‘Jeff Tweedy Day’ declared by St. Louis mayor, declared ‘the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard’ by Jeff Tweedy

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy — who grew up 20 miles or so outside St. Louis, in Belleville, Illinois, before moving his band to Chicago — played a solo set at the fest. Beforehand, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay declared the day (August 29) Jeff Tweedy Day in St. Louis.