‘Somebody Else’s Dream: Dakota, the Buoys, & ‘Timothy,’’ celebrates the 50th anniversary of the macabre hit song. “Since its primal beginnings, rock has screamed and moaned teenage angst, at times ...

Rupert Holmes wrote the song, “Timothy,” hoping to create a buzz for the band, The Buoys, which hailed from Northeastern Pennsylvania’s coal region, in 1971. Forty-two years later, the catchy pop tune ...

Editor: While touring to support their hit single “Timothy,” The Buoys were the opening act at the 1971 Satsop River Fair & Tin Cup Races Festival for two consecutive days. The four-day mudfest drew ...

Friends and colleagues are mourning the loss of Northeast Pennsylvania music legend Bill Kelly, best known as singer for the rock band The Buoys, which recorded the hit “Timothy” that rose the ...

A rock music historian plans to explain how a gruesome but popular song from 50 years ago resembles an anthracite region tragedy. Jordan Brothers biographer Maxim W. Furek’s newest book, “Somebody ...

Mocanaqua author Maxim W. Furek is thrilled that his book, which features the local band The Buoys, is getting attention in the Pacific Northwest, where they played at the Satsop Rock Festival in 1971 ...

Max Furek’s new book, “Sheppton,” about the 1963 mine collapse in the small coal-patch town near Hazleton that became international news, might be seen as a departure for a writer who describes ...