[Updated March 31, 11:30 a.m.]
Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne and Ivy is hospitalized in upstate New York and on a ventilator after contracting the coronavirus.
According to the Ivy Twitter account (see below), Schlesinger, 52, has been on a ventilator for two weeks. The band's statement also indicated that Schlesinger was in a medically-induced coma. But on Tuesday, Schlesigner's attorney told Variety that the musician is "very sick and heavily sedated, as are all people on ventilators, but no one has used the word 'coma' to me."
While Fountains of Wayne is best known for their 2003 smash, “Stacy’s Mom,” the band’s oeuvre is filled with clever, sardonic lyrics and sumptuous melodies. Among FOW’s musical gems are 1995’s “Utopia Parkway” album (“Red Dragon Tattoo”) and the 2005 compilation, “Out-Of-State Plates” (“The Girl I Can’t Forget”).
Schlesinger has earned three Emmys, a Grammy and an Oscar nomination for “That Thing You Do,” the title track of the 1996 Tom Hanks-directed film.
Fans of TV’s “My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” are also familiar with Schlesginer’s tuneful mastery; last year, he, Rachel Bloom and Jack Dolgen scored a Creative Arts Emmy Award for outstanding original music and lyrics for the show.
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