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Touch evolved from pomp trio <a href="spotify:artist:6GVoLs5Ou1I0lim20l6jnJ">American Tears</a>, who recorded three records for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Columbia%22">Columbia</a> in the '70s. <a href="spotify:artist:1j0MKx2rBVdpKsS0WZxMhN">Mark Mangold</a> tickled the ivories and sang lead. Greg Baze slapped the bass and Tommy Gunn hit the drums. This lineup released two slabs comprised of <a href="spotify:artist:1j0MKx2rBVdpKsS0WZxMhN">Mangold</a>'s bombastic tunes. By the third LP, Powerhouse, Kirk Powers played bass and Glen Kithcart sat on the drum stool. This incarnation jelled better than the previous and <a href="spotify:artist:1j0MKx2rBVdpKsS0WZxMhN">Mangold</a> kept the replacement drummer for his new band, Touch. Now Doug Howard assumed bass duties and singing guitarist Craig Brooks jumped on board. Touch's eponymous inaugural album contained several fine moments, as the strong vocal harmonies of Brooks finally suited <a href="spotify:artist:1j0MKx2rBVdpKsS0WZxMhN">Mangold</a>'s striking keyboards and songs. In 1980, the quartet played the first Donington Festival, where Howard accidentally swallowed a bee at the end of the set. "Don't You Know What Love Is" appeared on the resulting compilation, Monsters of Rock, but the debut album never took off, and Touch split, citing label and management problems. <a href="spotify:artist:0Lpr5wXzWLtDWm1SjNbpPb">Todd Rundgren</a> produced a follow-up, and the group's two albums were later combined into the compilation The Complete Works I & II. <a href="spotify:artist:1j0MKx2rBVdpKsS0WZxMhN">Mangold</a> went on to work with <a href="spotify:artist:6YHEMoNPbcheiWS2haGzkn">Michael Bolton</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0wsAmLKt5jI6NaU4wYROAs">Drive She Said</a>, among a myriad of others. ~ Doug Stone, Rovi
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