Description: Confirmed order. Ships with care as soon as received! ESTIMATED SHIP DATE EARLY DEC. PLEASE ALLOW A WEEKS TIME FOR DELIVERY TO US. WILL SHIP SAME DAY AS RECEIVED! HANDLING TIME SIMPLY A PLACEHOLDER! You will receive BOOK shown! NEW! This special edition, limited to 1,000 copies, is signed (bookplate) by Pete Townshend and author Mark Wilkerson, and includes a fold-out poster created by Josh Townshend, Pete's nephew and vocalist/guitarist in the final version of Thunderclap Newman. We were the best worst band. We died but we died in style. Speedy Keen, Thunderclap Newman Thunderclap Newman stunned the music world in the summer of 1969 with the success of their wonderfully odd debut single Something In The Air, which ousted none other than the Beatles from the top of the charts. They followed up with an LP described by Nik Cohn as one of the finest, most truly bizarre albums of the era before disintegrating just a few months after its release. This is the story of one of the most unlikely combos in popular music history, and of the four disparate characters who formed its core: Pete Townshend, principal songwriter and guitarist for The Who; his best friend and driver, the singer/songwriter/drummer John Speedy Keen; a fifteen-year-old wunderkind guitarist named Jimmy McCulloch; and finally, an enigmatic telephone engineer who also happened to be a brilliant improvisational jazz pianist: Andy Thunderclap Newman. Rife with both triumph and tragedy, the story intersects with seismic cultural events such as the Apollo 11 moon landing and the massive Woodstock Music and Arts festival, and with legendary artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Thunders, Motorhead, Paul McCartney and The Who. Drawing from exhaustive research and more than fifty interviews with those who were there, Hollywood Dream: The Thunderclap Newman Story provides a detailed, exacting look at the fascinating story of a band who everyone has forgotten but everyone knows. All items are 100% Authentic Guaranteed. No Returns - Final Sale. Feel free to contact me with any questions. Thanks for viewing!
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Location: Tampa, Florida
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Publication Year: 2024
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: Hollywood Dream: The Thunderclap Newman Story
Signed: Yes
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Author: Pete Townshend
Topic: Books
Edition: First Edition
