Mikael Jorgensen
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Mikael Jorgensen is the lead keyboardist for the band Wilco. He first appeared on Wilco's 2004 release, A Ghost Is Born. On that album, he received songwriting credit for Hell is Chrome and Theologians.
Jorgensen, a Chicago-based engineer and musician initially came aboard to perform real-time sound manipulations on the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot tour, sitting just off stage left, triggering the samples and sonic flourishes required to bring the YHF material to life. As the tour rolled on, Jorgensen gradually moved onto the stage itself, manning his laptop as well as taking on more and more keyboard duties.
"It became apparent that Mike was a very proficient piano player that could do a lot more than we were using him for," says Wilco singer/songwriter Jeff Tweedy. "At that point, he started becoming a full-fledged member of the band, contributing parts to the new songs and even handling more of the nuts and bolts architecture of the older songs."
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| Wilco |
| Jeff Tweedy | John Stirratt | Nels Cline | Glenn Kotche | Pat Sansone | Mikael Jorgensen |
| Ken Coomer | Max Johnston | Jay Bennett | Leroy Bach | Jim O'Rourke | Bob Egan | Brian Henneman |
| Discography |
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| Albums and extended plays: A.M. | Being There | Mermaid Avenue | Summerteeth | Mermaid Avenue Vol. II | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | More Like the Moon | A Ghost Is Born | Kicking Television: Live in Chicago | Sky Blue Sky |
| Singles: Box Full of Letters | Outtasite (Outta Mind) | Can't Stand It | A Shot in the Arm | War on War |
| DVDs: Man in the Sand | I Am Trying to Break Your Heart |
| Related articles |
| Uncle Tupelo | Billy Bragg | The Wilco Book | Loose Fur | Down with Wilco | Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest | Golden Smog | Jeff Tweedy discography |
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