EPYSODE 45 (pt. 1): "Hollywood Dream". Guest: Mark Wilkerson, author of "Hollywood Dream: The Thunderclap Newman Story".
If you can't beat 'em...ask 'em to be on your show.
I thought I was the only Thunderclap Newman fanatic (Thunderhead? Newmanhead??). When I came up with the ingenious idea of interviewing Pete Townshend, my theory was that he was probably so sick of answering the same old questions about The Who and his solo career that he would welcome chatting about this band that he put together and the album he produced. Turns out, I was right. Little did I know however that someone else was already talking to Pete about this very subject, and was delving deep to uncover the story of this almost forgotten band. Who better than to have on the show then the guy Pete says "knows more about Thunderclap Newman than I do".
This epysode dives into the story of the unlikely characters that make up this utterly unique band, their fascinating album and the amazing journey author Mark Wilkerson took to write his compelling book.
I hope you dig "Hollywood Dream" as much as I do.
- Farmer John
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===LINKS===
Buy Mark's book "Hollywood Dream: The Thunderclap Newman Story" here:
https://www.thirdmanbooks.com/catalog/hollywooddream
Listen to Mark's interview with Pete Townshend, discussing the band and Mark's book here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDKUHw1Vets
===THE MUSIC===
Songs used in this Epysode, in order of appearance. Here's a link to a Spotify playlist for all the tracks featured ( *denotes track is not available on Spotify):
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6yo1oH4phbfCa6gjIxNWhZ?si=f560a85e27bd44a6
WINGS “Spin It On”
JOHN LENNON “Bring On The Lucie (Freeda People)”
THE WHO “Bargain”
THE ROMANTICS “What I Like About You”
THE WHO “Who Are You”
PETE TOWNSHEND “Love Reign O’er Me”
PETE TOWNSHEND “Bargain”
THE EVERLY BROTHERS “I’m Finding It Rough”
THE WHO “Run, Run, Run”
OSCAR “Club Of Lights”
THE WHO “Armenia City In The Sky”
ONE IN A MILLION “Fredereeck Hernando”
ONE IN A MILLION “Use Your Imagination”
THE MAGIC MIXTURE “Urge To Leave”
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE “Purple Haze”
THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN “Fire”
THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN “Something In The Air”
THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN “Wilhelmina”
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