Ex-Wilco member Jay Bennett dead
Jay Bennett, the 45-year-old multi-instrumentalist and studio master who had a famous falling out with his former band Wilco during the recording of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot died in his sleep Saturday, according to a short post on the Undertow Music Collective Web site.
The cause of his death was unknown.
A great track on Mermaid Avenue is “She came along to me.”
Jay’s background vocals on that track are fantastic, and singing harmony with Billy Bragg too.