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Son Volt
Son Volt
American band
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Uncle Tupelo
Uncle Tupelo
alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois
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Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy
musician
3
Wilco
Wilco
American alternative rock band
4
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
musical duo
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Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
American musician
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Jim James
Jim James
American musician
7
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
American alternative rock band
8
Tom Rothrock
Tom Rothrock
musician
9
The Minus 5
The Minus 5
American band
10
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins
British band
11
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
American recording artist; singer
12
Robin Guthrie
Robin Guthrie
musician and producer
13
Jim Guthrie
Jim Guthrie
Canadian singer-songwriter
14
Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees
band
15
Imaad Wasif
Imaad Wasif
Canadian musician
16
Loose Fur
Loose Fur
17
Mark Gardener
Mark Gardener
British musician
18
The Postal Service
The Postal Service
American indie rock band
19
Uncle Kracker
Uncle Kracker
American recording artist; rock musician
20
Flying Saucer Attack
Flying Saucer Attack
band
21
Skip Spence
Skip Spence
Canadian musician
22
Everclear
Everclear
American alternative rock band
23
Black Tide
Black Tide
american heavy metal band
24
Dan Wilson
Dan Wilson
American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and visual artist
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The Impossibles
The Impossibles
26
Willie Alexander
Willie Alexander
singer and keyboard player
27
Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg
American musician
28
Ben Gibbard
Ben Gibbard
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
29
Jay Bennett
Jay Bennett
Singer-songwriter, producer
30
The Replacements
The Replacements
American rock band
31
Sera Cahoone
Sera Cahoone
American singer-songwriter
32
The Bronx
The Bronx
American hardcore punk band
33
Brett Gurewitz
Brett Gurewitz
American musician and producer
34
Jay Reatard
Jay Reatard
American musician
35
Johannes Schmoelling
Johannes Schmoelling
German electronic musician
36
Mudhoney
Mudhoney
alternative rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, United States
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Vic Ruggiero
Vic Ruggiero
musician, songwriter and producer from New York City
38
Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Hitchcock
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
39
Dwight Twilley
Dwight Twilley
American singer
40
Golden Smog
Golden Smog
band
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James Guthrie
James Guthrie
English record producer
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Chronic Future
Chronic Future
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Johnathan Rice
Johnathan Rice
American actor and musician
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Creeper Lagoon
Creeper Lagoon
American indie rock band
45
Lou Barlow
Lou Barlow
American musician
46
Steven Drozd
Steven Drozd
multi-instrumentalist and guitarist for The Flaming Lips
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Recover
Recover
American band
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Toni Halliday
Toni Halliday
British musician
49
Dntel
Dntel
American electronic music artist and DJ
50
Bile
Bile
51
Alec Empire
Alec Empire
German musician
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Rock and country singer, guitarist
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Jay Farrar (born December 26, 1966) is an American songwriter and musician currently based in St. Louis. A member of two critically acclaimed music groups, Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, he began his solo music career in 2001. Beyond his established talents as a songwriter, he is a guitarist, pianist, harmonicist, and a vocalist.