Jeff leads Wilco (duh, you probably already knew that), Spencer is Jeff’s son and Waxahatchee’s drummer.
Dara Weyna: Question for Spencer: Is it a full circle kind of moment to be drumming in a band that’s on tour with your Wilco family? It’s always so fun to see you and Sammy on stage with your Dad, but this must feel different somehow, I’d imagine. It’s a beautiful thing to witness the many collaborations, connections and relationships that Wilco makes and fosters and something’s tells me you’re a big part of that.
ST:It does feel great, and I feel like the luckiest human being in the world that we’re doing this.
JT: Awwww.
ST: And that I get to see Wilco every night, and …
JT: Oh, brother.
ST: Honestly, it’s true! The weirdest part about it is being in a group that’s even compatible with a Wilco support slot. That’s really exciting to me. I love playing with Katie, it’s such a great group of people that we’re getting to do this with. Anything more well-spoken that I have to say about it is leaving my mind because a Mountain Dew ad is on the TV. But it feels really great. The coolest part is that I feel proud. Sometimes friends from a different part of your life get to see your other friends or your family, or visit you at work or something. You see it through their eyes, and sometimes that doesn’t feel good. But I feel really relieved, though not surprised, that the whole Waxahatchee band seems to sincerely love Wilco as a band, and love them as a touring group.
JT: As an operation.
ST:As an operation that does this thing that we do. And that makes me feel really good. And even if they weren’t expressing any of their admiration, or anything like that, I know just from that feeling of seeing yourself through your friends’ eyes, or seeing your family through their eyes, I’d already be feeling proud and not embarrassed. And I’m very glad that that’s the case. And I know it sounds like I’m saying it because I’m sitting across from my dad, but I’m not.
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