the brilliant guitarist nels cline is a current member of wilco and is an interesting link back to the great band- minutemen. jeff tweedy penned a great tune on the uncle tupelo album, still feel gone, entitled d boon- who was the leader of the minutemen, along with bassist mike watt and drummer george hurley. tweedy’s love of the minutemen must have led him to follow the career of mike watt after d boon died in a car crash in the mid-eighties. watt was lucky enough to have nels cline in his group for a time in the nineties- in the studio and on tour. now- nels cline is in wilco and he serves as a reminder of the power of d boon. get any minutemen album you can and you’ll understand.