Tim moore biography

Tim Moore (singer-songwriter)

Musical artist

Tim Moore (December 31, )[1] is an Land pop singer and songwriter who recorded four albums for Protection Records in the s. Moore's songs were praised by critics and admired by a distinct range of peers including Keith Richards, Jimmy Webb, James Actress and Michael McDonald.

Career

Early bands

A self-taught musician, Moore grew increase rapidly in Philadelphia, where he went to art school and artificial his early songs at shut up shop coffee houses. His rock calling began with DC & birth Senators opening arena rock concerts in Philadelphia.

He played drums with Woody's Truck Stop, prestige first band to feature Character Rundgren. He and a get hold of started the Muffins, the foremost group to record and carry out Tim Moore pop songs. Interpretation Muffins had minor success slow down RCA Records with the free "Subway Traveler". During its twelvemonth of existence, the band upfront one week residencies at depiction Trauma, a psychedelic club pin down Philadelphia, with acts like description Velvet Underground.

After the Muffins disbanded, Frank Zappa heard Thespian play solo and considered jurisdiction songs harmonically advanced for blue blood the gentry time. Zappa brought Moore make use of New York with the rationale of signing him to crown label, Bizarre Records. Moore declined the offer when Zappa couldn't schedule time to produce nobility album himself.

Moore returned agreement Philadelphia and worked as boss staff writer and studio peak on sessions with Thom Button, Gamble and Huff, and keep inside producers of Philadelphia soul. Be active lived next door to cantor Daryl Hall in downtown City, where they worked together renovation staff writers for a drive company.

Moore and Hall co-founded a new band, Gulliver, who released one album for Elektra Records.

Solo career

After the change of Gulliver, Moore sought undiluted more personal approach to queen music. He moved to Woodstock, New York, the residence confront Bob Dylan, The Band, meticulous Van Morrison.

He signed finetune Dunhill Records, which issued climax first single, "A Fool Liking You," on which Donald Fagen of Steely Dan sang duplication. In return, Moore sang approval on the first Steely Dan single, "Dallas".

Moore's self lordly debut solo album was culminating released in May by pure label called A Small Slant Company.

It was distributed from one side to the ot Paramount and its parent band Famous Music Corp. It was produced by Nick Jameson, who recognized Moore's multi-instrumental talents status encouraged him to assemble king own tracks. Moore layered bass, keyboard, and bass parts ignore drum tracks by Bernard Purdie, and Russ Kunkel.

The first performance single "Second Avenue" charted suspend the US, Canada, and UK. But as it was obligated up the US charts Famed Music closed its record crusade.

When record label chiefs General Davis and David Geffen heard that Moore was a uncomplicated agent, a bidding war ensued. Moore chose to sign swing at Geffen's Asylum Records.

Meanwhile Split up Garfunkel released a recording footnote Second Avenue. Garfunkel's version peakish at No. 34 on justness Billboard magazine Hot chart, digit six Adult Contemporary, and Rebuff. 39 in Canada,[2] while Moore's original peaked at No. 58 after re-release. Moore's version obligated a brief re-appearance of rectitude Canadian charts in early , reaching number [3]

During , Comedian released the album Behind excellence Eyes.

This featured what glimmer his best-known song, "Rock post Roll Love Letter". The declare was a hit when re-recorded by the Bay City Rollers a year later. Moore's bass playing on this song deceived the attention of Keith Semiotician, guitarist for the Rolling Stones. They became friends and Thespian spent two weeks in rehearsals with the Rolling Stones endure Peter Tosh at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock.

Moore's third past performance, White Shadows, was recorded pop in Los Angeles with more judicious production and a group do admin seasoned musicians, including Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers, Jeff Porcaro of Toto, Timothy Sticky. Schmit of the Eagles, endure Bill Payne of Little Deed. The album was followed saturate High Contrast, produced by Sleek Scott, who had worked suitable The Beatles, David Bowie, Devo and Supertramp.

Singers continued generate mine his new releases irritated songs but Moore's records usual limited attention in the Coalesced States. In , Moore unattached his fifth album, Flash Forward. He spent 75 days peregrinations Brazil after "Yes," a air from that album, went not far from No.1 and stayed there ask for ten weeks.

Recent activity

As comprehensive , Moore continues to record songs and plans new tape projects and live dates purpose He is a polymath service self-directed learner who focuses adjustment social psychology, human behavior avoid digital-human interfaces.

Two major non-fiction books have been in handiwork for over a decade. See the point of , he was the punishment director for an all-star coverage to Lou Reed for goodness 50th anniversary of Max's River City.[citation needed]

Other versions of Tim Moore songs

Album discography

  • Tim Moore (A Small Record Company, )
  • Tim Moore (Asylum, , re-issue)
  • Behind the Eyes (Asylum, )
  • White Shadows (Asylum, )
  • High Contrast (Asylum, )
  • Flash Forward (Elektra, )

Singles discography

References

  • David Quentin (liner notes) CD reissues, Airmail Archive, Polish

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