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Wilco Performs on 'Talk of the Nation'

Jeff Tweedy, lead singer-songwriter
Taylor Brittany-Ford, NPR

Wilco lead singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy in NPR's Studio 4A

Live Cuts

'The Late Greats'

'Remember the Mountain Bed'

'Muzzle of Bees'

'Handshake Drugs'

Wilco band members Pat Sansoe (left) and Nels Cline.
Taylor Brittany-Ford, NPR

Wilco band members Pat Sansoe (left) and Nels Cline

Wilco at NPR's Studio 4A
Taylor Brittany-Ford, NPR

The band prepares during a sound check.

From 1993

Neal Conan talks to Wilco founder Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar, then of Uncle Tupelo

February 24, 2005 - Two-time Grammy winners Wilco stopped by the Washington NPR studios for a live performance and to talk with Neal Conan about the band's latest album — A Ghost Is Born.

Lead singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy took callers' questions and spoke about how the band built a successful career with little radio play and — at one point — no record label.

Guests:

Jeff Tweedy, lead singer/songwriter

Nels Cline, lead guitar

John Stirratt, bass guitar, backing vocals

Glenn Kotche, drums

Mikael Jorgensen, piano/keyboards

Pat Sansone, multi-instrumentalist

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