And the Hello and welcome to episode 184 episode the Jaker on songwriting. This is Brian accompanied as all episode of

one Jaker on songwriting. This is Brian, accompanied as always by my long suffering co-host Simon

and joining us today is a prolific

highly accomplished Grammy winning American songwriter and musician

best known as the frontman of arguably

the most enduring alt rock band on the planet, Wilco.

As this reaches you, he's recently released his fourth solo album, Love is the King, recorded

at Wilco Chicago studio space The Loft, as well as publishing his second book, How to Write One Song, an indispensable guide to tapping into your creativity, and boy is that grist to our mill. We are thrilled to welcome the excellent Jeff Tweedy to the show.

Jeff joined us over Zoom from The Loft a couple of months ago and it was lovely to have them with us on the podcast.

The new album is of course every bit as good

as you'd expect from such a master of his craft.

Yeah and as well as being a great practitioner he's kind of a songwriting guru isn't he

really? He really is and the new books absolutely essential.

Yeah I mean if you're a listener to this show you need to get yourself a copy of how to write

one song whether you're new to songwriting or a grizzled veteran.

Yeah it's only a slim volume, but that belies the sheer amount of wisdom contained within its pages.

And we both read it in one sitting, but it's safe to say we'll be coming back to it again and again as will you

dear listeners not only that but it's extremely portable as well bray

yep if it's snugly in your pocket what more could you want in a book it's getting a

home shopping channel this

Brian. We are sure you were not on commission folks. Jeff was born in

Belleville, Illinois in 1967. He plundered his siblings record collections as a kid and would later listen in the family attic to bands like the replacements and minute men

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