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"Timothy" is a pop rock song recorded by The Buoys as a single in 1970. The song describes a mine cave-in and aftermath, with the implication the two survivors cannibalized their companion, the eponymous Timothy.
The Buoys were an American pop/rock band from the early 1970s. Its membership included Bill Kelly, Fran Brozena, Jerry Hludzik, Carl Siracuse and Chris Hanlon, based in the Wilkes-Barre-Scranton, Pennsylvania, area. They are most famous for the banned song "Timothy", which was written for them by Rupert Holmes.
In 1971, The Buoys recorded a hit single "Timothy", about three miners trapped underground due to a cave-in, with only two of them surviving and a strong implication they survived by cannibalizing the third.
May 15—WILKES-BARRE — About halfway through Saturday night's reunion concert, Bill Kelly, front man for the iconic band The Buoys, put it all in perspective. "You know why today's music sucks?"
Dec. 13—WILKES-BARRE — Famed Wyoming Valley rock musician Bill Kelly died Friday, at his home in Nashville, Tenn., surrounded by his family, after a prolonged illness. A celebration of life ...
The buoy, which has attracted crowds in recent days, washed up on Wells Beach after a storm hit the seacoast of Maine in early April 2024. Oh, buoy! Coast Guard to tow popular, washed-up buoy at ...
The origins of Dakota can be traced back as far as the early 1970s in North East Pennsylvania, USA, to a band called The Buoys and a million-selling single called "Timothy". [1] [8] The song, written by Rupert Holmes, was supposedly about the local Sheppton mine disaster of 1963, [9] though Holmes has denied it and said it was a coincidence. [10]
The Buoys may refer to: The Buoys (American band), a pop rock band; The Buoys (Australian band), an alternative rock band; See also. Boys (disambiguation)