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228 reviews for:
Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
Jeff Tweedy
4.38 AVERAGE
228 reviews for:
Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
Jeff Tweedy
4.38 AVERAGE
Long time fan of Wilco and Tweedy, but I still enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. His self-awareness is charming and makes for a fun read. He’s in it for the sheer love of making music, regardless of what fans or critics think of it, and it’s pretty inspiring. It was cool to get context for the transition from the go-for-broke experiments of Yankee Foxtrot Hotel and A Ghost is Born to ultra chill Sky Blue Sky (all three of which I love). Great example of how family, health, lineups, and just general state of mind can totally reshape a band’s sound.
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Fantastic memoir, enjoyed every single page.
Jeff Tweedy is easy to like. He’s witty and has a good sense of humor. He takes his work seriously without coming off as taking himself too seriously in a very midwestern way. I have spent a lot of time with his voice and his songs over the years. He’s a purveyor of “dad rock” in a time where being over 40 doesn’t mean you have to like the Grateful Dead and Steely Dan, but it’s fine if you do. He’s a guy who was known for country-rock, but didn’t want to be defined by a genre that was so manipulative and untrustworthy, so he changed what he did.
His book made me laugh, but it wasn’t filled with funny stories. He writes about addiction, death, rock n roll, and his family. There’s a sweep of nostalgia, falling in love with music, starting bands, and a love story with his wife. There’s a deep examination of his own drug use, anxiety, and depression, but it’s more of a way to informing his understanding of himself and how he fits into the world. There is a lot of family relationships summed up with short hand.
Tweedy writes about former band mates and his current band in ways that you can imagine them somewhere between friends and coworkers. He writes about creativity, music, and process like a guy who is about to write another book on that topic.
Jeff Tweedy’s book gives you enough of what you’d expect to like it and enough of what you didn’t expect to be a good book.
His book made me laugh, but it wasn’t filled with funny stories. He writes about addiction, death, rock n roll, and his family. There’s a sweep of nostalgia, falling in love with music, starting bands, and a love story with his wife. There’s a deep examination of his own drug use, anxiety, and depression, but it’s more of a way to informing his understanding of himself and how he fits into the world. There is a lot of family relationships summed up with short hand.
Tweedy writes about former band mates and his current band in ways that you can imagine them somewhere between friends and coworkers. He writes about creativity, music, and process like a guy who is about to write another book on that topic.
Jeff Tweedy’s book gives you enough of what you’d expect to like it and enough of what you didn’t expect to be a good book.
As a fan of Jeff Tweedy and his endeavors, I thought this book was excellent. He mentions at the end of the book that he wanted it to seem like he was having a conversation with you and that's exactly how I felt.
My love of Jeff and Wilco has grown exponentially, if that is even possible. I've read a lot of rock and roll biographies, and this is one of the first that was heartfelt, lighthearted, and undeniably true. Just the right mix of family and professional encounters. I lived next door to Belleville, IL during the rise of Uncle Tupelo and still have family in Belleville. Jeff's accounts of the town and the feelings of youth at the time are spot on and I found myself laughing out loud, a lot, at the sad but true descriptions. So Wilco, if you're listening, I think you're fab and try to see you every chance I get. But I haven't been to a Solid Sound yet because I want to bring the fam and ticket prices for a family of four are a commitment. How about helping a sister out?
...and now I'm listening through the entirety of Wilco's musical catalog. Not an overall bad experience! But seriously, the memoir was very good. Tweedy has a good voice for story telling (obv) and
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I wish there was more to this. Tweedy has such a specific voice, honest and self-deprecating and sometimes meandering, that I would gladly read a second volume about his life.
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