Gibbard spoke about his unexpected link to Schlesinger Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard covered Fountains of Wayne’s ‘Barbara H’ on his livestream today, in tribute to singer-songwriter Adam Schlesinger.
Schlesinger passed away yesterday (April 2) aged 52 from coronavirus complications. Watch the cover below at the 42:48 mark: Before Gibbard played the song from Fountains of Wayne’s 1996 debut album, he spoke about the pair’s unexpected link despite never meeting. “I owe him [Schlesinger] a huge debt of gratitude because he was integral in picking ‘Me & Magdalena’ for the Monkees to record four years ago,” he said. “I always thought, as one always does in life, that you’ll have plenty of time to say ‘thank you’ or ‘I love you’ or give