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| From | "Stephen Thorn" <youngthorn@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: Looking For The Magic... |
| Date | Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:24:41 -0700 |
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Hi Jim--I think I saw that Twilley performance on a Friday evening preview
on CBS of the new fall 1977 Saturday morning kiddie lineup on eye network.
Do you remember a TV performance of Dwight, Phil and Petty performing
"Chance to Get Away" ?
Did Dwight ever appear on American Bandstand?
Saw Twilley twice in the 70s. One was at a convention of Arista execs at the
Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. Back then, the back covers of Twilley
albums didn't tell which songs were sung by Dwight or Phil. Naturally, I was
floored by how many lead vocals Phil took that night and what a great singer
he was.
The second time was at San Diego State University's Backdoor concert hall.
Dwight was on the road in promotion of the TWILLEY album, his third album
and the first one after the boys split. Dwight was in his Elvis element at
the time, performing "His Latest Flame" and "Baby I Don't Care."
Phil's post-Twilley single, "Precious to Me," was a big hit in California. I
remember driving from San Diego to Eureka and every radio market was playing
the heck out of it.
Phil's swan song, contributing a stellar track to the Bee Gees tribute CD,
MELODY FAIR, was a great way for him to leave this mortal coil. Bobby
Sutliff is right: two great guys!
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: <TwangBoy@aol.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: Looking For The Magic...
> In a message dated 7/14/2006 7:30:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Robert
> Sutliff" <rsutliff@columbus.rr.com> writes:
>
> Oh My God! That's friggin incredible! Dwight and Phil remain the nicest
> people I've ever met in this wretched business.
>
>>>>>>>>>>
>
> yeah Bobby, thats a cool clip....from a unbeleivably stupid kids tv show
> on Saturday morning, circa '77 called "Whacko!" which in reality,
> should've been called "Crappo!!" I remember WATCHING that live back in the
> day whilest still in high school, and I've had that clip on tape for a
> number of years now....
>
> i had written to a woman in Tulsa many many years back who ran the
> Twilley/Seymour fanclub, and she put me on the mailing list for her
> newsletters, up until when Phil died...it was heartbreaking to see the
> pics of him in remission, and after the cancer came back and really
> decimated him physically....a very sad thing indeed...
>
> I saw the Twilley band open for Tom Petty at a club in Wilmington,
> Delaware back in 77, and saw Twilley solo, around 79, open for The Jam at
> the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia...
>
> And now back to the non-nostalgia Audities list!!!!
>
> jim
>
>
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