“I was so poor. I was pushing 50 years old. I thought, ‘I might have to get a job again’”: Guitar wizard Nels Cline was about to get a day job before Jeff Tweedy changed his life and asked him to join Wilco

Jeff Tweedy ad Nels Cline.

Nels Cline has looked back on the life-changing moment when he received a call from Jeff Tweedy out of the blue inviting him to join Wilco.

Cline joined the indie rock outfit in 2004, having been brought onboard to support the band’s fifth studio record, A Ghost Is Born. A year later, he made his live debut, and he’s been a pillar of Wilco ever since.