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Son Volt

Formed: 1994

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Styles: Alternative Country-Rock, Alternative Country, Americana

Group Members: Jay Farrar, Michael Heidorn, Eric Heywood, Dave Boquist, Jim Boquist

Biography: After touring in support of their 1993 masterpiece, Anodyne, the seminal alternative country band Uncle Tupelo split up over long-simmering creative differences between co-leaders Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy. Tweedy recruited much of the band to form Wilco, while Farrar teamed up with original Tupelo ...Read full biography

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Trace

Released: 1995

Label: Warner Bros.

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Jay Farrar always provided the darkest, grittiest moments in Uncle Tupelo, so it comes as no surprise that Son Volt is a rawer record than A.M., the first album by Wilco, a band led by his former partner ...Read full review

Okemah and the Melody of Riot

Released: 2005

Label: Transmit Sounds

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While there was never much question that Jay Farrar was the guiding light behind Son Volt, he's managed to extinguish any lingering doubts about that issue with Okemah and the Melody of Riot, his first ...Read full review

More Son Volt albums: Main Albums (6), Compilations (2), Singles & EPs (1), DVD/Video (2)

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Uncle Tupelo

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