Episode 900 - BONUS Prof. TERRY BARR stops by to chat about JEFF TWEEDY & PAUL WESTERBERG

Professor Terry Barr and Keith got together a few weeks back to chat about how some singer/songwriters get academic treatment, like Bob Dylan and Taylor Swift (that’s real) and why some don’t… and probably won’t.

For the purpose of our discussion we looked at Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and Paul Westerberg of The Replacements. Of the two, we both came to the same conclusion - Jeff will probably see an academic assessment (if he hasn’t already). 

Paul will be out back cleaning the erasers.

Linkage

Terry Barr on Medium

Dig It! - Terry’s Substack

Keith R. Higgons on Medium

Abandoned Albums - Keith’s Substack (you’re actually on it now, so where does this link go…)

The NYTimes Article - apologies, you gotta create an account if you don’t have one.

Some of the writers mentioned in episode:

Claire Dederer

Michael Chabon

Paul Auster

Susan Rogers

Phillip Roth

Jennifer Egan