Jim Adkins  James Adkins  Born November 10, 1975  Grew up in an “LDS home”  Raised in Mesa, Arizona

Jim Adkins starts Jimmy Eat World band…  First album came out in 1994 titled “One, Two, Three, Four.  Jim Adkins was back up vocalist and guitarist.  Became Lead Singer and guitarist in 1999 on the album “Clarity”.

Jim Adkins Life  Jim Is married to Amy McCarthy.  Has one boy  MTV labeled Jim as the most “Chillest”.

Jim Adkins is featured on eight different records

Where does inspiration come from?  Life events  Media  Other artist  Experiences  Writing

Sources:  Lyricsfreak.com  MTV Networks. 24 Feb    Allaxess.com  Allaxess. 24 Feb    Amazon.com  Amazon. 3 Mar    Jimmy Eat World Facebook. 29 Jan  Facebook. 24 Feb 

Composition History: “Hear You Me”  Released July 24, 2001  It runs 4:44  Appeared in the movie, “A Cinderella Story”  Includes female singer, Rachel Haden  The band’s third most popular song on iTunes

Composition History: “23”  Released October 19, 2004  Song runs for 7:23  Longest Jimmy Eat World song to date  Song appears on the show, “One Tree Hil”  Tenth most popular Jimmy Eat World song on iTunes  Features seven different guitars

Hear You Me

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