It is no secret that indie rock legend Jeff Tweedy knows gear. Having spent the majority of his life on the road touring and in the studio making records first with Uncle Tupelo and then later Wilco, Tweedy is a musician who has used just about everything. But where did it all start?
In the video retrospective above, Tweedy takes us way back to the first acoustic he lied about knowing how to play. A brand-less, cumbersome thing, it lived in his closet untouched from the time he was six until a bicycle accident when he was 12 left him laid up for the summer with nothing better to do than to make good on his widely told lie.
The old acoustic was just the beginning of what would become Tweedy's lifelong passion for guitar and music-making—and the first of countless instruments that would come into his possession. From the early days to modern times, Tweedy takes us through all of the guitars, amps, basses, and more that have had an impact on his career.