Chicago Music Exchange | 1 year ago
This Full Band Friday, Chicago-based cover band (and friends of CME), The Red Roses, dropped into the shop just to say, “Hey, don’t write yourself off yet…it just takes some time… you’re in the middle of the ride…everything will be alright”—no matter who you may be!—with their rendition of “The Middle” by Jimmy Eat World.
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Did you know?
"The Middle" was written after Jimmy Eat World had been dropped from Capitol Records following the release of Clarity, their previous album. Their second album, Static Prevails, had sold just 10,000 copies in 1996 and Capitol Records decided to drop the band in 1999 due to a change in priorities. Singer and guitarist Jim Adkins explained to the Dallas Observer: "We were just about invisible there and it wasn't going to get any better."
"The Middle" reflects these trying times for the band with lyrics about "Don't write yourself off yet" when feeling "left out or looked down on."[9] The band decided to finance the recording of the album and keep things simple on the new record rather than experiment, as they had done on previous records. "On our new stuff, rather than challenging ourselves [by] getting real experimental, we kind of went in the other direction, challenging ourselves by getting very simple."
Gear Used:
Reverend Flatroc Bigbsy Rock Orange
Milkman TV 40 2x10 Combo
Strymon Deco
Fultone OCD
Taylor 214ce Deluxe Grand Auditorium
2007 Gibson Non-Reverse Firebird
1978 Fender Vibro Champ
Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra
1975 Fender Precision Bass
Fender Rumble 100
CME Exclusive Ludwig Vistalite 13/16/22
1950s' Slingerland 5x14 Snare
Zildjian A Armand 14" Hi-Hats
Zildjian A Armand 16/18/20
Recording Gear Used:
Universal Audio Apollo 8p
Universal Audio Apollo x8p
AEA R88 MkII Stereo Ribbon Microphone
Shure Beta 52A Supercardioid Dynamic Kick Drum Microphone
AEA N22 Active Ribbon Microphone
Shure SM57
Shure SM58
Recorded by Drew Tricaso
Mixed by Daniel Escauriza
Songs Played:
00:00-02:49 "The Middle" Jimmy Eat World
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