Happy birthday to Pete Townshend, born in Chiswick, London on this day in 1945. He'll pick up his guitar and play, just like yesterday.
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Set List
01 I Can't Explain
02 The Seeker
03 Who Are You
04 Fragments
05 Sound Round
06 Pick Up The Peace
07 Endless Wire
08 We've Got A Hit
09 They Made My Dream Come True
10 Mirror Door
11 Baba O'Riley
12 My Generation
13 Mike Post Theme
14 Pinball Wizard
15 Amazing Journey
16 Sparks
17 See Me, Feel Me - Listening To You
18 Tea and Theatre
Happy 80th birthday to Pete Townshend, born in Chiswick, London on this day in 1945. No one knows what it's like to be the bad man, to be the sad man, behind blue eyes.Exactly who were the guitarists who influenced you as a youth?Pete Townshend: Wes, Kenny Burrell (in his work with Jimmy Smith), Jim Hall (with Jimmy Giuffre), Buddy Guy, Leadbelly, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Snooks Eaglin, Big Bill Broonzy, Hubert Sumlin (with Howlin’ Wolf), Albert King, Steve Cropper, Don Everly, Bruce Welch (with The Shadows), Eddie Cochran, James Burton (with Ricky Nelson). Among my contemporaries, it was Dave Davies, Jimi Hendrix and Neil Young. At art school I met Bert Jansch, and realized folk guys used tricks (tunings)!You’ve been heavily involved in the recording process for decades. Has the art of recording changed for the better or worse in that time, and how are you using today’s technology?Pete Townshend: I mix old and new. I have pro analogue tape machines running alongside a computer running Digital Performer or Ableton Live. Things have got better. The emergence of digital was tricky. The sound was poor at first. I was lucky because I used Synclavier as my digital medium. That was sampling at 100KHz in mono and 50KHz in stereo back in 1984, with fabulous integrity. Now a laptop can deliver that if you wish.Although you’re not really known as a guitar collector, what are some of your favorite pieces in the collection?Pete Townshend: A Dobro lap steel I bought at my local music shop. It must be about 1928. It looks like a frying pan. I’ve got a perfect Bacon and Day tenor banjo with a built-in mute I bought in New York a few years ago. There’s a 1956 Epiphone Emperor that sounds like John Lee Hooker has traded souls with Carl Perkins and come back from the dead. I’ve got an Esquire string bender by Parsons-White, the real deal. I’ve still got the orange Chet Atkins Joe Walsh gave me back in the early ‘70s. My favorite guitar of all happens to be English. It’s one of the first small-body Ariels by Fylde. I have three now, all superb, set up in different tunings.Interview - PremierGuitar March 11, 2010Photo: George Rose
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In memory of the late, great Shel Talmy.Sheldon Talmy (August 11, 1937 - November 13, 2024) was an American record producer, songwriter, and arranger, best known for his work in England in the 1960s with the Who, the Kinks, and many other artists.Talmy arranged and produced hits such as "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks, "My Generation" by the Who, and "Friday on My Mind" by the Easybeats. He also played guitar or percussion on some of his productions.
THE WHO : live on The Smothers Brothers Show
May 25, 1978 - At London's Shepperton Film Studios, Keith Moon performed with the Who for the last time in a concert specifically for use in the upcoming documentary "The Kids Are Alright."
On May 25th, 1978, a worn-out Who arrived at London’s Shepperton Studios to shoot a mini-concert for their documentary, The Kids Are Alright. Having been off tour for nearly two years, they briefly reunited in December 1977 for new performance footage, but director Jeff Stein wasn’t satisfied with the results. He needed standout versions of “Baba O’Riley” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” so the band reluctantly agreed to try again.
At 31, Keith Moon was feeling the effects of his hard-partying lifestyle. Bloated and out of practice, he struggled, but the Who managed to push through a nine-song set, ending with John Entwistle’s “My Wife.” Exhausted and sweaty, they retired to their dressing room, only to have Stein insist on redoing “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” He told Pete Townshend it lacked a “definitive end.” Townshend retorted, “A definitive end? What do you want me to do? Fall asleep on stage? Maybe I should die during my last solo? Or hit the guy yelling for ‘Magic Bus’ with my guitar?”
In the end, the Who agreed to one more take. This time, Townshend soared through the climax with a leap, a knee slide, and energetic stage antics, finishing with his signature windmills before slamming his guitar into the ground and sending cymbals flying. Satisfied, Stein wrapped up the documentary with this dynamic performance.
Just a few weeks earlier, the Who had finished work on their new album, Who Are You. It came out on August 17th, 1978. Keith Moon died less than a month later after mixing the alcohol withdrawal drug Clomethiazole with alcohol.
The Who have toured with three different drummers over the past four decades. The last song ever performed by the original lineup is the retake of "Won't Get Fooled Again" from Shepperton Studios.
SETLIST:
1. Baba O'Riley
2. My Wife
3. Won't Get Fooled Again
4. Substitute
5. I Can't Explain
6. Magic Bus
7. Summertime Blues
8. My Generation
9. My Wife
10. Won't Get Fooled Again
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The Who - Live The Forum London UK 2004 - So Many Roads
This soundboard recording captures The Who in London on March 22, 2004, 20 years ago today (to quote Sgt. Pepper). The concert was opening night of a world tour in support of the album 'Then & Now', a greatest hits collection that also featured 2 new songs - Real Good Looking Boy and Old Red Wine. The tour would take the band to North America, Australia and Japan after a series of shows in the UK.
The Who - 2004-03-22 - London, UK (SBD)
2004-03-22The ForumLondon UKSoundboard Recording192 kbpsCD 1:01. Who Are You02. I Can't Explain03. Substitute04. Anyway Anyhow Anywhere05. Another Tricky Day06. Bargain07. Baba O'Riley08. Behind Blue Eyes09. 5.1510. Sea And Sand11. Love Reign O'er MeCD 2:01. Eminence Front02. You Better You Bet03. Real Good Looking Boy04. The Kids Are Alright05. My Generation06. Old Red Wine07. Won't Get Fooled Again08. Pinball Wizard09. Amazing Journey10. Sparks11. See Me Feel Me
Did I miss our Rog’s birthday? It was his Eightieth yesterday! How did THAT happen?!
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From the TV show 'This Is Tom Jones' . . . . .that we were looking at lately (See CSNY)
On this date in 1969, THE WHO recorded the single PINBALL WIZARD (Feb 7, 1969).
NOTE: The video here is The Who performing the song on a 1969 episode of THIS IS TOM JONES.
Written by Pete Townshend, PINBALL WIZARD featured on The Who's 1969 rock opera album Tommy and was originally released as a single the same year peaking at #4 in the UK charts.
This was the last song written for Tommy. Townshend wrote it when he found out influential UK rock critic Nik Cohn was coming to review the project.
Townshend knew Cohn was a pinball fanatic, so he put this together to ensure a good review. Cohn gave it a great review, and pinball became a main theme of the rock opera.
Townshend once called it "the most clumsy piece of writing [he'd] ever done". Nevertheless, the song was a commercial success and remains one of the most recognised tunes from the opera.