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Feb 2, 2023 · Wilco’s visionary guitarist pays tribute to Television’s late frontman. February 2, 2023 by Shaun Brady. “It’s hard to think of New York City without Tom in it,” Cline says. Credit: Rovi. The death of Tom Verlaine on Jan. 28, at age 73, has inspired eulogies from countless artists whose own work has stretched the boundaries of rock.
Occupation (s) Musician, singer, songwriter. Instrument (s) Guitar, vocals, piano. Formerly of. Television, Neon Boys. Thomas Joseph Miller (December 13, 1949 – January 28, 2023), known professionally as Tom Verlaine, was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the New York City rock band Television.
Jan 30, 2023 · Tom Verlaine, who died last week at 73 after an unspecified illness, must have cut an odd figure in the burgeoning NYC punk scene—tall, beautiful, unfriendly; unwinding sharp, searching solos ...
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Jan 30, 2023 · When Tom Miller and Richard Meyers met at the Sanford School in Delaware, they both ditched the place in favor of becoming poets in the Big Apple. They didn’t migrate together, but they both ...
Feb 3, 2023 · Remembering Tom Verlaine. James Wolcott. I was standing on the uptown side of the subway platform when I felt a pair of hands on my shoulders, pressing as if about to shove me onto the tracks. I whirled around – my whirl was much faster then – and it was Tom Verlaine, laughing maniacally. It was a scary prank to play at any time but ...
Jan 30, 2023 · He Was Tom Verlaine. Patti Smith remembers her friend, who possessed the child’s gift of transforming a drop of water into a poem that somehow begat music. He awoke to the sound of water ...
Photo of Tom VERLAINE and TELEVISION, Tom Verlaine playing Fender Jaguar guitar Tom Verlaine of Television performs on stage at Hammersmith Odeon, London, 16 April 1978. Tom Verlaine of Television performs on stage during the final day of Primavera Sound 2014 at Parc Del Forum on May 31, 2014 in Barcelona, Spain.
