Tag Archives: Timbuk 3

The colorful however tragic existence of Austin singer/songwriter Blaze Foley — who was simply shot and killed in 1989, at age 39, while trying to guard an elderly friend — reads just like the most heart-piercing of country ballads. It’s no question then that remarkable performers like Foley’s friend and …

A smart alternative pop duo with folk and country leanings (though they often times relied on synthesizers and drum machines, whilst playing live times), Timbuk 3’s Pat and Barbara K. MacDonald had written many better tracks than their shock 1986 strike “The Future’s Therefore Shiny, I Gotta Put on Tones.” …