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TIMBUK3 BOOMBOX TO BE INDUCTED AND DISPLAYED AT THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME!
The legendary boombox that helped propel Timbuk3 into stardom and the top of the music charts will soon have a new home in Cleveland, Ohio at The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
The Hall recently contacted pat mAcdonald and expressed their interest in showcasing the boombox in an upcoming exhibit featuring artists from the Midwest.
The boombox that became the "third member" of Timbuk3 was born out of necessity when pat and his then wife Barbara relocated in the early eighties to Austin, Texas and began performing their original music on the streets. Their literate songs with the low end, cool-ass beats soon granted them instant scenester status. Timbuk3 is credited with using a boombox on stage long before samples, loops and beatboxes appeared. True American originals!
Bruce Reaves and pat mAcdonald at the boombox going away party in
South Bend, Indiana - March 10, 2010
pat mAcdonald, WILL BE PERFORMING AT
THE STEEL BRIDGE SONGFEST 2010!!
FOR MORE INFO PLEASE VISIT WWW.SBSF5.COM.
pat and Timbuk3 On VH1 !!!!
VH1’S “100 GREATEST ONE HIT WONDERS OF THE ‘80s”
CELEBRATES THE MOST ADDICTIVE SONGS OF THE DECADE
PREMIERES ON VH1 BEGINNING WITH FIRST TWO HOURS ON TUESDAY, MARCH 31- FRIDAY, APRIL 3 AT 10PM* EACH NIGHT
Hosted by comedian and “30 Rock” star, Judah Friedlander
NEW YORK, NY, MARCH 23, 2009 – VH1’s “The Greatest” countdown is back with its latest installment, the “100 Greatest One Hit Wonders Of The ‘80s,” premieres on VH1 beginning with the first two hours on Tuesday, March 31 – Friday, April 3 at 10PM* each night. VH1 is inviting viewers to put on their leg warmers, put down that Rubik’s Cube that has yet to be solved, and reminisce to the time when it was all so simple. A time when everyone had “Pac Man Fever” and did the "Safety Dance," when we played Atari until our fingers fell off, and when it was cool to rock out to hair bands that were the gods of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. VH1 is saluting these one hit wonders of the 80s, because let’s face it, without them, whose songs would we drunkenly slur during karaoke at the bar?
Each new episode of “VH1’s 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the ‘80s” will premiere on VH1 beginning with the first two hours on Tuesday, March 31 - Friday, April 3 at 10PM* each night. Hosted by comedian and “30 Rock” star, Judah Friedlander, this five-part special turns back the hands of time with a humorous yet tasteful approach to the era that brought songs that we can’t get out of our head… no matter how hard we try. VH1’s 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the ‘80s” features unforgettable video clips, footage and performances, plus exclusive, new interviews with the decade’s best one-hit wonders – Timbuk3, Stacey Q, Animotion, Musical Youth, Frank Stallone, Georgia Satellites, E.U., The Mary Jane Girls, Vixen, Nu Shooz, and Allana Myles, Thomas Dolby, Kajagoogoo, Bow Wow Wow, Toni Basil, A Flock of Seagulls and many more.
VH1.com users weighed in by voting on their favorite one hit wonders over the past month. 80s music fans can go to VH1.com for extensive music playlists and outtakes from the show.
VH1’s “100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the ‘80s” is a production of VH1. Hilary Spiegelman is Series Producer, and Bernie Kaminski and Shelly Tatro will serve as Executive Produces for VH1.
VH1’s “100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the ‘80s” will also premiere on VH1 Classic on Monday, April 13 – Friday, April 17
