{"id":2915,"date":"2026-06-18T17:30:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=2915"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:05:42","slug":"did-you-know-ben-gibbard-of-death-cab-for-cutie-and-jay-farrar-of-son-volt-released-an-album-together-in-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/did-you-know-ben-gibbard-of-death-cab-for-cutie-and-jay-farrar-of-son-volt-released-an-album-together-in-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know? Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and Jay Farrar of Son Volt Released an Album Together in 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve seen many artist collaborations throughout the years. It can be interesting to watch how certain artists interact with each other and what they can produce together. A grand example of this is the pairing of Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar. Farrar’s career launched as an alternative country pioneer in Uncle Tupelo<\/a> in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Uncle Tupelo came out of St. Louis, featuring Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, who would go on to form Wilco, and drummer Mike Heidorn. Following Uncle Tupelo’s breakup, Farrar and Heidorn started Son Volt in 1995. To this day, Son Volt is Jay Farrar’s primary project, though he’s released solo albums as well. Among those is the 2009 album One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The album is based on Jack Kerouac’s 1962 novel Big Sur. Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar wrote the album out of their mutual appreciation for the novel. Many of the tracks were included in a documentary of the same name. What’s interesting about this collaboration is that Gibbard and Farrar come from different generations of music. Gibbard is best known as the singer\/songwriter for Death Cab For Cutie<\/a>, an indie rock band that came out in the early 2000s. Additionally, Gibbard is also known for his side project, The Postal Service. Where Farrar is an indie legend of the 1990s, Gibbard is that of the 2000s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notable Tracks From The Collaborative Album<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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