Blog: It's hard to Find a Friend

Jay Walter Bennett died late Sunday night / early Monday morning in his Urbana, IL home. I've often very loudly made my case that Jay Bennett's presence was the bet thing, and his absence the worst thing, to ever happen to Wilco. Jay was a huge part of the band's production, songwriting, and instrumentation from Being There to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot . He also released several solo albums in the past 7 years, as well as recently completing and operating his own Pieholden Studios in Urbana. His production work on the seminal Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [...]