Tim (or Timmy) Cappello is heavily-muscled, oiled and pelvis-thrusting American saxophonist, whose saxual stylings can be heard on the Tina Turner tracks “We Don’t Need Another Hero” and “One of the Living” from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, as well as his cover of “I Still Believe” from The Lost Boys.
Cappello was born 3 May 1955 in Silver Lake, New York (as with Los Angeles’s neighborhood of the same name, properly spelled with two words). Cappello not only plays the saxophone, but also the harmonica, guitar, keyboards and drums. His professional career began working with comedian/Oscar host Billy Crystal, providing musical accompaniment for Crystal’s comedy stylings.
In addition to playing in Tina Turner’s band from 1984 to 1999, he recorded with Robert Kraft & Ivory Coast, The Flirts, Carly Simon, Eric Carmen, Peter Gabriel, Karen Carpenter and Ringo Starr. After appearing in the video for “We Don’t Need Another Hero,” Cappello embarked on an acting career, appearing in Miami Vice (1987), The Equalizer (1987), Hearts of Fire (1987), Tap (1989), and What’s Love Got to Do With It (1993), but no role was as memorable as his cameo in The Lost Boys (1987). The scene of him covering a song by The Call on the beach was, to my mind, the most frightening part of the film.
As a songwriter, Cappello has written for and with The Ken Dolls and the PBS series Frontline, Radium City, Jerry Lewis – the Last American Clown, The Rat Pack and Lana Turner… a Daughter’s Memoir.
In 2008, the sequel, Lost Boys 2 – The Tribe paid homage to Timmy.
Cappello was a Halloween costume for artist Ashley Chafin in 2009. When I saw her she said she knew that I’d know who she was. Of course I did!
He was again satirized by Missourian actor Jon Hamm on Saturday Night Live, who played a sexy saxophonist named Sergio in 2010.
Cappello apparently inspired more sexy saxophonists, including Sexy Sax Man Sergio Flores, who was scheduled to play Coachella but was bumped in favor of some dude from MGMT DJing (snore).
Anyway, Happy Birthday to the original sexy sax man! Click here to visit his webpage.
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What is Capello doing now in music?….
Whi is he playing the sax for now
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He appears to still be playing the sax!
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What is Capello doing now in music?….
Whi is he playing the sax for now
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