- Tony Sales
Tony Sales is a
rock and roll bass guitarist who, with his brotherHunt Sales , has played withTodd Rundgren ,Iggy Pop andTin Machine .Career
Son of 1950s/60s television comedian
Soupy Sales , Tony Sales grew up in Detroit with his brother Hunt. His first group was with Hunt in "Tony and the Tigers". They released the song "Turn It on Girl" which was a minor local hit in Detroit. Tony and the Tyrones appeared on TV show "Hullabaloo" in 1966 and also appeared on the local Detroit/Windsor dance show "Swingin' Time with Robin Seymour".In 1977 the Sales brothers provided the rhythm section for the
Iggy Pop album "Lust for Life". The pair joined Pop on his subsequent tour, recorded and released as "TV Eye Live 1977 ". Tony Sales had a car accident in 1979 and was in coma for over 8 months but he recovered from his injuries and went back in music.David Bowie 's memories of Hunt and Tony Sales' contribution to "Lust for Life" led him to invite them to joinTin Machine in the late 1980s. [David Buckley (1999). "Strange Fascination - David Bowie: The Definitive Story": p.451]Personal life
Sales has two children, Valentina and Tony, with
Taryn Power , daughter of the late American film starTyrone Power and actressLinda Christian .Discography
With Iggy Pop
* "
Kill City " (recorded 1975, released 1977)
* "Lust For Life" (1977)
* "TV Eye Live 1977 " (1978)With Tin Machine
*"Tin Machine" (1989)
*"Tin Machine II " (1991)
*"" (1992)Notes
[http://www.blogtalkradio.com/runt/2008/06/27/rundgren-radio Tony & Hunt Sales interview on Rundgren Radio.com]
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