Classic Concert – The Who @ Fillmore East 1968
Sat, 06 April 1968 - New York, NY, Fillmore East 1. Summertime Blues: From wolfgangsvault: The second night of The Who’s first run ever playing at the Fillmore East is an unbelievably great document of...
View ArticleToday: The Who recorded “Pinball Wizard” in 1969 – 44 years ago
From the opening minor chords to the upward key change near the end, ‘Pinball’ is a rock tour-de-force, brimful of ideas, powerchords, great lyrics and tight ensemble playing. ~From “The Who – The...
View ArticleToday: The Who played “University of Leeds” in 1970 – 43 years ago
Rolling Stone hailed it as the best ever live album, and they may still be right… ~Chris Jones (BBC – 2007) From youtube: The Who at Leeds for their greatest live in 1970! it’s the ONLY VIDEO of this...
View ArticleToday: Roger Daltrey is 69
I can’t retire. ~Roger Daltrey First of all, you have to understand that I’m like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice. ~Roger Daltrey...
View ArticleThe Who – I Am One – Wed, 23 May 2007: Sheffield, Arena (Video)
“We are not the Arctic Monkeys, .. I wouldn’t want to go through that… ” ~Pete Townshend Lovely version of “I Am One” from the Sheffield (UK) concert of the “The Who Tour 2006–2007“. Every year is the...
View ArticleThe Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again – Thu, 25 May 1978: London, Shepperton Film...
This concert was Keith Moon‘s last show with The Who. On the 25th, Who fans and the members of the bands Generation X, The Rich Kids, The Pretenders and The Sex Pistols assemble at Shepperton Studios...
View ArticleThe Who videos & concerts
This is a collection of published posts @ JV including videos & concerts by The Who. It will be updated along the way.. If you like what you see… please consider a “like” at our FP page: JV @...
View ArticleRock and Roll: 100 Best Singles – according to Paul Williams – Part 3
There’s a scream inside everyone of us at every moment. And every one of us has had the experience of listening to a record and feeling that scream take over. Release. Abandon. Let it all out. Rock and...
View ArticleThe Who played Swansea, City Football Ground – 12 June 1976
Famous bootleg .. great sound & concert. 3 songs were chosen for their 2010 album - Greatest Hits Live: Pinball Wizard I’m Free Squeeze Box Sat, 12 June 1976: Swansea, City Football Ground Setlist:...
View ArticleToday: Muddy Waters released – Rollin’ Stone: The Golden Anniversary...
This is powerful music and belongs in any serious music fan’s library. You can’t own too much Muddy Waters. And even if you bought the Chess Box Set, only a third of these tracks were included....
View ArticleToday: The Who released “Who’s Next” in 1971 – 42 years ago
With its acoustic guitars and drumless bits, this triumph of hard rock is no more a pure hard rock album than Tommy. … And… it uses the synthesizer to vary the power trio format, not to art things up....
View ArticleToday: The late Keith Moon was born in 1946, 67 years ago
I love to see people laugh and I love it more if I can make them laugh. ~Keith Moon I told people I was a drummer before I even had a set, I was a mental drummer. ~Keith Moon We … Continue reading →
View ArticleToday: The Who released It’s Hard in 1982
It’s Hard is the tenth studio album by English rock band The Who. It is the last Who album to feature bassist John Entwistle and drummer Kenney Jones, as well as the last to be released on Warner Bros....
View ArticleGreat Albums posts @ JV
Here are the posts we’ve created in this category so far…. there are many to come… 1950′s Miles Davis – “Kind of Blue” (1959) The Louvin Brothers – “Satan … Continue reading →
View ArticleToday: B.B. King is 88
The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it. …...
View ArticleToday: Skip James passed away in 1969 – 44 years ago
Hard time’s is here An ev’rywhere you go Times are harder Than th’ever been befo’ ~Skip James – Hard Time Killing Floor Blues Coupling an oddball guitar tuning set against eerie, falsetto vocals,...
View ArticleToday: Bob Dylan released “New Morning” in 1970, 43 years ago
..Well, there were two good songs on S. P., DAYS OF FORTY-NINE and COPPER KETTLE… and without those two LPs there’d be no New Morning. Anyway I’m just starting to get back on my feet as far as my music...
View ArticleToday: The Who released “My Generation” (album) in 1965, 48 years ago
An explosive debut, and the hardest mod pop recorded by anyone. At the time of its release, it also had the most ferociously powerful guitars and drums yet captured on a rock record. Pete Townshend’s...
View ArticleToday: John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme in 1964
“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being… When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help...
View ArticleToday: The Who recorded “Pinball Wizard” in 1969, 45 years ago
From the opening minor chords to the upward key change near the end, ‘Pinball’ is a rock tour-de-force, brimful of ideas, powerchords, great lyrics and tight ensemble playing. ~From “The Who – The...
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