John Stirratt
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| Born | November 26th, 1967 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Genres | Alternative rock, alt.country, folk-rock, indie pop, indie rock |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, guitars, piano, keyboards, synthesiser, banjo, violin |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Sire Records, Reprise Records, Nonesuch Records, Broadmoor Records, Yep Roc Records |
| Associated acts | Wilco, The Hilltops, Laurie Stirratt, Uncle Tupelo, Courtesy Move, The Autumn Defense, The Minus 5, Sherry Rich, Tim Easton, Jeff Black, 7 Worlds Collide, Neil Finn, Cary Hudson, Blue Mountain, Preston School of Industry |
John Stirratt is the bassist and multi-instrumentalist for Wilco,[1] and The Autumn Defense.
Stirratt was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 26, 1967 and grew up in nearby Mandeville. He attended Mandeville High School and the University of Mississippi.
He played regularly around the Southeastern U.S. with The Hilltops, a band based in Oxford, Mississippi, that included his twin sister Laurie Stirratt and her husband Cary Hudson. It was during this time he met and befriended the band Uncle Tupelo and supported them on tours of the East and Midwest.
After the breakup of The Hilltops in 1990 he recorded a record under the name The Gimmecaps and briefly joined Lafayette, LA band The Bluerunners before joining Uncle Tupelo in 1992 as bassist/guitarist on their last album Anodyne in 1993.
After the breakup of Uncle Tupelo, he rejoined Jeff Tweedy, Ken Coomer and Max Johnston to found Wilco in 1994. He went on with Tweedy to be the only founding member to contribute to all their releases.
Stirratt joined Wilco members Jay Bennett and Ken Coomer to form Courtesy Move, an early Wilco side project that recorded an album in late 1996 that was never released.
He formed The Autumn Defense 2000 with friend and fellow New Orleanian Pat Sansone. They recorded their debut The Green Hour in New Orleans and Nashville with former Wilco members Bob Egan and Ken Coomer in 2001 releasing the album on Stirratt’s own Broadmoor Records.
They released Circles in 2003 with Greg "G. Wiz" Wieczorek on drums and Nashville based bassist Brad Jones. Sansone’s subsequent addition to Wilco in 2004 allowed the band more time to collaborate resulting in their third, self-titled album The Autumn Defense (2006) bringing Sansone's orchestral production to the forefront.
Stirratt and his sister, Laurie, recorded a duet Laurie & John on the folk-rock album Arabella (2003), the twins' first recorded output in 12 years. Stirratt is a member of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.
[edit] References
- ^ Wolff, Kurt; Duane, Orla (2000-08-31). Country music: the rough guide. Rough Guides. pp. 557–. ISBN 9781858285344. http://books.google.com/books?id=3Jorozp1yp4C&pg=PA557. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
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