Year 7, Day 360

Morning! Today's song is Hey There Delilah by Plain White T's.

Photo by: Justin Higuchi

These guys have been around since 1997 and are currently made up of Tom Higgenson, Tim Lopez, Mike Retondo, and De'Mar Hamilton with past members being Dave Tirio, Steve Mast and Ken Fletcher. It started as a trio with Higgenson, Tirio, and Fletcher before they decided to add a fourth member, with Mast joining the ranks. Higgenson ended up crashing their van, braking multiple vertebrae and had to relearn to walk. The experience changed him and how he wrote, which led to song that had more meaning to him and an overall shift into how seriously the band took their music.They released two albums independently in 2000 and 2002 before gaining the attention of a label and adding Hamilton to the band. Their next album came out in 2005 which is where this song is from. They released five more albums since then, with the most recent from 2018. The only news since then was Tirio's departure from the group in 2020, so I guess we'll wait and see what comes next.

Peace.