Tweedy's Source of Genius

Migraine headaches.  Just that simple - loneliness, sickliness, turn to artistry for salvation.  A sad story leading to painkiller addiction and all of that.  Read the story here.

"There are a lot of different ways migraines have affected my music, and vice versa: being a musician has allowed me — for lack of a better phrase — to rise above the pain from time to time. I’ve never missed a show because of a migraine. But I’ve played some really horrible shows and cut them short because there was very little I could do to keep going. I’ve played shows where I had bucket on the side of the stage where I threw up in between songs regularly. There’ve been a lot of horrible experiences trying to, well, you know, have the show go on."