PETE TOWNSHEND - LIVE Chicago 1997 - BB Chronicles

 

Now this is worth a download and no mistake! From the BB Chronicles blogspot and remembering that Pete Townshend did a three hour gig for the benefit of a truly worthy cause The Chicago based Institution Maryville Academy as BB notes:

NOTE: Benefit concert for Chicago-based institution Maryville Academy, "a leader in the treatment of physically, sexually, and emotional abused children. It provides a safe, secure, and stable environment where these youngsters can regain the hope they lost so long ago and begin the healing process".

With tracks from Empty Glass to The Who standards and to tributes to the recently deceased close personal friend Ronnie Lane the set is astonishing at its length and commitment. While a speed down band (there is only three of them! Well two really with special guest Chicagoan Eddie Veder) this holds attention throughout and is a fine quality set. This was the first of what became a series of yearly benefit shows for the charity. Parts of the show from the following year (1998) were released as a live album. But this is the complete show from the previous year.

Pete Townshend: Piano, Guitar, Vocals

Jon Carin: Keyboards, Vocals

Special Guest: Eddie Vedder (voclas on indicated songs)

Pete Townshend - Live at The House Of The Blues 1997 - BB Chronicles

Tracklist:

01-01 Introduction
01-02 Let My Love Open the Door
01-03 Pinball Wizard
01-04 Stage Announcements
01-05 Drowned
01-06 The Shout
01-07 Heart to Hang Onto w/Eddie Vedder
01-08 Tattoo w/Eddie Vedder
01-09 Save it For Later
01-10 English Boy
01-11 I Put a Spell on You
01-12 Sensation

02-01 Songwriting Story
02-02 Behind Blue Eyes
02-03 Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
02-04 Christine’s Tune
02-05 You Better You Bet
02-06 I’m One
02-07 A Friend is a Friend
02-08 I am an Animal
02-09 Now and Then
02-10 The Sea Refuses No River
02-11 Embraceable You

03-01 Feedback Attack
03-02 Bargain
03-03 The Seeker
03-04 Bargain [reprise]
03-05 The Kids Are Alright
03-06 The Acid Queen
03-07 My Generation
03-08 Magic Bus*
03-09 Rough Boys
03-10 Sheraton Gibson
03-11 Legal Matter
03-12 I’m a Boy

check out the webpage here and especially the video section!

https://petetownshend.net

UPDATE: Note: The previous posting of Pete Townshend's very first solo show (1974-04-14 - London) has now been updated and upgraded to include a Lossless (FLAC) version of that show in addition to the already posted mp3 version, and is available here.

PETE TOWNSHEND's FIRST SOLO CONCERT - The ROUNDHOUSE 1974