Hispanopedia WikiTony Fox Sales (nacido el 26 de septiembre de 1951) es un músico y compositor de rock estadounidense . Principalmente bajista, Sales ha trabajado con Todd Rundgren , Iggy Pop y en Tin Machine con David Bowie , a menudo junto a su hermano Hunt Sales , baterista.
Primeros años, familia y educación
Sales nació en Cleveland , Ohio . Su padre fue el comediante de televisión de los años 50 y 60, Soupy Sales (8 de enero de 1926 - 22 de octubre de 2009), y su madre fue Barbara Fox (23 de junio de 1931 - 28 de mayo de 2017). Criaron a Tony y a su hermano menor, Hunt (nacido en 1954), en Detroit , Michigan .
Carrera
Tony y Hunt han colaborado frecuentemente. Entre los músicos más destacados con los que han actuado o grabado se encuentran: Chequered Past , David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Todd Rundgren, Bob Welch , Andy Fraser de Free , Harry Dean Stanton y The Cheap Dates, The Hunt Sales Memorial, Tin Machine (con Bowie) y otros, desde 1989 hasta 1994.
Inicio de carrera
El primer grupo musical de Tony fue Tony and the Tigers; Hunt era su baterista . La banda también incluía a Jon Pousette-Dart, hijo del artista Richard Pousette-Dart y más tarde líder de la Pousette-Dart Band . En 1966, la banda apareció en el programa de televisión I've Got a Secret presentado por Steve Allen , e interpretó dos canciones, "I'll Be on My Way" y "When the Party's Over". [ 1 ] Tony and The Tigers lanzó la canción "Turn It on Girl", que fue un éxito local menor en Detroit. La banda apareció dos veces en el programa Hullabaloo : el 20 de diciembre de 1965, presentado por Jerry Lewis ; y el 4 de abril de 1966, presentado por su padre, Soupy Sales. La banda también abrió para The Animals en Steel Pier en Atlantic City en 1967.
In 1970, the Sales brothers joined Todd Rundgren in the newly formed group, Runt, and recorded two albums.[2] They recorded two tracks for the Iggy Pop/James Williamson album Kill City in 1975 and provided the rhythm section for Pop's album Lust for Life (1977), which was produced by David Bowie, who also played keyboards. The brothers joined Pop on his subsequent tour, recorded as TV Eye Live 1977 and released in 1978.
Some of Tony and Hunt's recordings were placed in storage after Tony was injured in a car accident in 1979 so severely that he was near death for several minutes before being revived. He was consequently in a coma for over eight months but eventually recovered from his injuries and returned to working as a musician.
1980s to present
In 1982, Sales joined a band, Chequered Past, which included singer/actor Michael Des Barres (later of Power Station), ex-Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, and Blondie’s bass player Nigel Harrison and drummer Clem Burke. According to Des Barres, the choice of name was not an idle one. "All the members have been through a lot," he told the Los Angeles Times at his house in Hollywood, including the fact that Sales had fully recovered from a debilitating auto accident.[3] After an album released by Chequered Past in 1984 flopped, the band broke up shortly afterward.
The Sales brothers joined David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels to form the band Tin Machine in 1988. The New York Times said of the band's first album, "Tin Machine sounds as if it was made by people working together, not by a producer with a computer."[4] On November 23, 1991, the band performed on Saturday Night Live, which was hosted that episode by then child actor Macaulay Culkin. Tin Machine recorded three albums and toured twice before dissolving in 1992. Bowie later stated that his memories of Tony and Hunt Sales' contribution to Lust for Life led him to invite them to join Tin Machine.[5]
Throughout the 1990s, Sales recorded and produced and was a member of the short-lived all-star band The Cheap Dates, which included actor Harry Dean Stanton, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Slim Jim Phantom.
Sales and Hunt's recordings from the late 1970s were released in 2008 by Perseverance Records as a solo album, Hired Guns. An e-book about them, Quintessentially Soul Brothers: The Sales Brothers In Their Own Words by Stephanie Lynne Thorburn, was published in 2009.[6]
Instruments
Since the middle of the eighties Sales has used a Vigier Passion Bass.
Personal life
Tony Sales married English actress/model Anulka Dziubinska on August 20, 1978, in Los Angeles, California.[7] They were divorced in March 1984.[8]
Sales began living with actress Taryn Power, daughter of the movie star Tyrone Power and actress Linda Christian, before his divorce was finalized. They had two children together: Anthony Tyrone "Tony" Sales (born September 4, 1982)[9] and Valentina Fox Sales (born September 10, 1983).[10]
Discography
With Todd Rundgren
- Runt (1970)
- Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (1971)
- Something/Anything? (1972)
With Iggy Pop
- Kill City (recorded 1975, released 1977)
- Sister Midnight (recorded 1977, released 1999)
- Lust for Life (1977)
- TV Eye Live 1977 (1978)
With Tin Machine
- Tin Machine (1989)
- Tin Machine II (1991)
- Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby (1992)
Solo
- Hired Guns (2008)
References
- ↑Tony and The Tigers in 1965 on YouTube
- ↑"Sales Brothers Interview". blogtalkradio.com. 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
- ↑"Pop Beat - Motley Musicians Team Up For Chequered Past". Los Angeles Times. November 13, 1982. p. F1.
- ↑"And Now, The No-Frills David Bowie". The New York Times. June 4, 1989. p. H24.
- ↑ Buckley, David (1999). Strange Fascination: David Bowie - The Definitive Story . Virgin Books . pág. 451. ISBN 978-1-85227-784-0.
- ↑ Thorburn, Stephanie Lynne (2009). "Quintessentially Soul Brothers: The Sales Brothers In Their Own Words" . TrueFire.com . Recuperado el 4 de enero de 2010 .
- ↑ Índice de matrimonios de California .
Novio: Tony F. Sales, Edad: 26, Novia: Anulka M. Dziubinska, Edad: 27, Condado: Los Ángeles, Fecha: 20 de agosto de 1978, Número de registro: 27014, Número de archivo estatal: 86878
- ↑ Índice de divorcios de California .
Esposo: Tony F. Sales, Esposa: Anulka M., Tipo: 1, Condado: Los Ángeles, Fecha: 6 de marzo de 1984, Número de caso: D 099576, Número de archivo estatal: 057510
- ↑ Índice de nacimientos de California .
Nombre: Anthony Tyrone Sales, Fecha: 4 de septiembre de 1982, Sexo: Masculino, Apellido de soltera de la madre: Power, Lugar de nacimiento: Los Ángeles
- ↑ Índice de nacimientos de California .
Nombre: Valentina Fox Sales, Fecha: 10 de septiembre de 1983, Sexo: Femenino, Apellido de soltera de la madre: Power, Lugar de nacimiento: Los Ángeles
Enlaces externos
- Nacimientos de 1951
- Personas vivas
- Músicos de Cleveland
- Miembros de Tin Machine
- músicos de rock judíos estadounidenses
- Guitarristas de Los Ángeles
- Guitarristas de Detroit
- Guitarristas de Ohio
- Miembros de Utopia (banda estadounidense)
- bajistas estadounidenses del siglo XX
- Judíos estadounidenses del siglo XXI
- Miembros de la banda de París
