I've been thinking long and hard about this. Jay Farrar is the best singer/songwriter of my generation. Wilco & Jeff Tweedy are the more well-known spin-off of Uncle Tupelo, but to me there is no comparison.
Son Volt has made great music for fifteen years. Farrar has done solo and side projects, most notably Gob Iron with Anders Parker. For decades now, he has consistently keyed into the pain and sorrow of the world around him without making it mopey and drab.
His music is insightful, introspective, colorful and most importantly (in an industry dominated by selfish, boasting, inane, ready-made garbage) culturally necessary.
He gives me faith that there are people out there that can sift through the fluff and make an honest contribution to music - the most American of art forms!
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