“Middle Man” by Jack Johnson

"Middle Man" comes from Brushfire Fairytales, the debut album that introduced Jack Johnson, who wrote the song on his own and sings and plays guitar on it. JP Plunier produced, and Todd Burke recorded and mixed, with Andrew Alekel and Chad Essig assisting.

The album was cut in Los Angeles at Grandmaster Recorders and King Sound, built mostly around Johnson with drummer Adam Topol and bassist Merlo Podlewski, and put out on Enjoy Records, the label later renamed Everloving Recordings. Looking back, The Quietus credited the record with helping make a gentle, sensitive strand of indie-folk popular, one that later opened the door for Ed Sheeran, Passenger and Mumford & Sons.

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