still an active creative force. He
was truly a caring and nice per-
son; very smart and clever. To me,
it’s especially tragic when an artist
that is still making art is taken like
this. There is so much the world
will lose out on enjoying that
Adam surely would still have been
producing for years. He will always
be missed.
a singable quality that many song-
writers could only dream of.
When I was at the old WHTG-FM,
we played his bands Fountains of
Wayne and Ivy, and the music of
both groups always leapt out of
the radio.
Adam and the guys in Fountains
of Wayne played at WHTG’s holi-
day concert in 1996 and our 4th
of July weekend beach concert in
Mike Sauter, WYEP 91.3
1999, and audiences always re-
Adam Schlesinger was blessed
sponded enthusiastically to their
with an unfailing ear for a good
music. The mix of pop-rock hooks
hook and a catchy melody. Even
and frequent Jersey-based narra-
his most cast-off compositions had tives really resonated.
Watch Ivy perform “Disappointed”
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