Uncle Tupelo
Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illino… Read Full Bio ↴Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn formed the band after the lead singer of their previous band, The Primitives, left to attend college. The trio recorded three albums for Rockville Records, before signing with Sire Records and expanding to a five-piece. Shortly after the release of the band's major label debut album Anodyne, Farrar announced his decision to leave the band due to a soured relationship with his co-songwriter Tweedy. Uncle Tupelo split on May 1, 1994, after completing a farewell tour. Following the breakup, Farrar formed Son Volt with Heidorn, while the remaining members continued as Wilco.
Although Uncle Tupelo broke up before it achieved commercial success, the band is renowned for its impact on the alternative country music scene. The group's first album, No Depression, became a byword for the genre and was widely influential. Uncle Tupelo's sound was unlike popular country music of the time, drawing inspiration from styles as diverse as the hardcore punk of The Minutemen and the country instrumentation and harmony of the Carter Family and Hank Williams. Farrar and Tweedy lyrics frequently referenced Middle America and the working class of Belleville.
Although Uncle Tupelo broke up before it achieved commercial success, the band is renowned for its impact on the alternative country music scene. The group's first album, No Depression, became a byword for the genre and was widely influential. Uncle Tupelo's sound was unlike popular country music of the time, drawing inspiration from styles as diverse as the hardcore punk of The Minutemen and the country instrumentation and harmony of the Carter Family and Hank Williams. Farrar and Tweedy lyrics frequently referenced Middle America and the working class of Belleville.
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Uncle Tupelo Lyrics
Acuff-Rose Early in the morning, sometimes late at night Sometimes I g…
Anodyne You threw out the past When you threw out what was…
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way Lord, it's the same old tune, fiddle and guitar Where do…
Atomic Power Do you fear this man's invention That they call atomic power…
Before I Break On liquor I spend my last dime Sunday morning, 8am Cursing …
Black Eye He had a black eye He was proud of Like some of…
Blue Eyes Sometimes I get upset when people treat me bad I don't…
Chickamauga You'd never leave on your own Where you're from and where…
Coalminers Come, all you coalminers Wherever you may be And listen to t…
Cold Shoulder Doesn't matter what you've said Or what you've done When you…
Criminals We've got two kinds here Those that bleed the blood And thos…
D. Boon Do you remember, remember D. Boon Part of what he was…
Discarded These lines don't work on me They won't on you Didn't knew…
Effigy Last night, I saw the fire burning on the palace…
Factory Belt It's funny how it all works out Mad men in suits…
Fall Down Easy Disengaged, we're forsaken now communication does suffer Th…
Fatal Wound Don't the lights look empty When the streets are bare Almost…
Fifteen Keys Watch it separate in two Whatever the day wants it to Findin…
Flatness Beer makes you weary But you need something to get along You…
Give Back The Key To My Heart Take my picture off the wall It don't matter to me…
Graveyard Shift Hometown, same town blues Same old walls closing in Oh what …
Grindstone If you find yourself standing At the end of your line Lookin…
Gun Falling out the window Tripping on a wrinkle in the rugfalli…
High Water Try to face up to the blinding sun Racing for the…
I Got Drunk Well I took a fifth, and I poured me a…
I wanna be your dog So messed up, I want you here In my room, I…
I Wanna Destroy You I wanna destroy you I wanna destroy you I wanna destroy yo…
I Wish My Baby Was Born I wish, I wish my baby was born sitting on…
If That's Alright Every day is dreamlike It seems like, in every way And that'…
John Hardy John Hardy, he was a desperate little man Carried two guns…
Left in the Dark Draznik Left here, right in the dark Slouched in the cor…
Life Worth Livin This song is sung for anyone that's listening This song is…
Life Worth Livin' This song is sung for anyone that's listening This song is…
Lilli Schull A great crowd has now gathered All around the jail today To…
Looking For A Way Out When you find you can't somehow Make it like all the…
Looking For A Way Out (Acousti When you find you can't somehow Make it like all the…
Moon Shiner I've been a moonshiner For seventeen long years And I spen…
Moonshiner I've been a moonshiner For seventeen long years And I spent …
Moonshiner The Waltons Theme I've been a moonshiner For seventeen long years And I spen…
New Madrid All my daydreams are disasters She's the one I think I…
No Depression Fear the hearts of men are failing These our latter days…
No Sense in Lovin' I don't know what you've been through You might think that…
Nothing Been traveling around some Crossing people's paths Some they…
Outdone Everything's fine for now, no one's really laughing Everythi…
Postcard Lost sight of ground Never been so down Nothing here to stan…
Punch Drunk Way in overhead Caught off guard by the gutter Everybody's…
Sandusky If you find yourself standing At the end of your line Lookin…
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Satan, your kingdom must come down Satan, your kingdom must …
Sauget Wind It's a long way to heaven It's a short way to…
Screen Door Down here, where's we're at The weather changes, that's the …
Shaky Ground In memory of a miner Who dragged himself to work And worked…
Sin City This old town is filled with sin, It'll swallow you in If…
Slate A worn out joke to keep the flies away Carried it…
So Called Friend Never again, your so called friend Will leave you sick and…
Steal the Crumbs Sidetracked down the middle Never saw it coming, what a surp…
Still Be Around I don't see you through the windshield I don't see you…
That Year The thousand times I lived before were just in my…
The Long Cut I've been searching and you've been gone Out looking for the…
The Walton's I've been a moonshiner For seventeen long years And I spen…
Train A quarter after two Sittin' in my car, watching Waiting on a…
True to Life I can only sing it loud Always try to sing it…
Wait Up Are you surprised it's me Hope I didn't wake anybody Honey, …
Warfare My Lord told his disciples After I'm risen and gone You'll m…
Watch Me Fall Some folks find that their role in life is to…
We There's a guitar leaning on a Marshall stack Used to sound…
Wherever When you get back from wherever Let me know what it's…
Whiskey Bottle Persuaded, paraded, inebriated, and down Still aware of ever…
Wipe The Clock Hunted down Someone said, no story, no gain Wipe the clock r…