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Looking For The Magic
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Dwight Twilley

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Running Time 3:16
Performers Dwight Twilley (Lead Vocal Performance), Dwight Twilley (Piano), Phil Seymour (Drums), Phil Seymour (Harmony Vocals), Bill Pitcock(, IV) (Lead Guitar), Bill Pitcock(, IV) (Bass), Tom Petty (Guitar), Bob Schaper (Produced By), Bob Schaper (Engineered By), Dwight Twilley (Produced By), Phil Seymour (Produced By), Noah Shark (Basic Track Engineered By), Max Twilley (Basic Track Engineered By)
Commentsby Dwight Twilley Band. RECORDED AT SHELTER STUDIO & THE SOUND LAB, HOLLYWOOD, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "TWILLEY DON'T MIND" ARISTA/SHELTER RELEASED: AUGUST 1, 1977. Dwight Twilley: "I HAVE TO CHUCKLE TO MYSELF WHEN I THINK BACK ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES BILL PITCOCK IV WOULD WALK INTO THE STUDIO LOOKING LIKE HE HAD SLEPT IN THE CLOTHES HE WAS WEARING. THERE WOULD BE SOME BIG TIME RECORD PRODUCER OR ENGINEER, WITH MANICURED FINGER-NAILS, SUSPICIOUSLY WATCHING. BILL WOULD QUIETLY PLUG IN AND SIMPLY DUMBFOUND EVERYONE IN THE ROOM WITH HIS DOGGED PRECISION, LIGHTNING SPEED AND RELENTLESS TALENT. FOR ME LOOKING FOR THE MAGIC WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THIS PHENOMENON. ORIGINALLY, I HAD A SCRATCH VOCAL ON THE BASIC TRACK. IT WAS A LITTLE FUNKY, SOME OF THE WORDS WERE HARD TO UNDERSTAND, AND THERE WERE A LOT Of DISCREPANCIES. NATURALLY, I LATER RECORDED A LEAD VOCAL TRACK THAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY PRECISE AND PROFESSIONAL. BUT HEY, SOMETIMES FUNKY RULES, I USED THE SCRATCH VOCAL ON THE RECORD."
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XXI (1996)
Dwight Twilley

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Publisher: Almo Music Corp.

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2009-10-14