From a long line of singer-songwriters ominously tagged the "next Bob Dylan",
Oberst began recording at 13 as the front man of emo rockers Commander Venus,
before adopting the Bright Eyes moniker in 1998. Essentially a solo project,
producer Mike Mogis and keyboardist Nate Walcott became permanent members of the
band, as their sound progressed from fragile, scratchy, lo-fi folk to grand,
orchestra-backed alt. country. Releasing records on Saddle Creek, the label he
founded with his brother Justin in 1993, early albums Letting Off Happiness
(1998) and Fevers And Mirrors (2000) mar...