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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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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.
martykl OP
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I agree that that link makes Derringer feel like the main suspect.
martykl OP
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Hodu,

I just fired up Showbiz Kids and I definitely see your point.

I always assumed that that was Larry Carlton on guitar. Oddly enough, Carlton was another name that came up when I played this "whodunnit" game with my instructor.

I'll keep workin' it with the e-mail machine, but I think you might have nailed it.

Marty
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