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• 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.