Hollywood Dream: The Thunderclap Newman Story (Pete Townshend Signed, Limited Edition): Pete Townshend, a Band of Outsiders, and the Birth of British
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Hollywood Dream: The Thunderclap Newman Story (Pete Townshend Signed, Limited Edition): Pete Townshend, a Band of Outsiders, and the Birth of British
HARDCOVER, LIMITED EDITION INCLUDING BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY PETE TOWNSHEND AND ORIGINAL 11" x 17" POSTER BY JOSH TOWNSHEND (PETE'S NEPHEW AND BANDMEMBER IN ONE OF THE LAST INCARNATIONS OF THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN)
"We were the best worst band. We died but we died in style." - Speedy Keen
Thunderclap Newman stunned the music world in the summer of 1969 with the success of their wonderfully odd debut single...
Pete Townshend, The Who's guitarist and principal songwriter, was born into a musical family in Chiswick, West London, on May 19, 1945. His father Cliff played the alto saxophone with the RAF dance band The Squadronaires, and his mother Betty Dennis sang professionally. An aunt encouraged him to learn piano but after seeing the movie Rock Around The Clock in 1956 he was drawn to rock'n'roll, an...
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