Wilco

When pioneering alt-country band Uncle Tupelo split in the mid-1990s, they broke off into two camps. Jay Farrar started the rootsy, twangy (if lyrically elliptical) Son Volt. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Jeff Tweedy, who co-led the band with Farrar, established himself anew with Wilco. Though Wilco initially offered country-influenced rock not unlike that of Tweedy's former outfit, they quickly progressed through the Stones-meet-Big Star shambling two-disc epic BEING THERE, the Beach Boys/Beatles-influenced pop of SUMMER TEETH, and the screwy, art-damaged, Jim O'Rourke-produced YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT, whose release was notoriously delayed due to label apathy, though the album was eventually hailed as the group's masterpiece.

• Blue Mountain
• Bottle Rockets
• Five Chinese Brothers
• Parlor James
• Pernice Brothers
• Radar Bros.
• Son Volt
• Tarnation
• The Handsome Family
• The Jayhawks
• The Vidalias
• Wagon
• Will Oldham

• American Music Club
• Big Star
• Bob Dylan
• Gene Clark
• Gram Parsons
• Hank Williams
• The Beach Boys
• The Beatles
• The Byrds
• The Mekons
• The Replacements
• The Rolling Stones
• The Silos
• Waylon Jennings
• Woody Guthrie/Leadbelly

• Beachwood Sparks
• Burn Barrel
• Hadacol
• Minibar
• The Court & Spark
• The National
• The Star Room Boys
• Tim Easton

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