Jay Farrar

I was 16 and happened to see a Magnolias video on MTV's 120 minutes. I liked it, bought the CD and saw that they would be playing in Iowa City at Gabe's Oasis soon. I decided to go see them and, luckily, Uncle Tupelo was the opening band. They had just released No Depression that week and a friend o...

I saw them on that tour in Iowa City at Gabe's Oasis. I don't remember the date but most likely close to the Minn date. The show was sold out and since there are no chairs or tables up front everyone sat on the floor for Sparkelhorse and then stood up for Son Volt. I bought a Sparklehorse 7 inch rec...

Uncle Tupelo - Graveyard Shift
House Of Large Sizes - Loaded Gun
I love the cowbell!

It was a great show! Jay seemed really fresh vocally and really into performing. He even told a funny story about the last time he played at the Mill 6 years or so ago ( a show that I was at too). It involved Canyon and a head going through the low hanging suspended ceiling. The new guy (don't know ...

On the wilco website they have a cool panoramic shot of the loft where they record. You can zoom in and see lots of details. I zoomed in on the CD racks in the background and saw Son Volt's Okemah CD. I wonder if that's Jeff's or someone else's. Jay claims he doesn't own any Wilco Cd's I wonder if J...

Count me and THE ART GUY in - we'll try Bicycle Hotel or Coltrane Free

I think Artguy should also learn "Mary" Do you have those tabs?

I hate the artwork! I've always loved the artwork for all of Jay's albums. From No Depression, where the only thing in focus is the beer bottle, to the bravo call to arms of Okemah, I've loved them all - until now. This one looks like a cover off a Tool album and the picture on the back is just as b...

cool - anyone have the ability to capture the video and post it for downoad?

One minor correction - He/they are actually from Des Moines not Chicago. I was the one who provided the outfit when he was born but still too small to wear it. It was really nice to see him in it finally. I think this photo should go somewhere on the next Son Volt Cd

i live in dallas and let me say with out a doubt that i would rather live anywhere else and have to drive 5 or 10 hours to see jay and brian. Dallas is a crap bucket, a house of turds. BTW traffic is so bad here sometimes it seems like it takes 5 hours just to get anywhere in town. having said all t...

if you can figure out how to do it, the best way to distribute lots of copies to everyone without all of the postage, packaging, and waiting that comes with trading and trees- is to post it on easytree.org and let folks download it. i've downloaded tupelo dvd's from there before. just a thought, i w...

i read an article where jay mentioned that he felt a little ganged up on by jeff and their manager tony margherita. he felt it became a 2 against 1 situation and that contributed to the demise of tupelo. i haven't read this book but do they mention this point ? i've never seen anyone else talk about...

i clearly remember reading an article about son volt when trace came out. In it, they asked jay if he ever spoke to jeff or anyone else in wilco and he said something to the effect of - "not really, but i sent them a note congratualting them on their album (wilco's A.M.) and letting them know how mu...