Wilco Release Benefit Track 'All Lives, You Say?' In Response To Charlottesville Attack

By Stephen Gossett in Arts & Entertainment on Aug 15, 2017 4:15PM

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. (Photo Credit: Chicagoist/Lizz Kannenberg)

Chicago-based band Wilco have released a benefit track in the wake of the deadly attack at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend.

The nearly three-minute track, which was released on Monday night, is pointedly titled "All Lives, You Say?" and Frontman Jeff Tweedy sings on the opening couplet: "All lives, all lives you say/I can see you are afraid/Your skin is so thin/Your heart has escaped."

The track is available to stream and purchase at Bandcamp. Proceeds go toward the Southern Poverty Law Center in memory of Tweedy's late father, Robert L. Tweedy.

Tweedy said in a statement for the song's release: "My dad was named after a Civil War general, and he voted for Barack Obama twice. He used to say 'If you know better, you can do better.' America - we know better. We can do better."

A new Wilco song called "All Lives, You Say?" is available for immediate download with a charitable contribution via @bandcamp [link in profile]. Proceeds will go to the Southern Poverty Law Center, in the memory of Jeff Tweedy's father, Robert L. Tweedy (1933-2017). "My dad was named after a Civil War general, and he voted for Barack Obama twice. He used to say 'If you know better, you can do better.' America - we know better. We can do better." - Jeff Tweedy

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