Date Performance |
1975-00-00 | Running Time |
2:36 | Performers |
Dwight Twilley (Lead Vocal Performance), Dwight Twilley (Acoustic Guitar), Dwight Twilley (Backing Vocals), Phil Seymour (Drums), Phil Seymour (Harmony Vocals), Bill Pitcock(, IV) (Lead Guitar), Leon Russell (Claude Bridges) (Bass), Leon Russell (Claude Bridges) (Percussion), Leon Russell (Claude Bridges) (Piano), Dwight Twilley (Produced By), Phil Seymour (Produced By) | Comments | by Dwight Twilley Band. RECORDED AT LEON RUSSELL'S HOME STUDIO, TULSA, OK. FROM THE ALBUM "THE GREAT LOST TWILLEY ALBUM" SHELTER RECORDS. ALSO PRODUCED BY THE MASTER OF SPACE AND TIME. Dwight Twilley: "SINCE WE WERE FROM TULSA AND WERE ON SHELTER RECORDS, A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WE MUST HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH LEON RUSSELL. ACTUALLY, WE DIDN'T MEET LEON UNTIL AFTER I'M ON FIRE WAS A HIT. EVENTUALLY, LEON CALLED ME AND INVITED US TO RECORD A FEW TRACKS WITH HIM. FIRST WE CUT FEELING IN THE DARK AND THEN SHARK. WE INTRODUCED SHARK ON AMERICAN BANDSTAND AS OUR NEXT SINGLE. LATER WE HEARD THAT SOME RECORD EXECUTIVES HAD DECIDED THAT IT WOULD NOT BE SUITABLE AS A SINGLE BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE VIEWED AS AN EFFORT TO MONOPOLIZE ON THE SUCCESS OF THE CURRENT HIT MOVIE JAWS. AFTER THIS DISAPPOINTMENT, SHARK FELL BETWEEN THE CRACKS AND WE DROPPED IT FROM THE SINCERELY LP." | Appears On | |
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