- Sneaker (band)
Sneaker was a West Coast American
rock music band, active from 1973 to 1982. The band is best known for itsBillboard Hot 100 Top 40 hit single, "More Than Just the Two of Us", from its firstalbum , "Sneaker" (1981). They also had a minor hit with "Don't Let Me In", a song written byDonald Fagen &Walter Becker fromSteely Dan .Sneaker was composed of Tim Torrance on
guitar s, Mitch Crane on vocals and guitars, Michael Carey Schneider on vocals and keyboards, Mike Hughes ondrum s, Michael Cottage onbass guitar , and Jim King on keyboards,synthesizer s, and vibes. The band cited as its primary musical influencesSteely Dan ,The Eagles , andThe Doobie Brothers . They released 2 studio albums on Handshake Records, "Sneaker" in 1981 and "Loose In The World" in 1982. Both albums were produced byJeff "Skunk" Baxter . In 2001, Cool Sound Records, a Japanese record label, released "Early On", a collection of their early recordings and, in 2003, released "Footprints In Japan", a 1982 live recording from Osaka & Tokyo, Japan.The group's name "Sneaker" was taken from the
Steely Dan tune "Bad Sneakers" from their album "Katy Lied ".Fact|date=April 2007External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/sneakertheband Sneaker's MySpace Page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/breezeaor West Coast Pop]ee also
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List of 1980s one-hit wonders in the United States
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