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Just east of the Mississippi River lies Belleville, Illinois, where Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy founded Uncle Tupelo in 1987. The band melded the mutual angsts of agrarian country-folk and punk rock, redrawing the musical map used by so many "alternative country" artists since. When Tupelo disbanded, Tweedy formed Wilco for a list of that estimable band's essential recordings) and Farrar formed Son Volt, both of which are still vaunted as bastions of uncompromising creativity.

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