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Thu Sep 20 2001 at 0:47:31 Being There is the second album by the largely alt-country band Wilco. It was released in 1996 on Reprise Records. The album consists of two discs, the first totaling thirty six minutes and twenty two seconds in length, and the second totaling forty minutes and forty four seconds in length, for a total album length of seventy seven minutes and six seconds. Wilco grew from the ashes of Uncle Tupelo, the band that more or less kick-started the alt-country movement. In fact, their influence was such that the title of Uncle Tupelo's debut album, No Depression, is of...

MARGA LINCOLN For the Independent Record A new Missoula band, Junior, plus Missoula singer and songwriter Izaak Opatz share freshly minted Montana tunes on the next Myrna Soundstage, Presented by AARP Montana, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18. Junior’s Caroline Keys has affectionately been called a “serial musical collaborator” for her amazing ability to pop up in a dizzying array of bands. A couple of her previous bands, Stellarondo and The LaneSplitters, both got warm Helena receptions in recent years. In Junior -- (which, by the way, is named after a 12-year-old, â€...

While you may not agree that every song deserves a spot on this list, we hope you'll agree that alt-country deserves its place cemented in the history books.

Lyle Lovett Natural Forces - Lyle Lovett, Lovett, Lyle Farmer Brown/Chicken Reel - Lyle Lovett, Lovett, Lyle Pantry - Lyle Lovett, Kimble, April Empty Blue Shoes - Lyle Lovett, Lovett, Lyle Whooping Crane - Lyle Lovett, Taylor, Eric Bayou Song - Lyle Lovett, Sanders, Don Bohemia - Lyle Lovett, Elskes, Tommy Don't You Think I Feel It Too - Lyle Lovett, Ball, David Sun and Moon and Stars - Lyle Lovett, Bell, Vince Loretta - Lyle Lovett, VanZandt, Townes It's Rock and Roll - Lyle Lovett, Lovett, Lyle Pantry [Acoustic Version] - Lyle Lovett, Kimble, April Natural Forces showcases Lyle's unwaverin...

Wilco I Must Be High That's Not The Issue It's Just That Simple Should've Been In Love Passenger Side Too Far Apart Comprising frontman Jeff Tweedy and other former members of alt.country legend Uncle Tupelo, Wilco was an apple that didn't fall far from the tree. A.M., the band's debut, continues that older group's brand of updated coun...   more »try-rock (emphasis on "rock") and emotionally powerful songwriting. However, many of the best creations here--the driver's-licenseless drunk in "Passenger Side," the bar-band celebration of riverboat gambling on "Casino Queen"--sport an unpre...