About Me
Todd is what some might call a singer/songwriter/guitar player. One can't help but notice that he's recorded 45s and cds, which several great record labels (including Medium Cool/Twin Tone and the legendary The Bus Stop Label) were kind enough to release.DID YOU KNOW: He had a band called The Leatherwoods that released a 45 and a cd (co-produced by Peter Jesperson and Paul Westerberg, who co-wrote a few tunes as an added bonus). His fellow Leatherwood was Tim O'Reagan, future-Jayhawk and solo artist.
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.......................................................YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED THAT:He's also played guitar or bass with the following bands/artists: Lions and Dog, Psychic Archie (one memorable gig!), Thumbs, Rory Borealus and the Filets of Soul, , Rocky and the Bluelighters (playing dives/country bars/strip joints in Topeka, Kansas, and other fun-filled sites in Kansas), Foodhead, Tank Farm, the George Akins Band (a country band that played country dives in Topeka, Kansas worse than the ones he played at with Rocky and the Bluelighers), Curtiss A, The Beatifics, Grant Hart, Lori Wray, The Hang Ups.
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.......................................................I WONDER WHAT HE'S UP TO NOW:He's currently working on his next cd.
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.......................................................I WONDER WHAT STUFF HE'S DONE: Here's a partial discography (with details such as correct years and correct record labels to be added later):*"Be My Something" song from Fresh Sounds from Middle America (compilation) Fresh Sounds Records*"To Win You Back"/"Downside of An Eightball" 45 on Reverb Jr Records*"Off the Top Of My Head" song on compilation "Live From Lawrence" compilation*"Topeka Oratorio" full-length cd on Medium Cool/Twin Tone/Restless Records
songs written by Todd Newman include:Proof Positive/How Can I Miss You/She's Probably Gonna Lie/Tell Me Another/Jamboree/Don't Take My Happiness Away/Wating All My Time/Don't Go Down/Happy Ain't Coming Home*"Happy Ain't Comin Home" 45 on the Bus Stop Label*"Too Sad For Words" cd EP on The Bus Stop Label,
songs written by Todd Newman include: That's Just Me/Somebody's Dad/You Left Us All Behind/The Twin Tone Years/Like Matter*"Let's Get Chris Out Of Jail" song on Tank Farm cassette only*"All Ages Show" song on "Cough It Up" cd compilation on Tim Kerr Records1995 (compiled by William S. Burroughs editor James Grauerholz)*""Temporary Setback" full length cd on Barber's Itch Records,1996, songs wriiten by Todd Newman include: Wrong Side Up/Scariest Thing In the World/Kiss Your Ass Goodbye/Exposed Wiring/You're Gonna Lose/I'm Coming Back to Life/Off the Top Of My Head/Sincerely Yours, Goodbye/Twenty-Seven Year Old Actress Majoring in English*"Annie In Her Prime" and "Wish I Had Someplace to Go" two songs on Swedish pop compilation*"Bitter, Uncompromising" one song on a Swedish pop compilation*Upcoming release: a pop compilation on Sound Asleep records with two older songs on it....
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Mentions and reviews in The Rock Book of Lists and The Trouser Press Guide
Had a song written about me called, appropriately enough, "Todd Newman", recorded and released by the band Kill Creek.
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......................................................."The Leatherwoods Jamboree from Topeka Oratoria, Medium Cool, 1992 Co-penned by Todd Newman and Paul Westerberg, this ebullient rocker is but one of many highlights from the Leatherwoods debut, which the Trouser Press Record Guide rightfully labels a "lost classic." And while "Jamboree" may be the set's highlight, this list could include half a dozen others--namely "Proof Positive," "Happy Man," "Tinsel Town," "She's Probably Gonna Lie," and Tim O'Reagan's "Dreamworld," the creepiest/sweetest Alyssa Milano stalker song ever laid to wax." --Jim Walsh (in City Pages)
