thunderclap newman

so many records, so little time recently posted an alternate version of "accidents," the best song from thunderclap newman's 1970 alb hollywood dream and the follow-up single to "something in the air" (a paean to the revolooshun which was an unlikely u.s. hit). it was no less of a personage than pete townshend that put who roadie and wannabe singer-songwriter john "speedy" keen (who'd penned "armenia city in the sky" for the who sell out) together with eccentric (and quite square-looking) trad jazz pianist andy newman and teenaged gtrist jimmy mcculloch (who'd go on to a stint in mccartney's wings), then produced and played bass on their records (under the pseudonym "bijou drains"). although keen and mcculloch are both deceased, newman has put together a new lineup to perform hollywood dream in pubs over in the u.k. who'd a thunk it?