The Who
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The Who are a British band, formed in 1964, disbanded in 1982, and reunited several times since. For most of the band's career, it was composed of Roger Daltrey (vocals), Pete Townshend (guitar), John Entwistle (bass), and Keith Moon (drums).
[edit] Relation To The Beatles
- The Who's early live set included songs by The Beatles, Motown artists, James Brown, and other rock standards.
- The Who, still under their original name The High Numbers, appeared on the bill with The Beatles on August 16, 1964 at Opera House, Blackpool. They were billed as "a new R&B group."
- In early 1966, Pete Townshend said in an interview that he considered The Beatles' backing tracks "flippin' lousy." In 1967, however, Townshend said that Eleanor Rigby was "a very important musical move forward. It certainly inspired me to write and listen to things in that vein."
- The Beatles covered The Who's 1966 song A Quick One While He's Away during a Get Back session on January 10, 1969. Appropriately, The Beatles' version was performed right after George Harrison left The Beatles. John sarcastically calls for George to play the solo.
- Drummer Keith Moon played as part of the Plastic Ono Band during a UNICEF charity concert at the Lyceum Ballroom on December 15, 1969. Also in this supergroup was Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Nicky Hopkins, Yoko Ono, Billy Preston, and Klaus Voormann. They played John Lennon's Cold Turkey and Yoko Ono's Don't Worry Kyoko. The performance was released in 1972 on the LP Sometime In New York City.
- Ringo Starr and Keith Moon were good friends in the 1970's.
- Ringo Starr and Keith Moon both appear in the 1974 film Stardust.
- In 1975, drummer Keith Moon released his first and only solo album Two Sides of the Moon. Ringo Starr plays drums on the album and sings backing vocals. In addition, there are covers of The Beatles song In My Life and the John Lennon song Move Over Ms. L.
- Keith Moon covered the Beatles song When I'm Sixty-Four for the 1976 film All This and World War II.
- Paul McCartney wrote the song Giddy on Roger Daltrey's 1977 solo album One Of The Boys.
- On September 6, 1978, Keith Moon was Paul McCartney's guest at the premiere of the film The Buddy Holly Story. Moon died only hours after attending the premiere.
- Pete Townshend appeared as part of Rockestra, an all-star collection of musicians that appeared on some of Paul McCartney's Wings material in 1979. He appears on the songs Rockestra Theme and So Glad To See You Here.
- Bassist John Entwistle appeared as part of Ringo's All Star Band in 1995.
- John Entwistle appeared in the 2001 Alan Parsons Beatles tribute show A Walk Down Abbey Road. The band featured Ann Wilson of Heart, Todd Rundgren, David Pack of Ambrosia, Godfrey Townsend on guitar, Steve Luongo on drums, and John Beck on keyboards. Between this tour and the previous one with Ringo, Entwistle joked that he played Yellow Submarine more than Paul McCartney.
- Zak Starkey, Ringo Starr's son, now drums for The Who.
- In April 2010, Roger Daltrey headlined the Imagine A Cure Show II in memory of John Lennon. The show raised money for the Puget Sound Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity.
[edit] Sources
- LEWISOHN M., 1992, The Complete Beatles Chronicle, Hamlyn -- Buy it on Amazon.com
