Hunt Sales
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Hunt Sales is an American rock and roll
drummer who has played with Todd Rundgren
, his brother Tony Sales
, Iggy Pop
and Tin Machine
.
Hunt Sales is the son of 1950s/60s television comedian Soupy Sales
. He has two daughters; Cali Sales, born in 1990, and Sugar Sales, born in 2007.
In 1976, he played drums with the hard rock power trio Paris
, formed by former Fleetwood Mac
guitarist/songwriter Bob Welch
. This trio (which included ex-Jethro Tull
bassist Glenn Cornick
) was short lived, releasing two albums for Capitol Records
. Hunt played and sang backup vocals on the second Paris LP, Big Towne, 2061
.
In 1977 Hunt, along with brother Tony, provided the rhythm section for the Iggy Pop
album Lust for Life
. The opening to the title track, performed by Hunt, has become one of the most famous and instantly recognisable openings in the history of rock music. David Bowie
's memories of the Sales' contribution to the recording led him to invite the pair to join Tin Machine
in the late 1980s.
He performed on several movie soundtracks:
1992 Dr. Giggles (writer: "Stateside")
1989 Slaves of New York ("Fall in Love with Me")
1988 Tapeheads (writer: "Now That You're Gone")
1987 American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (producer: "Tell About Mary")
He also performed in the following movies:
1991 The Linguini Incident (with David Bowie and Iman)
Drummer
1990 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)– For Cryin' Out Loud
Drummer
1966 I've Got a Secret (TV series)as Himself
As of the 2000s, Sales relocated to Austin, Texas
, where he produces and does session work. He was a member of a band led by Charlie Sexton
, which participated as part of the Los Super Seven
musical collective on Heard It on the X (2005).
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
drummer who has played with Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings...
, his brother Tony Sales
Tony Sales
|Tony Fox Sales is an American rock musician. A bass guitarist, Sales and his brother, Hunt Sales, played with Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop and Tin Machine with David Bowie.-Early life and career:...
, Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues...
and Tin Machine
Tin Machine
Tin Machine was a hard rock band formed in 1988, famous for being fronted by singer David Bowie. The group recorded two studio albums before dissolving in 1992, when Bowie returned to his solo career...
.
Personal life
Hunt Sales is the son of 1950s/60s television comedian Soupy Sales
Soupy Sales
Soupy Sales was an American comedian, actor, radio-TV personality and host, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television show, Lunch with Soupy Sales; a series of comedy sketches frequently ending with Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his...
. He has two daughters; Cali Sales, born in 1990, and Sugar Sales, born in 2007.
Career
Hunt Sales' first group was with brother Tony in Tony and the Tigers. They released the song "Turn it on Girl" which was a minor local hit in Detroit. Tony and the Tigers appeared on Hullabaloo in 1966 and also on the local Detroit/Windsor dance show, Swingin' Time with Robin Seymour.In 1976, he played drums with the hard rock power trio Paris
Paris (band)
Paris was an American rock music power trio formed in 1975 by guitarist and vocalist Bob Welch, who had just left Fleetwood Mac, bass player Glenn Cornick, formerly of Jethro Tull, and drummer Thom Mooney who had been a member of Nazz with Todd Rundgren. The group released two albums for Capitol...
, formed by former Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...
guitarist/songwriter Bob Welch
Bob Welch (musician)
Robert Lawrence "Bob" Welch, Jr. is a former member of Fleetwood Mac, who had a briefly successful solo career in the late 1970s. His singles included "Hot Love, Cold World", "Ebony Eyes", "Precious Love", and "Sentimental Lady"....
. This trio (which included ex-Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)
Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...
bassist Glenn Cornick
Glenn Cornick
Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick was the bespectacled, first bass guitar player in the progressive rock band, Jethro Tull....
) was short lived, releasing two albums for Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
. Hunt played and sang backup vocals on the second Paris LP, Big Towne, 2061
Big Towne, 2061
Big Towne, 2061 was the second of the two albums recorded by Paris, a power trio who were active from 1975-1977.Paris originally comprised guitarist Bob Welch, formerly with Fleetwood Mac, bassist Glenn Cornick, formerly of Jethro Tull and drummer Thom Mooney, formerly of Nazz, but Mooney left...
.
In 1977 Hunt, along with brother Tony, provided the rhythm section for the Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues...
album Lust for Life
Lust for Life (album)
Lust for Life is a 1977 album by Iggy Pop, his second solo release and his second collaboration with David Bowie, following The Idiot earlier in the year. As well as achieving critical success, it was Pop's most commercially popular album to date, and remains his highest-charting release in the UK...
. The opening to the title track, performed by Hunt, has become one of the most famous and instantly recognisable openings in the history of rock music. David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
's memories of the Sales' contribution to the recording led him to invite the pair to join Tin Machine
Tin Machine
Tin Machine was a hard rock band formed in 1988, famous for being fronted by singer David Bowie. The group recorded two studio albums before dissolving in 1992, when Bowie returned to his solo career...
in the late 1980s.
He performed on several movie soundtracks:
1992 Dr. Giggles (writer: "Stateside")
1989 Slaves of New York ("Fall in Love with Me")
1988 Tapeheads (writer: "Now That You're Gone")
1987 American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (producer: "Tell About Mary")
He also performed in the following movies:
1991 The Linguini Incident (with David Bowie and Iman)
Drummer
1990 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)– For Cryin' Out Loud
Drummer
1966 I've Got a Secret (TV series)as Himself
As of the 2000s, Sales relocated to Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, where he produces and does session work. He was a member of a band led by Charlie Sexton
Charlie Sexton
Charles Wayne Sexton is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for the 1985 hit Beat's So Lonely and as the guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band from 1999 to 2002 and since 2009...
, which participated as part of the Los Super Seven
Los Super Seven
Los Super Seven is a predominantly Latin American supergroup which debuted in 1998. The group won a Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album in 1999 for its self-titled album. The group's musical style has changed with each incarnation, blending sounds from Tejano, mariachi, Cuban,...
musical collective on Heard It on the X (2005).
With Todd Rundgren
- RuntRunt (album)Runt is the self-titled debut of the band Runt, first released in 1970 on the Ampex Records label.Many regard the album as Todd Rundgren's debut solo album, as all later reissues credit the album to Todd Rundgren rather than to Runt...
(1970) - Runt: The Ballad of Todd RundgrenRunt: The Ballad of Todd RundgrenRunt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren is the second album by American singer-songwriter/musician Todd Rundgren, released in 1971. The album is perhaps Rundgren's most concise and straightforward, featuring mostly piano-led pop songs and ballads....
(1971)
With Iggy Pop
- Kill CityKill CityKill City is a 1977 album by Stooges vocalist Iggy Pop and guitarist James Williamson. "Johanna" and "I Got Nothin'" were both performed live during 1973-74 by the James Williamson-era Stooges.-Recording:...
(recorded 1975, released 1977) - Lust For LifeLust for Life (album)Lust for Life is a 1977 album by Iggy Pop, his second solo release and his second collaboration with David Bowie, following The Idiot earlier in the year. As well as achieving critical success, it was Pop's most commercially popular album to date, and remains his highest-charting release in the UK...
(1977) - TV Eye Live 1977TV Eye Live 1977TV Eye Live 1977 or is a live album by Iggy Pop originally released in 1978. Iggy took a $90 000 advance from RCA Records to finish out his contract with a live album. According to allmusic.com, the album was assembled from soundboard tapes. Iggy Pop doctored them in a German studio, quickly and...
(1978)
With Tin Machine
- Tin MachineTin Machine (album)Tin Machine is the debut album of Tin Machine originally released by EMI in 1989. The group was the latest venture of David Bowie, inspired by sessions with guitarist Reeves Gabrels...
(1989) - Tin Machine IITin Machine IITin Machine II is an album by Tin Machine, originally released by Victory Music in 1991.-Recording:The band reconvened following their 1989 tour, recording most of the album before taking a rest while David Bowie conducted his solo Sound+Vision Tour and filmed The Linguini Incident...
(1991) - Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, BabyTin Machine Live: Oy Vey, BabyTin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby is a live album by Tin Machine originally released by London Records in 1992. It was to be the group's last release, and was recorded on the 1991–1992 It's My Life Tour. The title, suggested by Hunt Sales, was intended as a play on U2's album Achtung Baby.The album...
(1992)
Other
- Heard It on the X, as part of Los Super SevenLos Super SevenLos Super Seven is a predominantly Latin American supergroup which debuted in 1998. The group won a Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album in 1999 for its self-titled album. The group's musical style has changed with each incarnation, blending sounds from Tejano, mariachi, Cuban,...
(Telarc, 2005) - 2010: Sales contributed bass and percussion to self-titled debut album by promising country-rock internet collaboration, Fiery Blue (composer/guitarist: Paul Marsteller, vocalist: Simone Stevens, producer/multi-instrumentalist: Gabe Rhodes, backing vocalist: Quinn Vogt-Welch, website: http://www.fieryblue.com)