Hollywood Dream: The Thunderclap Newman Story (Hardcover, Signed - Pete Townshend & Mark Wilkerson -

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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.
About the Author:
Mark Ian Wilkerson was born in Birmingham, England, in the same year that Thunderclap Newman entered the world. He has written acclaimed biographies of Pete Townshend (2008) and Tomas Young (2016), and co-authored the official Pearl Jam retrospective and New York Times bestseller Pearl Jam 20 (2011). He lives with his wife, Melissa, in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Paperback – October 1, 2024
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HOLLYWOOD DREAM: THE THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN STORY by Mark Ian Wilkerson, standard and special editions (signed by PETE TOWNSHEND!) are available for pre-order now.“I will turn to Wilkerson’s book again and again to be reminded of my three dear friends who comprised the band Thunderclap Newman. It’s carefully and devotedly researched with lots of input from all kinds of other friends of mine who shared their journey.” — Pete TownshendThe standard, paperback edition of Hollywood Dream will be available from bookstores in the USA , October 1, 2024 and UK bookstores November 14. A hardcover, limited edition, signed by author Mark Wilkerson and Pete Townshend (bookplate), which also includes a fold-out poster created by Josh Townshend, Pete's nephew and vocalist/guitarist in the final version of Thunderclap Newman, is available for pre-order exclusively from thirdmanbooks.com.“We were the best worst band. We died but we died in style.” —Speedy Keen•Preorder link for standard edition: https://thirdmanrecords.com/products/hollywood-dream-the-thunderclap-newman-story• Preorder link for special edition: https://thirdmanrecords.com/products/hollywood-dream-the-thunderclap-newman-story-limited-editionAnd be sure to visit www.thewho.com for full details and reviews!0
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Reviewed by Stuart Penney https://andnowitsallthis.blogspot.com/2024/08/hollywood-dream-thunderclap-newman-story.html
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Published on October 1, Hollywood Dream is a fine epitaph for this unlikeliest of chart topping groups. It has 420 pages, a few photographs amidst the text but lacks an index. On Amazon it costs £17.67.
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