Jeff Tweedy Opens Up About Jay Bennett's Death
Jeff Tweedy has spoken out about his relationship with Wilco's former multi-instrumentalist Jay Bennett, who unexpectedly died in May from an overdose of painkillers. In a new interview with WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, Tweedy speaks about Bennett's tumultuous exit from the band, the shock of his passing at age 45 and the lawsuit Bennett filed against the band for breach of contract earlier this spring."A lot has been made of the relationship that Jay and I had as if it was in a vacuum and not as a part of a band," says Tweedy. "The problem is that when Jay left the band everybody in the band was having a difficult time making that relationship work and be fruitful and having it thrive. And sadly that was just an untenable situation for all of us."
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Posted by John D. Luerssen on Jul 6th 2009 11:30AM
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