''Crashing the Ether'' is the seventh album by

Tommy Keene 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 ...

. Recorded at his home studio, Keene played most of the instruments himself; among others, John Richardson played drums and

Gin Blossoms Gin Blossoms is an American alternative rock band formed in 1987 in Tempe, Arizona, Tempe, Arizona. They rose to prominence following the 1992 release of their first major label album, ''New Miserable Experience'', and the first single released ...

guitarist

Jesse Valenzuela Jesse Valenzuela (born May 22, 1962) is an American rock musician and singer who is perhaps best known as a member of the alternative rock band Gin Blossoms. Valenzuela was originally the vocalist in Gin Blossoms when the band first formed in ...

chipped in with some back-up vocals.

Track listing

All songs written by Tommy Keene # "Black & White New York" – 4:56 # "Warren in the '60s" – 3:26 # "Quit That Scene" – 3:24 # "Driving Down the Road in My Mind" – 5:28 # "Wishing" – 4:15 # "Lives Become Lies" – 5:08 # "Eyes of Youth" – 3:45 # "I've Heard That Wind Blow Before" – 3:35 # "Alta Loma" – 4:13 # "Texas Tower No.4" – 6:10

Personnel

* Tommy Keene —

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

, instrumentation

Additional musicians

* Brad Quinn —

Bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Jesse Valenzuela —

Harmony vocals Vocal harmony is a style of vocal music in which a consonant note or notes are simultaneously sung as a main melody in a predominantly homophonic texture. Vocal harmonies are used in many subgenres of European art music, including Classical chora ...

* Steve Gerlach —

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Walter Vincent — Harmony vocals * John Richardson —

Drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* R. Walt Vincent — Harmony vocals

Production

* Tommy Keene — Producer * Walter Vincent — Producer, mixing * R. Walt Vincent — Producer, mixing *

Jonathan Pines Jonathan may refer to: *Jonathan (name), a masculine given name Media * ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer * ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski * ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...

— Engineer, drum engineering * Louie Teran — Mastering * Kevin Lane Keller — Executive producer * Chris Widmer — Engineer, drum engineering

Additional credits

* Cary Baker — Publicity * Jim Horan — Art direction * Steve Curtis — Photography * Tommy Keene — Photography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crashing The Ether 2006 albums Tommy Keene albums