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Also known as Jay Walter Bennett, Jay W. Bennett

American songwriter (1963–2009)

Person · Open Library

Born
1912
Works
35

Top works

  • Thirteen
  • The Birthday Murderer
  • Catacombs
  • Coverup (Fawcett Juniper)
  • Crimewarps

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1926-08-03
Active to
2023-07-21

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
13,563
Total plays
104,072

Tags

singer-songwriterAlt-countryfolkacousticDead

Jay Bennett from Chicago (1963-2009) was a member of Titanic Love Affair since 1991, named after a Billy Bragg lyric. After that band's demise, Bennett was invited to join Wilco as a lead guitarist. He was instrumental (pun intended) in their critically acclaimed albums Being There, Mermaid Avenue Volumes 1 & 2 with Billy Bragg, Summerteeth, and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. He helped transform Wilco's sound with the addition of keyboards on Being There and later with his general studio wizardry on Su

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date of death
2009-05-24
date of birth
1963-11-15
Commons category
Jay Bennett
start of work period
1991-00-00
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