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Jeff Tweedy: Biography

Jeff Tweedy

Birth Name: Jeffrey Scott Tweedy
Birth Place: Belleville, IL
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/26/1967, Virgo
Profession: Rock singer; songwriter

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Jeff Tweedy Fast Facts:

Played together in the Plebes and the Primitives with high school friend Jay Farrar, before dubbing themselves Uncle Tupelo in the mid-1980s.
Wife, Sue Miller, previously ran the Chicago rock club Lounge Ax, where Uncle Tupelo often performed.
Formed Wilco with former Uncle Tupelo members John Stirratt, Ken Coomer and Max Johnston after that group disbanded in 1994.
Made his studio debut with Wilco on the country-rock album A.M. (1995); commercial breakthrough came in 2002, with the acclaimed Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
Published a book of poems titled Adult Head in 2004.
Side projects include Golden Smog, featuring members of the Jayhawks and Soul Asylum, and Loose Fur, with producer Jim O'Rourke and Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche.
Son Spencer plays drums in a rock band called the Blisters.

Jeff Tweedy Relationships:
Jo Tweedy - Mother
Robert Tweedy - Father
Sue Miller - Wife
Spencer Miller Tweedy - Son
Sam Miller Tweedy - Son
Steve Tweedy - Brother
Jeff Tweedy Awards:
2004 Grammy: Best Alternative Music Album - Winner

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54th Annual Grammy Awards 2012, Glenn Kotche, Pat Sansone, Mikael Jorgensen, Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline and John Stirratt, Wilco Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

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