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Jay Stuart Farrar (born December 26, 1966) is an American songwriter and musician currently based in St. Louis. A member of two critically acclaimed music groups, Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, he began his solo music career in 2001. Beyond his established talents as a songwriter, he is a guitarist, pianist, harmonicist, and a vocalist.
Flash forward to 2023 and they are on the road with a setlist that features Trace from beginning to end, an homage to Doug Sahm and a celebration of 28 years of Son Volt. Tour dates can be found here. All dates are currently on sale. TOUR DATES.
BIO - Son Volt. 2020 was not quite what Jay Farrar was expecting for the 25th anniversary of Son Volt’s groundbreaking debut Trace, from the band he started in 1994 after leaving the seminal group Uncle Tupelo, whose No Depression album helped define the alt-country and Americana genre.
Jul 30, 2021 · During the pandemic, while Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar was writing and recording his band’s new Electro Melodier set—their 10th, named for two rare vintage amps whose tones...
Jan 1, 2022 · Jay Farrar has always, unapologetically, and authentically written songs that reflect his observations, and has never been afraid to face down the truth. As Farrar stated in his interview with Joshua Tree Voice, “I write what I observe without a whole lot of afterthought.”
Jul 29, 2021 · Like many musicians in the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jay Farrar found that along with all sorts of challenges, the year 2020 held some unusual opportunities. In fact, it sent Farrar into something of a creative reverie.
Jul 26, 2021 · During the pandemic, Jay Farrar had more time than ever to craft Son Volt's new album, 'Electro Melodier.' The result is among the 30-year-old band's most personal, oracular and muscular works to date
Son Volt is an American rock band formed in 1994 by Jay Farrar after the breakup of Uncle Tupelo. The band's current line-up consists of Farrar (vocals, guitar), Andrew DuPlantis (bass guitar), John Horton (guitar), Mark Patterson (drums), and Mark Spencer (keyboard, steel guitar).
Aug 17, 2021 · Realizing there would be no victory lap for the landmark LP, band leader Jay Farrar sequestered himself in his St. Louis home in self-reflective pandemic mode, writing the songs for Electro Melodier (Thirty Tigers). Perhaps not surprisingly, it contains some of his most personal music to date.
Jay Farrar. With a keen pop ear, singer-songwriter helped form two of alt.country's great bands: Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt. Read Full Biography.
