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Philip Warren Seymour (May 15, 1952 – August 17, 1993) was an American drummer, singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known for the singles "I'm on Fire" (with The Dwight Twilley Band), his own solo hit "Precious to Me" and for providing backing vocals on Tom Petty's hits "American Girl" and "Breakdown."
Dwight Twilley (June 6, 1951 – October 18, 2023) was an American pop/rock singer and songwriter, best known for the top 20 hit singles "I'm on Fire" (1975) and "Girls" (1984). [1] His music is associated with the power pop style. Twilley and Phil Seymour performed as the Dwight Twilley Band through 1978, and Twilley performed as a solo act ...
"Remembering Power Pop Singer/Songwriter Dwight Twilley". Fresh Air. NPR This page was last edited on 9 December 2023, at 20:35 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The Dwight Twilley Band produced two double one-hit wonders. The Dwight Twilley Band consisted of Americans Dwight Twilley and Phil Seymour. The duo scored a hit in 1975 with "I'm on Fire". After the two split up, they both scored hits as solo artists. Seymour experienced major success as a solo artist first with his 1981 song "Precious to Me".
Phil Seymour played drums on all of the album's songs except one. Afterwards Joel Turrisi joined and played on Look Out! , their second album. [ 3 ] The third album, Sex Trap , was recorded with drummer Dean Korth and released on Mainway Records, followed by a later release on Enigma Records . 20/20 then split up.
The Call were earlier known as Airtight and then Motion Pictures, serving as Phil Seymour's band at that time. A version of the John Prine/Phil Spector song "If You Don't Want My Love" with Phil backed by The Call was released on the 2020 album If You Don't Want My Love as part of the Phil Seymour archive series.
Philip Seymour Hoffman's partner of over 14 years remembers when she first noticed that something was 'brewing' with the actor. Philip Seymour Hoffman's partner Mimi O’Donnell opens up about ...
While playing it back one night, Tom Petty and Dwight Twilley, a friend of Phil Seymour, were in the studio, and Twilley enjoyed it. He suggested that the lick should be used throughout the song, and Petty obliged. At 2 AM, he gathered the Heartbreakers to join him in re-recording the song.