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Admiral Television?

I was recently listening to the CD "War Babies" by Hall & Oates. It features some absolutely screaming guitar solos, so I checked the liner notes. Guitars are credited to Hall, Oates, Richie Cerniglia, Todd Rundgren and "Admiral Television". A web search for Admiral Television turned up nothing. Anyone know who this is?

TIA.

Marty
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loomisjohnson
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keep us posted....
martykl OP
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No answer on the e-mail yet, but my guitar teacher had an interesting guess after I played a "70's Scenario" YouTube video for him. He agreed that it didn't sound like Todd and he also thought that both Derringer or Fripp were unlikely. He couldn't speak to Verlaine or Lloyd.

His first thought was Terry Kath of Chicago. I thought he had a point and that it was a good fit stylistically, but he wasn't about to put any money on it, either.

The mystery continues.

Marty
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lowrider57
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This is interesting. Maybe you can tweet Todd Rundgren?
loomisjohnson
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i still cling to rick derringer--found this link between him and h&o:
http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/rick-derringer/concerts/palladium-september-13-1981.html
also, the bass player from his band derringer played with h&o.
if we put this much effort into finding the zodiac killer, we'd be immortal.
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lowrider57
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That's a good find, Loomisjohnson. I now agree that the "Admiral" is someone under contract by a different label. I really thought that it was Todd because he was so advanced with the technology and engineering, so why not use a pseudonym relating to some vintage gear.
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