This weekend, the newly revitalized Bearsville Theater really begins to hit its stride, as Jeff Tweedy of Wilco kicks off his US solo tour with a three-night residency.
A native of Illinois, Tweedy first came on the radar back in 1987 when he formed Uncle Tupelo in the prairie state along with Jay Farrar and Mike Heidorn. Uncle Tupelo are often credited as one of the earliest examples of alt-country before the music industry even realized it was a genre.
In 1994, Tweedy formed Wilco and gained wider recognition. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco’s fourth studio album, was the band’s biggest commercial success. It is considered by many to be among the most influential albums of the 2000s.
Wilco solidified their ability to survive and thrive by creating their own label dBpm in 2011 in their home base of Chicago. Known for songs like “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart”, “Impossible Germany”, and “Passenger Side”, the band has won four Grammys to date and is still going strong.
Wilco’s most recent full-length album, Cousin, came out in 2023 and features such tracks as “Infinite Surprise”, which demonstrates the band’s continued ability to reinvent indie rock in interesting and relevant ways.
This past summer, Wilco released a six-song EP, Hot Sun Cool Shroud, in conjunction with an appearance at MASS MoCA, helping to seal their reputation as a band that also has art rock credentials.
Jeff Tweedy has put out four solo albums in recent years. He’s also done a variety of projects with his wife and sons, including a family video series they put out on Instagram during the pandemic.
In addition to music, Tweedy has grown into a prolific writer with several best-sellers under his belt. Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back) came out in 2019 and is a highly-readable look back at his career. His most recent book, World Within a Song, is a series of meditations on fifty songs that changed his life. Some of them might’ve changed your life, too.
With a wide catalog to choose from and plenty of stories to tell, Tweedy’s solo shows at Bearsville are sure to delight old fans and new fans alike, lucky to catch him in an intimate hometown setting with great sound.
At time of writing, Friday and Saturday shows have already been sold out. Check Bearsville’s website to see if there are any Sunday tickets still available bearsvilletheater.com.
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