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Twin siblings Laurie and John Stirratt was raised in 1970s New Orleans inside a musical family, with parents who have been both musicians. Both continued to carve out effective professions in music, although two didn’t release a Compact disc together before fall months of 2004. Relocating to Mississippi in the …

Although most widely known because the bassist accommodating frontman Jeff Tweedy within the much-acclaimed Wilco, John Stirratt also led his very own bands, especially root base rock cult favorites the Hilltops and classicist pop combo the Fall Defense. Blessed in New Orleans in November 1967, Stirratt grew up in Mandeville, …