| Tom and recording engineer Blair Calibaba take in Nature's majesty at the Grand Canyon during hard earned break while recording Tom's new, (tentatively titled) The Who Sell Out album. | |
Fig showcased a tighter, more menacing sound than its predecessor partly due to the streamlined production style of ex-NoMeansNo drummer John Wright, and the infusion of longtime friend to the group, Tom Holliston, who once remarked to bassist Andy Err, "Jargon is for jackanapes, whereas argot is for auteurs." Overall, the record was better received than the previous offering, and the 12" single "Let's Fill The World Up With Little Babies" was packing North American dance floors coast to coast... Stig Vink (keys), Tilman Runge (bass), Tom |
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| In the Studio: Day 53... Nailing down a difficult part. Man, was it hot in there! |
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| During the last day of recording word got out we were about to start a rough mix. When 500 excited fans showed up at the studio we graciously invited them in to listen. Boy! What a party that turned out to be. | |
| Things just haven't been the same between Messr's Ford Pier (R) and Keith Rose (L) since Ford stole Keith's moustache. | |
| The pensive somber reflections of Head Cheese | |
| Tom spots a kerfuffle in the audience. Much to everyone's suprise, it turned out to be two of Norman Fell's erstwhile agents bickering over a trout canape. | |
| John Wright is an artist when it comes to delicate selection of truck stop delicacies. | |
| Clarinetist Scott Henderson is joined onstage by tennis legend John McEnroe in London, England, in 2001. Boy, did we have a ball! | |
| Craig Bougie mentally prepares for his nightly performance as "Stevie the Orphaned Tambourine Boy". | |
| Young Craig Bougie, a child movie star, gets into costume for his appearance in the Show Business Giants promotional short film, Return to the Island of No Return, costarring equally famous child star, Scott Reynolds. |