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Tommy Keene is considered one of the 1980s most critically acclaimed (and
commercially ignored) singer/songwriters and a prime example of the musical
genre of Power Pop. Originally hailing from Washington D.C., his 1984 EP
Places That Are Gone became one of the year's top selling independent
releases. The EP garnered a four-star review in Rolling Stone, and was
voted the #1 EP in the following year's Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll.
Keene has since recorded and released numerous albums on such labels as
Dolphin, Geffen and Matador Records. He has worked with producers T-Bone
Burnett and Don Dixon. He continues to record and tour and recently
released an album with Robert Pollard, formerly of Guided by Voices, as
'The Keene Brothers.' His biggest influence is said to be The Raspberries.
In May 2006, Keene confirmed that he was gay in an interview with The
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