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3 unusual facts about Gin Blossoms


Follow You Down

"Follow You Down" is the third song from the album Congratulations... I'm Sorry by Gin Blossoms, and was released as a double-A side single along with "Til I Hear It from You".

Found Out About You

"Found Out About You" is the fourth single from the Gin Blossoms' second album New Miserable Experience, recorded in 1992.

The View from the Bottom

To promote the album's release, the band will go on the "SummerLand Tour" with Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, and Marcy Playground.


C. J. Chenier

In 1992 Chenier played accordion on "Cajun Song", a track on the Gin Blossoms' album, New Miserable Experience.

KOSO

In 1997, B93 began to transition towards a modern AC format, adding more alternative-leaning artists such as Alanis Morissette, Counting Crows, Gin Blossoms, and The Cranberries to its playlist.

Stephen Ashbrook

Many bands, including the Gin Blossoms, The Refreshments and Dead Hot Workshop found success with this guitar-driven rock music.

Taproot Audio Design

Reed initially gained experience as an engineer while working for Malaco Records and Parallax Records, both independent labels based in Jackson, MS; and later, Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN garnering numerous gold and platinum awards with such artists such as the U.K.’s Primal Scream, the pop-sensible Gin Blossoms and the country music world’s Aaron Tippin.

The Candles

Steeped in the evocative, open-road Americana of bands like Gin Blossoms and Whiskeytown, New York City-based alt-rockers The Candles formed in 2009 around frontman Josh Lattanzi.

The Longshadows

The Longshadows were a musical collaboration between Gin Blossoms vocalist Robin Wilson and composer/producer Steve French (formerly of Britpop band Starclub).

WAJI

Artists who recorded at Sweetwater Productions for "Majic Miracle Music" CDs include REO Speedwagon, Ingrid Michaelson, Lenka, Aimee Allen, Jars of Clay, Rick Springfield, Ben Jelen, Josh Kelley, Sara Bareilles, Jon McLaughlin, Gin Blossoms, and Collective Soul.


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Found Out About You

It reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the second single from the album (after "Hey Jealousy") to crack the Top 40, and it is the only Gin Blossoms song that reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

New Miserable Experience

Songs on the album, such as "Mrs. Rita", a song about a local psychic from the Gin Blossoms' hometown of Tempe, Arizona, were also written with references to the area, people and events surrounding the band at the time.