Dwight Twilley was best known for 1975's 'I'm on Fire,' a perfect rock 'n' roll song that became his band's enduring hit.
Dwight Twilley, one of the musicians who pioneered the rock subgenre known as power pop, died on Wednesday. He was 72. His death was confirmed by the Church Studio in Tulsa, Okla., where Twilley recorded many of his best-known songs, including his signature hit, 'I'm on Fire.' The Facebook announcement read, “He peacefully departed this world, surrounded by the love of his life, Jan, and close friends ...
Lacking the funds to move to either coast, the pair headed to Memphis in 1969, walking through the doors of Sun Records without realizing it was the label that gave Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins their starts. Jerry Phillips, the son of Sun founder Sam Phillips, pointed the duo in the direction of Ray Harris, one of its old signings who was then one of the owners of Hi Records.
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