Post Tagged with: "The Who"

by / on October 8, 2012 at 7:25 am / in New Music Monday, Uncategorized

New Music Monday: Jeff Lynne, Beth Hart, Kiss, Rez Abbasi, Don Felder, Dio and the Who

Brace yourselves for the return of a trio of 1970s-era hitmakers: Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra fame, former Eagles guitarist Don Felder and Kiss

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by / on October 1, 2012 at 11:23 am / in New Music Monday, Uncategorized

New Music Monday: Heart, Van Morrison, Charlie Hunter, Donny McCaslin, Diana Krall, Grateful Dead

New Music Monday finds a couple of old-line favorites returning in Heart and Van Morrison, another terrific Grateful Dead reissue in the Dick’s Picks series, and two cool left turns from Diana Krall and Charlie Hunter.

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by / on September 26, 2012 at 7:27 am / in Metal, Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Iggy Pop, John Wetton, Nektar, Sweet, Todd Rundgren – Who Are You: An All Star Tribute to the Who (2012)

The intrigue of compilations like this is when seemingly incongruent artists successfully combine, or when somebody turns a familiar tune inside out.

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by / on August 23, 2012 at 3:32 pm / in Movies, Rock Music

Long-bootlegged 1970s concert from the Who digitally remastered for new release

A new DVD focuses on the Who in all of their mid-1970s glory, capturing the iconic band on stage in Houston, Texas, at the start of a massive U.S. tour to promote The Who By Numbers, their seventh album.

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by / on July 31, 2012 at 7:22 am / in Desert Island Discs, Jazz, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Desert Island Discs: Live Album Edition

Only perhaps on this site could we query folks for Desert Island Live Discs, and find a six-way tie among the responses between the Who, Bill Evans, Little Feat, Kiss, Warren Zevon and the Talking Heads.

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by / on July 18, 2012 at 2:20 pm / in Concerts, Rock Music

‘Anxious to work together before we drop dead’: Pete Townshend on latest Who reunion

Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are set to reunite for a 36-date North American tour as the Who, presenting a concert called “Quadrophenia and More.”

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by / on June 27, 2012 at 11:58 am / in Appreciations, Concerts, Rock Music, Shows I'll Never Forget

John Entwistle (1944-2002): An Appreciation

Who bass-god John Entwistle — aka The Ox, aka The Quiet One — died on this day 10 years ago on the eve of the Who’s summer 2002 tour. It’s unlikely the rock world will ever have a musician quite like him again.

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by / on May 24, 2012 at 7:58 am / in Half Notes, Movies

Half Notes: The Who – Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who (2007)

It might be easy to look at the title of this and dismiss it as yet another of those “unauthorized biographies” that seem to show up every once in a while — the kind of thing that only completists will snap up. And looking at the cover doesn’t help: nearly generic, with that RAF logo that the band was known [...]

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by / on May 18, 2012 at 8:24 am / in Forgotten Series, Movies, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Forgotten series: Message To Love: The Isle Of Wight Festival – The Movie (1995)

It hasn’t received anywhere near the same notoriety as the much better known rock festival documentaries Woodstock and Gimmie Shelter

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by / on April 13, 2012 at 5:56 pm / in Rock Music

Memo to London Olympics organizers: The Who’s Keith Moon is still dead

Forgive 2012 Olympics organizers for wanting to get the most bang for their buck. Having already secured the services of surviving Who members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, London officials made a special request: Could Keith Moon sit in?

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