[Kon-Peki]

> Wilco is a weird one.

Tweedy is from the Illinois side of metro St Louis and was touring colleges in southern IL, MO, KY, GA, etc as a member of Uncle Tupelo when he met and became friends with Buck. They collaborated on some projects, and Buck even produced an Uncle Tupelo album.

It’s probably better to think of it as “Tweedy influenced by REM” rather than “Wilco influenced by REM”.

[tptacek]

I'm an unabashed Tupelo fan and I don't get as much alt-rock in No Depression or Anodyne (another top 5 album for me) as I do in Summerteeth and, especially, YHF.

But then Jay Bennett leaves and they're a krautrock band.