco discography

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Albums

• A.M. (March 28, 1995)
• Being There (October 29, 1996)
• Summerteeth (March 9, 1999)
• Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (April 23, 2002)
• A Ghost Is Born (June 22, 2004)
• Kicking Television: Live in Chicago (November 15, 2005)
• Sky Blue Sky (May 15, 2007)

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Band member timeline

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

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References

• Kot, Greg (2004), Wilco: Learning How to Die (1st ed.), New York City, NY: Broadway Books, ISBN 0-7679-1558-5 
• Levy, Joe (2005), Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (1st ed.), New York City, NY: Wenner Books, ISBN 1-9329-5861-4 

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