On this day in 1966, the European media reported that Roger Daltrey had been killed in a car accident. Daltrey has spent the past few decades proving them wrong. Here are my Top 5 songs by The Who, what are yours?
Happy belated birthday to Pete Townshend!
The legendary rocker was born May 19th, 1945 in London, England.
Roger Daltrey set the record straight about the time he knocked out Pete Townshend today. The Who singer told Howard Stern, on his radio program and TV show, that the story, which Townshend told a couple of years ago, is indeed true.
So much of the Who's creative tension was the result of the fact that its members didn't particularly like each other. None of that is really any secret, but in a new interview, guitarist Pete Townshend discussed how they managed to work together despite all the animosity.
The Who's Pete Townshend has apologized for his onstage behavior in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where he mouthed an obscenity at a man who attended the show with his young daughter.
The grandparents aren't alright. Throughout his career, Pete Townshend's famously profane mouth has often caused his admirers to smile, shake their heads and say, "That's just Pete being Pete." But now, it seems to have gotten him in trouble with a fan and his daughter.
It's a tale that could only be told by the man who lived it, and Pete candidly recounts the story of his, uh, amazing journey in his new memoir, "Who I Am".
Pete celebrates his 67th birthday tomorrow, born on May 19, 1945 in London, England.
And an "amazing journey" it surely has been.
What can anyone say about the genius of Townshend that hasn't already been said?
