![]() ![]() ![]() Townshend produced the single, played its bass guitar under the pseudonym Bijou Drains and hired GPO engineer and Dixieland jazz pianist "Thunderclap" Newman (born Andrew Laurence Newman, 21 November 1942, Hounslow, Middlesex) and the fifteen-year-old Glaswegian guitarist Jimmy McCulloch. Keen, Newman and McCulloch met each other for the first time in December 1968 or January 1969 at Townshend's home studio to record "Something in the Air". Keen wrote the opening track on The Who Sell Out album, "Armenia City in the Sky". In 1969, Townshend created the band to showcase songs written by the former Who chauffeur, drummer/singer/guitarist Speedy Keen. The band folded in April 1971 and was resurrected by Andy Newman and his colleagues circa 2007. The band augmented its personnel during its tours: in 1969 with James "Jim" Pitman-Avery (bass guitar) and Jack McCulloch (drums) and in 1971 with Ronnie Peel (bass guitar) and Roger Felice (drums). Pete Townshend (using the alias "Bijou Drains") played bass guitar on their album and singles, all of which he had recorded and produced at the IBC Studio and his Twickenham home studio. From 1969 until 1971, the nucleus of the band consisted of the songwriter John "Speedy" Keen (vocals, drums, guitar), Andy Thunderclap Newman (piano) and Jimmy McCulloch (guitar). The band released a critically acclaimed rock album, Hollywood Dream, and three other singles (which appeared on the album), "Accidents", "The Reason" and "Wild Country". Their single, "Something in the Air", a 1969 UK number one hit, remains in demand for television commercials, film soundtracks and compilations. Thunderclap Newman was a British band that Pete Townshend of The Who and Kit Lambert (their producer and manager) formed circa December 1968 - January 1969 in a bid to showcase the talents of Speedy Keen, Andy Thunderclap Newman and Jimmy McCulloch. ![]()
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