Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Wilco's Jay Bennett found dead

Jay Bennett was a master in the recording studio, the type of talent who could pick up almost any instrument and make music on it. On stage, he could be a whirling, chain-smoking, dreadlocked dervish. As a key member of Wilco and a prolific artist and producer for other bands, Bennett had a reputation as a musical obsessive who chased perfection.

He was in the middle of recording another solo album in Champaign when he died over the weekend at age 45.

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