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= The Outfitters = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Outfitters are an American rock band formed in Chicago in 2019 Columbia College Chicago. The group, whose best-known line-up comprised Nico Santa Ana, Tèyon McCartney, Ryan Emmons and Ben Fibbe. They are integral to the late development of Columbia College Chicago's Music Department and for representing and reviving 1960s counterculture and popular music's recognition as a form of art. Coming from influences such as The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan and Vulfpeck, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways.

History
The Outfitters started in July 2019 at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago, Illinois by Tèyon McCartney. McCartney met up with long-time friend and colleague, Jamal Reid, for an acoustic jam session. There at the session walked in Mike Dougherty, who had previously been to the library numerous times for his studies. Dougherty and McCartney hit it off pretty well after performing The Beatles' hit song Let It Be from their album of the same name. After nailing the solo, McCartney asked him if he and Reid wanted to be apart of a band, both accepting. With both Reid and Dougherty in the group, both playing guitars respectively, McCartney went and talked to an old friend of his, Bobby Hoch, which whom he met from his first attempt at starting a band. After talking to Hoch about the group and what he wanted to do, Hoch quickly joined as the group's lead guitarist. With only needing a drummer left, Reid decided to leave the group and start his own band. After weeks for looking for a drummer, McCartney found Sean Duffy who was a high school student at the time, and wanted to go to Columbia College Chicago that following year. With Duffy only auditioning one time, he quickly accepted Duffy into the group as the group's drummer. After a few weeks of trying to get songs together and wondering what they were going to do, they came to a bridge that couldn't be crossed. Dougherty decided to leave the group due to personal reasons and after he left, Duffy decided to leave because of personal reasons as well which left only Hoch and McCartney. Soon after, McCartney and Hoch left the group, respectively, and that version of the group went their own separate ways.

In September 2019, just a mere few weeks after the first group dissolved, McCartney met Nico Santa Ana. A fellow, Columbia student, who McCartney says was very unique at the piano. The two said "Hi" to one another and both went their separate ways at first, until McCartney started to play Let It Be for it was his favorite song. Santa Ana rushed right into the room and joined him, and the two both shared their love for the Beatles and became very close friends. After a couple of days, McCartney asked Santa Ana if he wanted to join a group and Santa Ana quickly accepted it. After a while, McCartney stumbled across another Columbia student named Ryan Emmons, who McCartney says was weirdly recognizable from his loud clothes and outstanding wardrobe. McCartney stopped Emmons one morning and the two had, from what McCartney calls it, a "pleasant and peaceful" conversation. The two seemed to hit it off just as good and right then and there, McCartney asked if he wanted to be apart of the group and Emmons accepted. After having over a month of hunting, McCartney put up an ad on the Columbia Student App looking for a rock drummer, within minutes, Ben Fibbe contacted him about wanting to be apart of the group, offering McCartney to listen to his music. McCartney was impressed with Fibbe's ambition and decided to accept the offer of checking out his music which also impressed him. When Fibbe came in for the early sessions of their first single I'm Sorry, McCartney was impressed with how Fibbe played the drums, calling him a "modern day Ringo Starr", complimenting his creative abilities to make drums sound superb. After a week or two, Emmons and Fibbe met and got along, and soon after, The Outfitters became a house hold name amongst Columbia and I'm Sorry was a hit around the music department.