🎸 Son Volt Plays Letterman

[@hermannmiskelly2759]

Incredible song from an incredible album by an incredible band.

[@dog-n2b]

i actually discovered son volt from reading about wilco, then tweedy, then uncle tupelo and they're great. really glad i can enjoy country after all

[@PFB1994]

Farrar really is a genius, saw him play this song acoustic before this record came out and it was totally impressive. Then you hear the electric version that is super powerful, but it still is the same feel. Very few songwriters can do what Jay Farrar does, both lyrically and musically.

[@williammeyers7041]

Thank you!

[@mspray]

That was a good era for Son Volt. 🤟💖

[@joeflip2993]

Love this tune. I hear this and I'm looking out the drivers window seeing the world go by

[@iosdev9330]

Back when they had great music on late night.

[@acoustically9201]

Amazing guitar sounds from these guys. They really worked on the blend and dynamic. Just magnificent. Driving the View is a great example as well. Tom Petty's eyes and ears must've popped out when he heard them take his thing and kick it up a notch. That is truly some feat.

[@GotLotsaFaith]

Of all the approaches that Jay enters into with his music this is a particularly charming one. Rock Band.

[@jameycook9604]

Just classic! It’s like Dylan!

[@nightsketcher]

best road trip song ever!

[@dantean]

I can't think of what "genre" (if you want to call it that) replaced "alt. country" (if you want to call it THAT) in importance in English-language rock/pop based music (if you want...you get the idea), so I'm so glad Jay & Son Volt are still around...this from an urban black guy nearing 50 years of age.

[@fabrasham]

the mix is surprisingly good for Letterman.....cudos sound guy!

[@jczother]

@81Bear The keyboard players with Jason Isbell now, he's great.

[@GotLotsaFaith]

There's a little Liam Gallagher in Jay here, it would seem. He's a good looking cat sporting that 60's Kinks haircut, not to mention the f***ing ROCK he's FINALLY decided to unleash. Oasis-foot-stompin' :)

[@Masami01]

Coooooooooooooooool! Who's better, Wilco or Son Volt?

[@jczother]

@81Bear They toured on this lp 4 yrs ago seen em in st louis and he's been back solo. Maybe cus he's from here?

[@RareFootage]

We have the lastest video from last night, check it out 4-18-07

[@AwesomeCakeGaming]

Who is that on lead guitar?

[@johnhutto6969]

Brad Rice

[@elsupremo3651]

that's chris frame@@johnhutto6969

[@johnhutto6969]

⁠@@elsupremo3651yeah you’re right. Did Brad tour a little bit after recording Okemah? I thought I remember him playing at Hal & mal’s in Jackson ms that fall

[@aginghipster]

Jay Farrar's Son Volt prefer to stick to a pure country rock sound while Jeff Tweedy and Wilco experiment and go off in different musical directions. They're both great bands.

[@RareFootage]

Check out the video from a few weeks agoI have pictures from the Fort Worth show

[@Kolohe13]

jay farrar is son volt; is wilco; is uncle tupelo

[@fabrasham]

Jeff Farrar ?

[@70mjc]

Jeff loves the attention, Jay is more reclusive. They both work equally hard at what they do. To imply otherwise merely shows just how little you know. WIlco and Son Volt both are excellent bands. I prefer son Volt and but that is just my preference. Wilco is so close I almost feel guilty saying even that, Uncle Tupelo though, they set the benchmark. Jay and Jeff meet it........

[@chivev]

almost everything after hotel

[@jeffkahl]

wow Farrar's voice seems to sound a little different (fuller?). still good stuff though!

[@eyepatchplease]

Wow, what an argument!

[@johnniefairchild2220]

TEAM FARRAR

[@houstonveer]

Capitol R stands for rock. Do you remember rock? It's spelled H-u-s-k-e-r D-u. Thank you.

[@jbell310]

Quite the keyboardist....

[@jbell310]

+jbell310 Said Jason Isbell

[@jeffball6656]

Both Son Volt and Wilco are great bands. You might prefer one to the other. Fair enough. But other than that… The who’s better argument is boring and dumb.

[@njenney]

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[@PFB1994]

I don't compare Farrar and Tweedy. I think Farrar should be compared with Neil Young, Steve Earle and Bob Dylan. Although, I probably like Farrar best of those.

[@markkickmark]

I loved Uncle Tupelo and I love Son Volt just as much, if not more. I just don't get Wilco, their music is just boring to me. I like Tweedy and all, it's nothing personal.

[@daveclinton4945]

I can't hear the vocals...

[@MM-qb5dx]

Too bad they never got the commercial success they deserved.

[@daffodil97]

music as it should be - basic -cutting and political

[@talpajam]

jay, pls lose the keyboards...i'm your biggest fan too.

[@eyepatchplease]

Please: name some of those turds.

[@MarcoEsquand0las]

personally, i think Tweedy's lyrics are much more profound, and I prefer the sound of Wilco to Son Volt. But I miss Uncle Tupelo. Tweedy needs Farrar. Farrar needs Tweedy.

[@matthijsros]

I think Son Volt is much more better than Wilco.

[@jamiethomaslane]

'I am a wheel' is easily the most woeful, unlistenable song in the entire Son Volt, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo catalogue although to be fair Wilco usually manage a couple of awful songs per record ie 'The Lonely one' ( cringe ). Not to say Wilco is a bad band but Farrars songwriting is way more consistently good then Tweedys.

[@GodStarRevisited69]

son volt kills Wilco.. all the way

[@joecharles5368]

Too Bad. Jay eas always the more Cerebral one! Of the 2!!