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...drove Fountains of Wayne to Stacy's Mom was the usual soul-killing nightmare of the music industry. Schlesinger and Collingwood, both 36, met as undergraduates at Williams College and soon after started Fountains of Wayne (named after a lawn-ornament store near Schlesinger's New Jersey home), adding bassist Jody Porter and drummer Brian Young along the way. They signed a major-label deal with Atlantic Records in 1996 and were promptly buried by everything else on the radio. "There's this expression, Bo-Now music," says Collingwood. "It's that whole genre where singers just scream, Bo-Nowwww...
...features some mellow, acoustic Christmas songs released on the band’s fan singles, as well as “Last Kiss,” reportedly the band’s biggest single ever. In the tradition of such albums, there are also some interesting missteps—bassist Jeff Ament’s odd-ball rap song “Sweet Lew” is probably the weirdest track on the album. In the end, the album does most of the work of a Best Of, reprising the different stages of the band’s career...
...young Jane Monheit delights us with her spirited jazz in Sanders Theatre. She has been compared to some of the best jazz vocalists and is already on her way to great success with three highly praised CDs. Accompanied by saxist Joel Frahm, pianist Michael Kamin, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Rick Malbano the show promises to be unforgettable. 8 p.m. Tickets $27.50, $22.50. Sanders Theatre...
Former Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh and his post-Dead band land at the Orpheum to play songs from their 2002-released album, There and Back Again—an edgy hard-rock sound with jazzy snippets woven through the melody. Through November 25. 7:00 p.m. $39.50. Orpheum Theater, 1 Hamilton...
Boston’s community of street musicians is an intimate one. Milo Matthews, a veteran bassist at Harvard and Davis Squares who recently extended his performance circuit to South Station, cracks several smiles of recognition as his eyes wander around the room. He says he knows most of the meeting’s other guests...