Adam Schmitt, "River Black"
Note: To fully appreciate this post, read our mix tape crash course entry first In high school, Adam Schmitt was the Lebron James of the Central Illinois music scene. Everyone knew he was going to be huge from the outset. At a ridiculously young age, he was locally successful with his Champaign-based band, the Farmboys . Eventually, he joined an even bigger regional powerhouse, the Elvis Brothers . Adam seemed like the missing piece the Elvis Brothers needed to become the national act that they deserved to be. But listeners suck (except for you, dear MWMT reader), and the Elvis Brothers' ascent stalled. In 1991, the boy-wonder signed a recording contract with Warner Brothers and released the appropriately optimistic World So Bright . It received the kiss of death; critical accolades. Too poppy for rock, and too much guitar out front for top 40, World So Bright never found a mainstream audience in spite of an accessibility and musicality that stood out across nearly every so