Tulsa Sound architect
Dwight Twilley is one of the godfathers of power pop. He's created music that's influenced a generations of artists, including
Tom Petty and
Cheap Trick.
Twilley's 2010 album, "Green Blimp" has been re-released with two bonus tracks, reworked cover art and the liner notes now include the full story of the Green Blimp.
The album was recorded in Dwight Twilley’s
Big Oak Studio in Tulsa and features 14 pop tunes, including “
Speed of Light,” “
Let It Rain” and “
Ten Times.”
Special guests on the album, include
Bill Pitcock IV (of the original Twilley Band),
Rocky Burnette and
Susan Cowsill.
The album features Pitcock on lead guitar, nylon and acoustic guitars, with keyboards, strings, percussion and other musical seasonings.
The scale of Green Blimp suggests some harder-rocking variant on the classic "bigger-is-better" production styles of
Phil Spector or
Brian Wilson, though Twilley's melodic structures still sound familiar to the longtime listener.
Autographed and non-autographed versions are available via his official website,
HERE.
It's also available for digital purchase via iTunes.
Read more about the Green Blimp,
HERE.
See the original 2010 promo video:
Read our 2010 interview with Twilley,
HERE.
Track list:
1. Get Up
2. Speed Of Light
3. Me And Melanie
4. Let It Rain
5. Doctor
6. Green Blimp
7. You Were Always There
8. It's Never Coming Back
9. Stop
10. Ten Times
11. Witches In The Sky
12. It Ends
Bonus tracks:
13. I’m On A Dream
14. What Is The Time
