As The Who were the source for the announcement of Andy Newman’s death, it seemed like we should have some classic videos of the band performing (or miming) some of their timeless classics. Substitute was released as a single in March 1966 and reached No.5 on the UK chart. A trademark Power Pop with guts, knocks you off […]
Andy Newman was a member of the classic short-lived and inspired musical accident that was Thunderclap Newman. They were produced by Pete Townshend, released on Track records and responsible for one of the great songs of the sixties, Something In The Air, written by drummer, singer/songwriter and Pete Townshend’s chauffeur, Speedy Keen. The song was […]
The Who, The Sixties, Tommy The Rock Opera – but have you ever seen the film? Released in 1975 and directed by Ken Russell, I saw it when it came out at a cinema somewhere on The Wirral, Wallasey perhaps? It was 40 years ago! The film is much maligned but I consider it to be […]
One of the greatest songs ever in my opinion, Something In the Air was released in 1969 after the band had been put together by Pete Townshend in the role of producer and Who manager Kit Lambert to highlight the talents of Speedy Keen as a songwriter. Keen was Townshend’s flatmate, drummer on some of […]
Once whilst taking a magic bus in a time now forgotten to a place unknown with company lost in the mists of history – I met an old lady and she said that she was Pete Townshend’s nanny. She also said that they used to dress him as a girl. Then there’s this song? It’s […]
Whilst executing a finely tuned Skype guitar lesson this evening, it came to pass that the fast rock rhythm might be succinctly illustrated by this performance of Pete Townshend on Jools Holland’s Later from 1996. Although the songwriting and even Townshend’s singing are a fine example of the man’s talent and the 1952 Fender Telecaster’s […]