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He hit age 65 this past June.

Videos from Friday night's Boston show here: http://www.youtube.com/fflbrgst

So did you go Mike? Still love Todd but his voice is well past its expiration date. And not playing guitar on "Love Of The Common Man"? It will be 40 years ago next year since the first time I saw him.

"Under the Ice" was a favorite then and now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssrhcKgevew

Talbot

jimmydanger wrote:So did you go Mike? Still love Todd but his voice is well past its expiration date. And not playing guitar on "Love Of The Common Man"? It will be 40 years ago next year since the first time I saw him.

Yes, those are my videos. No, he can't hit the pure high notes he once did (can any of us - short of Jon Anderson?), but he has actually developed his voice considerably from its early untrained days.
No need for him to play guitar on LOTCM when he has virtuoso Jesse Gress on guitar. Todd played guitar on 6 songs, I think.

Under the Ice - from the 2nd Nazz album which was completely re-recorded and remixed after Todd left the band.

Todd was a local hero in my neck of the woods, growing up. The MD, DE, PA sort of Nexus. Quite the outlaw poet and virtuouso - liked him best with Nazz myself but damn, Utopia!

With soupy Sales' kids as side men. Only Todd.

Talbot

Mike, aren't you thinking of Tin Machine?

jimmydanger wrote:Mike, aren't you thinking of Tin Machine?

No, Mike T has it correct: Hunt and Tony Sales played in the first Utopia version. Tin Machine was with David Bowie.

Musical coincidence (or not): Roger Powell, 3rd Utopia keyboardist, also played with Bowie.