synffUncle Tupelo, the Belleville, Illinois trio of Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn, forged alt-country's raw blueprint from 1987 to 1994, blending punk's urgency with folk's stark twang.
Emerging from their punk roots in The Primitives, they fused Dinosaur Jr.'s blistering guitars, Woody…
35 roots·14 legacies
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Wilco, Jeff Tweedy, Son Volt, Bob Dylan + 31 more
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1991
