American guitarist, keyboard player and songwriter, born December 26, 1966.
Co-founded Uncle Tupelo with Jeff Tweedy, but left in 1993 (causing the band to dissolve) to form Son Volt.
Following three albums with Son Volt Jay concentrated on his solo career, but in 2005 he reformed Son Volt with a new lineup.
He is the uncle of Jesse Farrar.
ALBUMS
Jay Farrar & Shannon McNally
Don't Ya Take It Too Bad
2025, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, Transmit Sound
Jay Farrar
Live In St. Louis
2013, CD, Album, Car, Transmit Sound, 
,
, Folk Rock
Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker And Yim Yames*
Let's Multiply
2012, 10", RSD, Ltd, Rounder Records
Jay Farrar
Dogtown Sessions : Terroir Blues
2012, CD, Album, Car, Transmit Sound
Jay Farrar / Will Johnson / Anders Parker / Yim Yames*
Studio Paradiso 3/12/2012
2012
Jay Farrar / Will Johnson / Anders Parker / Yim Yames*
New Multitudes
2012
Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard*
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Music From Jack Kerouac's Big Sur
2009, 7", Single, Atlantic, F-Stop Music
Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard*
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
2009
Jay Farrar
Live EP
2004, CD, EP, Transmit Sound, ,
, Acoustic/Indie Rock/Country Rock
Jay Farrar w/ Mark Spencer (3) & Eric Heywood
Live In Seattle
2004, CD, Album, Transmit Sound, Fast Atmosphere
Jay Farrar
Stone, Steel & Bright Lights
2004, ,
, Folk Rock/Country Rock/Indie Rock
Jay Farrar
All of Your Might (no fuzz bass)
2003, CD, Single, Promo, Act/Resist Records
Jay Farrar
Terroir Blues
2003, CD, 
,
, Country Rock/Folk/Acoustic
Jay Farrar
Damn Shame
2002, CD, Maxi, Promo, Artemis Records
Jay Farrar / Various
(Soundtrack From The Film) The Slaughter Rule
2002
Jay Farrar
ThirdShiftGrottoSlack
2002, CD, ,
, Folk Rock
Jay Farrar / Varnaline
Voodoo Candle / Song
2001, 7", Single, Artemis Records, E-Squared, Fellow Guard
Jay Farrar
Feed Kill Chain
2001, CD, Single, Promo, Artemis Records
Jay Farrar
Voodoo Candle
2001, CD, Single, Promo, Artemis Records
Jay Farrar
Sebastopol
2001
Son Volt
Day Of The Doug (The Songs Of Doug Sahm)
2023
Son Volt
Electro Melodier
2021
Son Volt
Union
2019, Vinyl Maroon, Opaque Mixed, ,
, Folk/Folk Rock/Country Rock
Son Volt
Notes Of Blue
2017
Son Volt
Trace
2015, CD, CD, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Son Volt
Live At The Bottom Line (February 12, 1996)
2015, 2x Vinyl 180 Grams, ,
, Country Rock
Son Volt
Free Form Radio Advance -- 5 New Songs
2005, CD, EP, Promo, Transmit Sound, Legacy, Transmit Sound, Legacy
Son Volt
Okemah And The Melody Of Riot
2005, CD, ,
, Folk Rock/Country Rock/Indie Rock
Son Volt
Afterglow 61 EP
2005
Son Volt
A Retrospective: 1995-2000
2005, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock/Folk Rock/Country
Various
The Best Of Americana 2001 (Sounds Of The New West Vol. 3)
2002, CD, Comp, Uncut (2), ,
, Country Rock/Acoustic/Folk Rock
Various
Badlands (A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska)
2000
Various
More Oar (A Tribute To The Skip Spence Album)
1999
Various
Red Hot + Bothered (The Indie Rock Guide To Dating)
1995
Ithica Gin
Kentucky / Six-Sack Hollow
1994, 7", Single, Red Dirt Records (3)
Gob Iron
Death Songs For The Living
2006
Son Volt
Straightface EP
1999, CD, EP, Promo, Warner Bros. Records
Son Volt
Wide Swing Tremolo
1998, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Son Volt
26Live
2023, 2xCD, Album, Transmit Sound
Son Volt
From The Vaults Volume One: Demo Recordings
2022, CDr, Album, Transmit Sound
Son Volt
From The Vaults Volume Two: Cover Songs Live
2022, CD, Album, Transmit Sound,
Son Volt
Live At The Orange Peel
2020, 2x Vinyl Orange Transparent, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Uncle Tupelo
Live At Lounge Ax / March 24, 1994
2020, 2x Vinyl, 
,
, Country Rock
Gob Iron
Waterloo/ True Transmission To Your Heart
2019, 7", RSD, Single, Transmit Sound,
Uncle Tupelo
No Depression - Demos
2018, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Son Volt
Ballymena
2017, 10", EP, RSD, Ltd, Transmit Sound, Thirty Tigers
Son Volt
Artifacts
2013, CD, Album, Car, Transmit Sound, ,
, Country Rock
Son Volt
1999
2013, CD, Album, Car, Transmit Sound
Son Volt
Honky Tonk
2013, CD, ,
, Honky Tonk/Country Rock
Son Volt
American Central Dust
2009
Son Volt
The Picture
2007, CD, Single, Transmit Sound, Legacy
Son Volt
The Search Bonus CD
2007, CD, EP, Ltd, Promo, Transmit Sound, Legacy
Son Volt
The Search
2007
Uncle Tupelo
Left In The Dark
2003, 7", Single, Promo, Columbia, Legacy, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Uncle Tupelo
"The Long Cut" A One Hour Radio Special
2003, ,
, Country Rock/Alternative Rock/Interview
Uncle Tupelo
Rarities And Radio Tracks
2002, CD, Promo, Smplr, Columbia, Legacy, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Uncle Tupelo
89/93: An Anthology
2002, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Son Volt
Switchback
1997, CD, EP, Promo, Warner Bros. Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Son Volt
Caryatid Easy
1997, CD, Single, Promo, Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records, ,
, Country Rock/Alternative Rock
Son Volt
Back Into Your World
1997
Son Volt
Straightaways
1997, ,
, Folk Rock/Country Rock/Indie Rock
Son Volt
Drown (Live)
1996, CD, Single, Promo, Warner Bros. Records, ,
, Country Rock
Various
Warner Music Canada Promotional CD - Volume 279 - March 1996
1996, CD, Comp, Promo, Warner Music Canada, ,
, Pop Rock/Folk Rock/Celtic/Soft Rock/Chanson/Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Country Rock/Country/Modern Electric Blues/Indie Rock/Downtempo
Various
Warner Music Canada Promotional CD - Volume 285 - May 1996
1996, CD, Comp, Promo, Warner Music Canada, ,
, Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Folk/Punk/Hard Rock/Soundtrack/Downtempo/Pop Rock/Soft Rock/Dance-pop/Contemporary R&B/Chanson/Country Rock/Country
Son Volt
Drown
1995, CD, Single, Promo, Warner Bros. Records
Son Volt
Trace
1995, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Uncle Tupelo
The Long Cut + Five Live
1994, CD, EP, Promo, Sire, Reprise Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Uncle Tupelo
Anodyne
1993, CD Specialty Pressing, ,
, Country Rock
Uncle Tupelo
Sauget Wind
1992, ,
, Folk Rock/Country Rock
Uncle Tupelo
March 16-20, 1992
1992, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Uncle Tupelo
Still Feel Gone & March 16-20, 1992
1992, ,
, Acoustic/Country Rock
Uncle Tupelo
Still Feel Gone.
1991, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Uncle Tupelo
Gun b/w I Wanna Destroy You
1991, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Uncle Tupelo
No Depression
1990
Uncle Tupelo
I Got Drunk b/w Sin City
1990, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Uncle Tupelo
Not Forever, Just For Now
1989, Cass, Not On Label (Uncle Tupelo self-released), ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Uncle Tupelo
Not Forever, Just For Now
1998, 2x CD, 
,
, Country Rock
APPEARANCES +
Woody Platt
Far Away With You
2024, LP, Ltd, Car, Compass Records
Peter Bruntnell
Houdini And The Sucker Punch
2024
Various
Heavy Rotation (15 Tracks Of The Month's Best Music)
2021, CD, Comp, Uncut (2)
Various
Classic Rock Compilation 102
2021, CD, Comp, Promo, Classic Rock (3)
Age Nowhere
Tear Stained Eye
2020, File, WAV, Single, Dig, Age Nowhere
Shaye Zadravec
Now And Then
2020
Wilco
Live At The Troubadour L.A. 1996
2018, 2x Vinyl 180 g, ,
, Alternative Rock
Various
Tune In! (15 Tracks Of The Best New Music)
2017, CD, Comp, Uncut (2), ,
, Alternative Rock
Various
Just Say 50 (Sire Records 50th Anniversary Box)
2017, 4xLP, Comp, Ltd, Num + Box, RSD, Ltd, Sire, Warner Bros. Records, ,
, Prog Rock/Punk/New Wave/Synth-pop/Ska/Indie Rock/Disco/Latin/Indie Pop/Jangle Pop/Downtempo/Vocal/Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Pop Rock/Ballad/Gangsta/Hip Hop/Heavy Metal/Dub/Leftfield/Art Rock/Country Rock/Post-Punk
Wilco
Being There
2017, ,
, Alternative Rock/Acoustic/Country Rock
Victorian Slang
By The Light Of The Moon
2016, CDr, Album, Ltd, Emotional Response (2), ,
, Indie Rock
Tom Phillips
Mr. Superlove
2015
Chris Page
Still Be Around
2013, 2xFile, MP3, 320, Centretown Records
The Bottle Rockets
Bottle Rockets The Brooklyn Side
2013
Street Dogs
Crooked Drunken Sons
2013
Kelcy Mae
Pennies In Hand
2011, CD, Album, Parish Road Music
Various
97.3 KBCO Studio C Volume 22
2010, HDCD, KBCO, ,
, Acoustic/Alternative Rock
Various
Paste Magazine Sampler March 07 Issue 29
2007, CD, Comp, Paste Magazine, ,
, Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Indie Rock/Country Rock
Various
Playlist May 2007
2007, ,
, Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Country Rock/Downtempo
Various
Four Decades Of Folk Rock
2007, 4x CD, Box Set, ,
, Folk Rock
Son Volt
6 String Belief - Son Volt Live
2006, DVD-V, NTSC, Legacy, Transmit Sound
Anders Parker
The Wounded Astronaut
2005, CD, EP, Baryon Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Various
City Folk Live 8
2005, CD, Album, WFUV
Various
The Bootlegs (Vol. 1 Celebrating 35 Years At First Avenue)
2005, CD, Comp, SRO Productions, Inc., ,
, Alternative Rock/Folk Rock
Son Volt
Live From Austin TX
2005, DVD-V, RM, Multichannel, NTSC, New West Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock/Folk Rock
The Bleu Edmondson Band
One Voice - The Live Album
2005, CD, Album, Southland Runner Music
Jason Reed (3) / Don Reineke
Only A Hobo ( A Tribute To Carlo Carlini)
2004, CDr, Album, Dirt Road Records,
Anders Parker
Tell It To The Dust
2004, CD, ,
, Indie Rock
Various
This Is Americana
2004, CD, ,
, Folk Rock/Country Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock
Various
Por Vida (A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo)
2004, 2x CD, ,
, Country Rock/Folk Rock/Indie Rock
Various
2003 (18 Tracks From The Year's Best Albums)
2003, CD, Comp, Mojo Magazine, ,
, Pop Rock/Punk/Indie Rock
Various
Rough Trade Shops Country 1
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Mute, Mute, Mute, ,
, Country/Country Rock/Folk/Indie Rock/Punk
Various
For Anyone That's Listening: A Tribute To Uncle Tupelo
2003, CD, Album, Comp, Flat Earth Records,
Various
Paste Magazine Sampler Q3 2003 Issue 5
2003, CD, Comp, Smplr, Paste Magazine, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country/Country Rock/Pop Rock
Various
Diggin' Deep - The Essential Alternative Country Collection
2003, CD, Comp, Copy Prot., Edel, ,
, Country Rock
Kasey Chambers
Not Pretty Enough
2002
Various
Broadcasts Vol. 9
2001, 2xCD, Ltd, Transcription, KGSR, ,
, Acoustic/Arena Rock/Classic Rock/Blues Rock/Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Rock & Roll
Various
Legacy Recordings - Now And Tomorrow (Fall-Spring 2001/02 Sampler)
2001, CD, ,
, Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Soft Rock/Vocal/Acoustic/Folk/Spoken Word/Soul/Future Jazz/Downtempo/Ambient/Alternative Rock/Country Rock/Blues Rock/Arena Rock/Heavy Metal/Electric Blues
Various
Doubleshot: Pop Alternative
2000, ,
, New Wave
A Minor Forest
So, Were They In Some Sort Of Fight?
1999, 2xCD, Comp, My Pal God Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Math Rock/Post Rock
Various
Live @ The World Cafe Volume 8
1999, CD, Comp, World Café, ,
, Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Ska
Various
Warner Music Canada Promotional CD - Volume 390 - March 1999
1999, CD, Comp, Promo, Warner Music Canada, ,
, Country/Pop Rock/Power Pop/Europop/Soundtrack/Soft Rock/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Classic Rock/Hard Rock/Contemporary R&B
Various
Alternate Roots
1999, CD, Comp, Universal Music
Life In General
No Need To Be Lonely
1998, 2xCD, Album, Salem Mill Records, ,
, Folk Rock/Indie Rock
Various
Warner Music Canada Promotional CD - Volume 377 - October 1998
1998, CD, Comp, Promo, Warner Music Canada
The Flood
The Ballad Of K.B.
1998
Various
Hidden Treasures
1997, CD, Comp, Promo, Warner Music Canada, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock/Indie Rock/Blues Rock/Southern Rock/Folk Rock
Various
CMJ 500
1997, 6xCD, Comp, Promo, Box, College Music Journal,
Various
Warner Music Canada Promotional CD - Volume 320 - April 1997
1997, CD, Comp, Promo, Warner Music Canada
The Flying Burrito Bros
California Jukebox
1997
Various
Broadcasts Vol. 4
1996, 2xCD, Ltd, Transcription, KGSR, ,
, Alternative Rock/Acoustic/Arena Rock/Ballad/Blues Rock/Country Rock/Folk Rock/Honky Tonk/Rock & Roll
Various
Feeling Minnesota (Music From The Motion Picture)
1996, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock/Pop Rock/Soul
Various
VH1 Crossroads
1996, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Pop Rock/Modern Electric Blues/AOR/Lounge/Soul/Indie Rock/Country Blues
Kelly Willis
Fading Fast
1996
Various
Boys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1996, 
,
, Soundtrack/Alternative Rock/Pop Rock
Various
Definitivt Beat Nr 9•95
1995, CD, Comp, Beat, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock/Punk/Indie Rock
Various
20 Supersonic Mega Explosive Hits
1995, CD, Album, Comp, Runt, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Various
Warner Music Canada Promotional CD - Volume 261 - September 1995
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, Warner Music Canada, ,
, Indie Rock/Punk/House/Hard Rock/Chanson/Pop Rock/Folk Rock/Country Rock/Acid Jazz/Folk
Various
The Girl's Room Vol. 1
1995
Various
Super Fantastic Mega Smash Hits!
1995, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Various
The Best Of Mountain Stage Volume Seven
1994, CD,
Blue Guitars & Black Eyed Angels
Music From Heaven
1993, CD, Album, Solid (4), 
Various
Buy This Used Compact Disc (A Dutch East India Sampler)
1993
Brian Henneman
Indianapolis
1993, Vinyl, ,
, Punk/Indie Rock
Various
No Alternative
1993, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Lo-Fi/Grunge
Various
Conmemorativo: A Tribute To Gram Parsons
1993, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Bottle Rockets*
Bottle Rockets
1993
Various
20 More Explosive Fantastic Rockin' Mega Smash Hit Explosions!
1992, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Michelle Shocked
Arkansas Traveler
1992, CD, ,
, Blues Rock/Country Blues/Country Rock/Folk Rock/Texas Blues
Various
A Matter Of Degrees - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1991, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Acoustic/Soundtrack
Jay Farrar & Shannon McNally
Don’t Ya Take It Too Bad
LP, Album, Ltd, Lim, Transmit Sound
Various
Classic Country Acoustic
2x CD, ,
, Country/Bluegrass/Folk/Gospel
Various
Live At KDHX: Volume 12
2014, CD, Comp, KDHX, ,
, Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Acoustic
Various
Rounder Records: Best Of 2011 - New In 2012
2012, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Rounder Records, Decca
Various
Live From Studio A2 Volume 3
2010, CD, Album, Live From Studio A2,
Various
Winter 2010 Film And Television Music Sampler
2010, CD, Comp, Promo, Bugmusic, Windswept,
Various
89.3 The Current / Live Current Volume Four
2008, CD, Minnesota Public Radio,
Various
Bloodshot Catalog Sampler
2008, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Car, Bloodshot Records
Various
Like A Hurricane (A Tribute To Neil Young)
2007, ,
, Alternative Rock/Acoustic/Folk Rock/Blues Rock/Classic Rock
Various
No Depression: What It Sounds Like, Vol. 2 (Surveying The Past, Present, And Future Of American Music.)
2006, CD, Album, Comp, Dualtone Music Group, Inc.
Various
Acoustic
2005, 2xCD, Comp, V2, 
Various
American Connection
2005, CD, Comp, Corazong Records
various
Upstream Downstream - A Benefit for the Victims of Hurricane Katrina
2005, CD, Album, Comp, Adelaide/Stickhorse Records
Various
Comes With A Smile Vol.10 (Wide-Awake, Crescent-Shaped)
2004, CD, Comp, Comes With A Smile, ,
, Folk Rock/Country Rock/Abstract/Post Rock/Indie Rock
Various
Blue Rose Collection Vol. 11
2004, 2xCD, Smplr, Blue Rose Records (2), ,
, Alternative Rock/Blues Rock/Country Rock/Folk Rock
Various
Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Saint Louis Salutes The Father Of Rock & Roll
2004, CD, Comp, Undertow Music
Various
Borderdreams - La Ruta Del Americana
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Borderdreams, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Various
Tracks #4
2004, CD, Comp, Tracks Magazine
Various
Modern Day Troubadours
2004, CD, Comp, Nettwerk,
Various
InRadio 7: Olympic Hopefuls July-August 2004
2004, CD, Comp, Promo, Car, InRadio
Various
Modern Day Troubadours
2004, CD, Comp, Nettwerk America LLC
Various
Return To Sin City - A Tribute To Gram Parsons
2004, DVD Region 0, ,
, Country
Various
Americana 2004
2004, CD Jewel Case, ,
, Folk Rock/Country/Indie Rock/Country Rock
Various
Bloodshot Records Sampler III
2003, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Bloodshot Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock/Indie Rock
Various
Magnet New Music Sampler Volume 29
2003, CD, Comp, Smplr, Magnet Magazine
Various
Foggy Notions CD No. 2 Searching For Melody
2003, CD, Comp, Foggy Notions, 
Various
Pop Culture Press CD Sampler 19 · Fall & Winter 2003
2003, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Pop Culture Press, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Indie Pop/Country Rock/Folk Rock
Various
Both Sides Now- The Spirit Of Americana
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Gravity (4), BMG UK & Ireland,
Various
City Folk Live V
2002, CD, Album, Promo, WFUV
Various
This Is Our Art (Artemis Records 2002)
2002, CD, Comp, Promo, Artemis Records, ,
, Folk Rock/Alternative Rock/Country Rock
Various
Driven By What's Inside
2002, CD, Comp, Promo, Subaru, ,
, Folk Rock/Alternative Rock/Indie Pop
Various
U.S.A Rock Express 446R
2002, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Radioplay
Various
U.S.A. Rock Express 470R
2002, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Radioplay
Various
U.S.A. Rock Express 474R
2002, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Radioplay,
Various
HitDisc 431B
2001, CDr, Promo, TM Century, ,
, Alternative Rock/Pop Rock
Various
Tranquility (An Americana Sampler)
2001, CDr, Comp, Not On Label, ,
, Country
Various
Keep On Chooglin' - Vol. 11 / The Train I Ride
CDr, Comp, homo swampus, Keep On Chooglin',
Various
Red Hot + Bothered: The Indie Rock Guide To Dating Vol. 2
Cass, Kinetic Records, ,
, Indie Rock
Various
Modern Day Troubadours
CD, Comp, Promo, Liberty, EMI Records UK, Nettwerk,
Various
Modern Day Troubadours
Steve Earle
Heavy Metal Blue Grass (Undrugged In Bern)
1998, 2xCD, Album, Unofficial, Dandelion