Jeff Tweedy Opens Up About Jay Bennett's Death

I too stopped listening to Wilco after YHF. I was (and still am) appalled at Tweedy's disregard for Jay Bennet as a person; his contribution to Wilco was immensely significant. I lost interest in the band after Jay left and felt the songwriting and craft of the records thereafter to be lacking and basically boring. The partnership of Tweedy and Bennet (yes it was a partnership and just because the "Band" sided with the side of bread that was buttered by Tweedy is irrelevant)... you can hear the difference in the quality of the output before and after Jay, and to me it's not even the same band...

Many patients see more they 1 doctor,go to multiple emergency rooms, and frequently do not tell the doctors what medicaions they are taking. Many states are beginning to monitor what controlled medications and the amount that patients are recieving, and relaying that information back to the doctors to help stop this but there are ways around this, going to doctors and pharmacy's in multiple states. If someone whats the drugs, they find ways.

Jeff has had the onus of leadership on him since the beginning of Wilco, and Jay was, painfully enough, NOT the guy who had to make a great record. Jeff's future was tied up in the success of the band more than anyone and Jay was not good to him for awhile, especially with Jeff's migraines. I suffer them too, and had I had to deal with some of that for one day, the relationship would have been over a lot sooner.
That being said, Jay was a magnificent textural arranger and musician. I enjoyed his solo work tremendously and still listen to certain songs when I go into a recording studio to get a reference.
As to Jeff thinking of the band as a solo project with a bunch of sidemen, don't say that to Nels Cline. He may not be the singer, but he is definitely no sideman.

I too suffer from pain and cannot get any pain medication. I have three discs in my back that have leaked out their fluid and to make any type of movement is quite painful. My doctor only wants to operate. When I ask for some pain medication, she refuses and says that she can't do that. She can only operate. I think that I should have the choice as it is my body. I would just like to get one night of sleep without being wakened by the back pain over and over. I have lived with this for six years now and it is not getting any better. I can live with the pain but like I said, it would be nice just to get a full nights sleep.

I recognize that Jay Bennett was invasive to people's personal space. I don't think I would have liked it. But a mentor of mine at AFI once advised me that you don't have to like the people you work with. I stopped listening to WILCO after YHF because it was apparent that Tweedy thought WILCO = Tweedy plus some guys in the background who knew their place as subordinates. I still listen to the Bennett era records, and miss WILCO as I knew them. I think Tweedy's comments are genuine; maybe it's time we got to know each other again: I'm just a fan.

DOXPET 5
at 7-06-2009Shouldn't pharmacies somehow hold some culpability in these prescription drug wars?

Good point DOX!
Pharmacies network with each other, and have been for years. You can't get a refill of a controlled substance if you try to fill it at any major drugstore (the Ma and Pa pharmacies hardly exist anymore, and no medical insurance will tolerate or cover anyone filling multiple perscriptions from different doctors.) These pill abusers should be red-flagged!

I think that Doctors should start networking with the pharamcies so they will know if a person is "doctor shopping." All these overdoses of famous people who doctor shop are making it hard for people who really need prescription pain killers. Like cancer patients, or people with severe ongoing agonizing pain from a spinal ingury etc... I have a strong feeling that the FDA and DEA are going to make it almost impossible for Doctors to prescribe these pills for people who really need pain killers because of these high profile abusers. The truly sick folks (who really need them) will turn to illegal measures to obtain what they need, and it will cost them hundreds of $$$, or even their lives. You can count on it.

I am sorry to hear about your friend. I am sure you miss his presence. Death is such a morbid thing that no one wants to die. I am sorrier to hear that it again was drugs. These deaths by drugs, prescribed or not, could surely be prevented if the person would only give them up. Sure it hurts, I am 67 and I have pains, too. But I don't doctor shop, I learn to live with it. Yes, even the chronic pain in my feet, which I have to walk on. I was diagnosed with tunnel syndrome of the legs. The Podiatrist offered to slit the nerves but I refused because I could step on a piece of glass and never know it, I could bleed to death. I would rather hurt and know I was alive then unknowingly bleed to death. Too many of the up to date people refuse to hurt any at all. Pain is a reminder of what not to do again. I used to wear high heels all of my life as a working person. High heels are not good for your feet. They may make you look better, more slender legs, but they cause many foot problems. Especially later on. Your friend had hip problems, he felt the pain deep in his hips. Mine are stiffening up on me. I can feel that stiffness originating from deep down. It's difficult to explain where deep down is. It is in the center of my hip. For me it is the right hip. It is most noticeable when I first wake up in the morning and rise. I consider it an aging sign. One of those things of being alive. If it were pain I would go to my doctor. Love, Peace and Wisdom.

I am chronic. I have suffered for 25 years and have already got all the liver problems of a 65 year old alcoholic... They put me on drugs along time ago, screwed up my body with botched surgery and I will no longer let them cut me. Since I wont allow them to cut me they refuse help me deal with a life long pain issue. I am wayyyyy past all that. they have me on 11 different drugs and I have been taking 1000 MG of ibuprofen for 20 years. TO LATE! Now can ya send me some drugs? itsdamamma@aol.com

I suffer from pain 24-7 and can't get a doc to give me one small dose of pain meds at night before bed. How in the world do these guys get enough to OD??? OH YEAH THAT"S RIGHT>>> I am poor, I go to doctors that don't get paid. If you have money you can get anything. Can some one please send me some drugs?

Shouldn't pharmacies somehow hold some culpability in these prescription drug wars?