Fuel’s “Shimmer” Has a Sound That Isn’t a Guitar

MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released February 23rd, 1998…
but by April 23rd…
this one was starting to break on radio.

Fuel with “Shimmer.”

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This song helped take Fuel…
from the dive bars of Harrisburg, PA…
to the charts.

By the way that sound in the background –
that “shimmer”…

That’s not a guitar.

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The musician behind it –
Jane Scarpantoni…

who’s also played on records for R.E.M., Sheryl Crow, and Nirvana.

Oh and her instrument?

The cello.

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LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“We’re here and now
Will we ever be again?” – Fuel

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