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Wilco: A.M.

Tony Scherman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 April 1995

WHEN CO-LEADER Jay Farrar quit the rootsy alternative-rock band Uncle Tupelo last year, the group renamed itself Wilco and cut A.M. (Reprise). As it turns out, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy is a better singer than Farrar; his voice has an affecting rasp, and his songwriting persona has the shaggy, winning air of a 30ish hippie struggling to grow up.

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