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Music Appreciation

highplainsdem

(48,958 posts) Fri Feb 25, 2022, 01:26 AM Feb 2022

Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (1969)

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Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (1969) (Original Post) highplainsdem Feb 2022 OP

So much hope..... OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2022 #1

If I recall, Eyeball_Kid Feb 2022 #2

No, Keen lived till 2002. He was recording his third solo album when he died. highplainsdem Feb 2022 #3

OAITW r.2.0

(24,398 posts)

1. So much hope.....

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Feb 25, 2022, 01:34 AM

Feb 2022

Eyeball_Kid

(7,430 posts)

2. If I recall,

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Feb 25, 2022, 02:10 AM

Feb 2022

Speedy Keen died just before the release of the album.

And the Band included Pete Townsend, who does many or all of the vocals.

highplainsdem

(48,958 posts)

3. No, Keen lived till 2002. He was recording his third solo album when he died.

Reply to Eyeball_Kid (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 25, 2022, 03:14 AM

Feb 2022

This single came out in 1969, and the band released their only album in 1970.

Speedy Keen handled the lead vocals, with Andy Newman and Jimmy McCulloch handling backing vocals. Pete Townshend played bass on the records but wasn't credited with any vocals. He did form the band, though, introducing the musicians to one another, and he produced their records.

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