{"name":"Jeff Tweedy","title":"Jeff Tweedy","id":3494,"slug":"jeff-tweedy","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/3494/?format=json","bio_short":"Jeff Tweedy (born August 25, 1967 in Belleville, Illinois, United States) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and poet best known for his work with the group <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Wilco\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Wilco</a>. Tweedy joined rockabilly band <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Plebes\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Plebes</a> with high school friend <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Jay+Farrar\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Jay Farrar</a> in the early 1980s, but Tweedy's musical interests caused one of Farrar's brothers to quit. The Plebes changed their name to <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Primitives\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Primitives</a> in 1984, and subsequently to <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Uncle+Tupelo\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Uncle Tupelo</a>.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/JeffTweedy.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":3561,"title":"Hummingbird","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/hummingbird/"}]}