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Adam Schlesinger Celebrated by ‘Fountains of Wayne Hotline’ Creator Robbie Fulks

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The fellow songwriter who paid FOW the ultimate compliment, by releasing a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the group, gets serious about what made Schlesinger brilliant.

By Robbie Fulks In 2005, Fountains of Wayne, the band led by the late Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood, got the ultimate salute: a hugely affectionate tribute song from soneone as musically gifted and sharp-witted as they were — “Fountains of Wayne Hotline,” by Grammy-nominated veteran singer-songwrier Robbie Fulks.

Schlesinger died of coronavirus complications Wednesday. Variety asked Fulks to share what he thought made his fellow songwriter’s work great: I enjoyed Adam’s music outside Fountains of Wayne, but it was the songwriting he did with Chris Collingwood within

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