Remember the Dwight Twilley Band?

[SoCalSteve]

I played the heck out of this 45 rpm

 

[DustyRhodesJr]

Love them.

I have all of their 70's albums on vinyl.

Shame they were not bigger, I thought early on Twilley would be as big as Springsteen
or Petty.

 

[54GT]

was a big fan, amazingly good songs, vocals, hooks. thought they were going to take off.

 

[ChampReverb]

Dwight Tilley and Tom a Petty came out at about the same time and got lumped together a bit for awhile.



-bEn r.

 

[DustyRhodesJr]

^^^ I think Petty sang backup on Twilley Dont Mind

 

[ChampReverb]

^^^ I think Petty sang backup on Twilley Dont Mind

And I think they both had a Tulsa studio connection with Leon Russel.

-bEn r.

 

[gravy]

he`s still out there doing stuff - pretty sure him and petty were on the shelter label. there is a bootleg floating around of him interpreting beatles tunes i`ve come across as well - worth searching for!

 

[StratoCraig]

Never really listened to Twilley, but I remember seeing his ex-partner Phil Seymour when he was the opening act on Alice Cooper's Special Forces tour in '81.

 

[fjblair]

My little brother had the album with "I'm on Fire", had to be one of his very first albums.

 

[Ubersooner]

http://weeklywire.com/ww/11-16-98/austin_music_feature2.html

Pretty good wright up on the scene and what happened to a number of the Okie to L.A. acts at the time.


For reference.

 

[aliensporebomb]

I remember reading a lengthy article on Twilley in Creem magazine (remember that?) on whether or not he was creepy or not. Most useless article of all time. I was hoping for some actual interview questions and actual substantial information, not a weird screed on how he gave you the creeps because he resembled your older brothers' best friend.

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

I have a couple of his early LP's. Love me some Power Pop!

 

[Decal]

With background vocals by Susan Cowsill

 

[DRS]

The name rings a bell but I can't recall a song for the life of me.

 

[Baxtercat]

Well, one hit wonder is why.
Great hit too, c/b on the Power Pop thread.
Used to remind me of this Kirwan tune, nearly the same era.

 

[DrumBob]

And I think they both had a Tulsa studio connection with Leon Russel.

-bEn r.

That's right. Petty was signed to Shelter Records, and Leon was part owner of that label.

 

[DrumBob]

"I'm On Fire" is such a great tune. I thought Twilley would be huge, but it never happened for him. A shame.

 

['56 Merc]

Tom Petty sings on this song. Had Tickets to see him at the Paramount in Seattle back then but his mother died or something and the canceled the tour.