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Tommy Keene (born Thomas Clay Keene; June 30, 1958 – November 22, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for releasing critically acclaimed rock & roll/power pop songs in the 1980s. He has a longtime cult following among fans of the musical genre of power pop.
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Illiterature, an Album by Adam Schmitt. Released in August 1993 on Reprise (catalog no. 9 45265-2; CD). Genres: Alternative Rock, Power Pop. Rated #1974 in the best albums of 1993.
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Adam Schmitt (born June 16, 1968) is a singer/songwriter from Urbana, Illinois. He recorded two albums, World So Bright and Illiterature with Reprise Records in the early 1990s. He recorded albums in his Mixolydian Studios, working with artists such as Hum and Uncle Tupelo.
However, when his label Reprise didn't want to release a third album from him, Schmitt decided to record other artists instead, engineering, producing, and mastering music for Tommy Keene, Hum, Beezus, Robynn Ragland, and others in his home studio.
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Jan 26, 2007 · A writer at the AV Club just chose the solo in "Three Faces West" as one of his all-time favorites (he credits it to Schmitt himself, when it's Tommy Keene playing the solo) and i was floored anybody else remembered this gem at all. Listening to it right now and really is near flawless.
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Singer/songwriter Adam Schmitt first won acclaim in the early ‘90s when his 1991 debut album, World So Bright, and 1993 follow-up, Illiterature, had critics hailing him as a young pop genius.
