Tag Archives: The Who

Five Innovative British Bass Players

By | Posted on August 1st, 2011

So, we’ve done the gentleman singer, the inventive guitar player, the stick-twiddling drummer, but our great British band cannot be complete without the guy (or girl) who glues the whole thing together. It’s fine for the ...

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Five Great British Drummers

By | Posted on July 13th, 2011

It’s almost certainly unfair to trim this list down to just five players. A good band cannot become a great band without a great drummer (just ask the Foo Fighters, they’ve got two), and so for every great British band there ...

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Five Great Inventive British Guitar Heroes

By | Posted on June 7th, 2011

Before we start: I just wanted to say that yes, there have been far more than five astonishing British guitarists in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. And we could argue all day about who they are, and whether Jimi Hendrix could ...

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Pete Townshend’s Autobiography Is Finally Ready

By | Posted on May 18th, 2011

Pete Townshend, the guitar smashing, hotel wrecking, spirit questing, song writing engine room of the Who, has finally announced a release date for his autobiography. The book, which will be called Pete Townshend: Who He?

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Paul McCartney: ‘No One Captured The Sixties Like Linda’

By | Posted on April 20th, 2011

The late great Linda McCartney’s pioneering rock photography — no flash, natural light, comfortable subject — is being celebrated in a new book which has been put together by her husband Paul (who apparently used to be ...

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Anglo For Your Ear: Roger Daltrey’s “Giving It All Away”

By | Posted on April 8th, 2008

Leaving a legendary group to make a solo record is always a risk. An artist’s flaws and excess can become glaring without the safety net of a band.

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Anglo For Your Ear: The Who’s “I Can See For Miles”

By | Posted on December 6th, 2007

A very psychedelic performance, apparently from a 1967 episode of The Smothers Brothers. I get high just watching it, for several reasons. Oh yea-aaah!

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