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trevorbarre · 2 years

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My Back Pages: Gigs in the Very Early 70s

Through the wonders of the Information Highway, I followed a whim, to try and check the accuracy of my long term memory, by confirming the dates and venues of my very first live rock gigs. All the information regarding live concerts in the dim and distant past proved to be easily available on the internet, and I soon found what I was looking for, and was pleasantly surprised to find that my retention and recall is still reasonably accurate, and I thus confirmed my first 6 gigs, mostly taking place at the wonderful Birmingham Town Hall.

So, in order, we start off with Jethro Tull/Procol Harum/Tir Na Nog at the Town Hall on the 25th September 1970, followed by The Who/James Gang at the Kinetic Circus (I’m sure this was merely the hip'head’ name for the Birmingham Hippodrome). Through early 1971 (I was 15 years old at that point), we have Family/Curved Air, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin (the latter at, of all places, the Belfry Golf Club, as part of their “back to the clubs” tour). I noted that these were all English bands, mostly part of the contemporary ‘underground’ scene (a misnomer if there ever was, of course) and the burgeoning metal/hard rock genre(s). As Kris Needs has noted, “as years roll by, these nights have mainly faded into snapshot clips in my mental film archive” (in his notes to the new Can in Brighton release, a band I got to see in February 1974). It’s curious that the few details I can recall in my own “archive” are mostly negative, thus challenging the notion of us remembering the positive aspects of experience. (Tull’s unending then-new opus, “God”, the effects of their teeth-rattling volume on my teenage ears, and similarly interminable solos by John Bonham on “Moby Dick” and Jimmy Page on “Dazed and Confused”). It’s also perhaps interesting in retrospect, to see how the influence of jazz was creeping in, what with lengthy soloing and (some) improvising.

After these starter gigs, my memory is less precise; I remember seeing, in quick succession, the likes of Ten Years After, Procul Harum and Jethro Tull (again), Traffic (twice), Mott the Hoople, Groundhogs/Egg, Chicken Shack, King Crimson (with Jamie Muir) and no doubt many other remnants of the nearly exhausted English Blues Boom phenomenon (and of the emerging ‘progressive rock’ lot), and I’m reminded of just how rich a live matrix the years of 1970-72 were. Just check out how many great bills there were at that time. By 1973, things were getting grimmer (Bowie excepted, natch).

At the age of 15/16, I had to do a lot of zig-zagging to discover rock’s past (after all, it was only around six years old at the time!), coming from a family that had no real interest in music, and well before things like Spotify made the process so much easier. (There was, of course, a far smaller field of recordings in those days, and even a schoolboy like me could amass a reasonably thorough collection of vinyl by the age of 18). So I was doing a lot of digging into the recent past, but becoming much more orientated towards the present by 1974, a rock year that was, unfortunately, in rather a ‘hangover limbo’ state, with a few exceptions such as Steely Dan and Little Feat. Moving back into the recent past, I began, by 1972, to veer towards American acts such as West Coast Psychedelia (beginning with The Doors and the Airplane), Dylan and The Mothers of Invention. Soft Machine Three remained a revelation, however, and the spectre of improvisational rock began to finally rear its head, through Cream and Hendrix initially, and then through the Grateful Dead and Can. By late 1972, the die was cast when I was exposed to Four and More, In A Silent Way, Live at Fillmore and Bitches Brew. ‘Proper’ improvisation, by those who immersed themselves in that medium, rather than paddled in it.

It’s amazing, at that age, how far you can travel in just three short years.

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myraelvira · 3 years

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Terry Kath's Untimely Death

Terry Kath's Fate

Terry Alan Kath was born on January 31st, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. He is most notably known for having been one of the founding members of the band Chicago.

Terry was born to Raymond Elmer and Evelyn Meline Haugen. He had an older brother named Rod, and was raised in the Norwood Park area of Chicago. He was of German, English, and Scandinavian descent.

His brother Rod played the drums, and his mother played the banjo, which he tried to learn for himself. In the 9th grade, Terry acquired a guitar and amplifier. His influences included The Venture, Johnny Smith, Dick Dale, and Howard Roberts, then later was influenced by George Benson, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix.

Kath attended Rufus M. Hitch Public School, Taft High School, and DePaul University.

Some of his favorite movies included ‘Taxi Driver’ and ‘Fantasia’.

Unlike several other members of Chicago, Kath did not recieve much formal music training, and was mostly self taught. In a 1971 interview with 'Guitar Player', he stated that he had tried professional lessons, but abandoned them because "All I wanted to do was play those rock and roll chords". According to one source, Terry also didn’t read music.

Kath's father wanted him to have a steady career, but Terry preferred a career in music.

In 1963, Terry joined his first semi professional band, called 'The Mystics'. He later moved on to ‘Jimmy Rice and the Gentlemen' n 1965. From there, he went to play bass in a road band called 'Jimmy Ford and the Executives', which featured band members Danny Seraphine and Walter Parazaider, who would later join him in the band Chicago. In 1966, he joined the cover band the ‘Missing Links’, and started playing in clubs and ballrooms on a regular basis. Parazaider’s friend Lee Loughnane, would play with the band from time to time, as a trumpeter. Terry recieved an offer from James William Guercio to play bass for the ‘Illinois Speed Press’, another band from Chicago, and move to Los Angeles. Kath declined the offer as he considered the guitar his main instrument and wanted to sing lead vocals.

According to Peter Cetera, the band was booked to perform at Woodstock in 1969, but promoter Bill Graham rescheduled them to play at the Fillmore West on a date of his choosing, which was the Woodstock dates. Santana took Chicago’s place at Woodstock, with this performance being considered his breakthrough gig. parents’ basement. Eventually, they added singer and bassist Peter Cetera.

In June of 1968, at the request of James Guercio, who had become their producer, the band moved to Los Angeles. The band moved and signed with Columbia Records, changing their named to ‘Chicago Transit Authority’. They started performing on a regular basis at the ‘Whisky a Go Go’ in West Hollywood, which gave them more exposure, and became opening acts for Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix is quoted as having said about the band,

“Jeez, your horn players are like one set of lungs and your guitar player is better than me.”.

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In 1969, the band released their first album, self titled as ‘Chicago Transit Authority’, which was a double album. It made number 17 on the billboard 200, and had sold over 1 million copies by 1970, being awarded with a platinum disc. Singles from the album included “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”, “Beginnings”, “Questions 67 and 68”, and “I’m a Man”. That same year, they were awarded with the ‘Best New Artist of The Year’ from the Grammys.

In 1970, the band released their second album, technically also self titled, known as ‘Chicago’. The album has since become referred to as ‘Chicago II’. The second album was also a double album, and went straight to the top ten in its second week on the Billboard chart, before its single had even gotten to the Hot 100. Singles from the album include ‘Make Me Smile’, which Terry sung on, and the titular ‘25 or 6 to 4’. The album quickly went gold, then eventually platinum.

On January 11th, 1971, Chicago released their third album, ‘Chicago III’, which was yet another double album. The band was described as ‘fatigued and road-weary’ by Danny Seraphine, when they went in the studio to record. The album sold well on its release, going gold only a month later. Singles from this album include “Free” and “Lowdown”. Terry is credited as having written the songs “I Don’t Want Your Money”, and “An Hour in The Shower”, and sang on the songs “Loneliness is Just a Word”, “Free”, and of course “An Hour in The Shower”.

On July 10th, 1972, the band released their first single release album, “Chicago V”. It was their fourth studio album, which featured singles “Saturday in the Park”, and “Dialogue (Part I & II)”. The album is considered a ‘back to basics’ type album, with it resembling their first album more. Terry is credited with having written the song “Alma Mater”, which he also sung. Terry also sang on the songs “Now that You’ve Gone’, and the dialogues.

The album was recorded at Caribou Ranch, a studio built by James Guerico that same year, in Colorado. It was on the road that lead to the ghost town of Caribou, CO. Chicago would record their next four records here. Terry loved Caribou Ranch it was an hour out of Denver, 8,600 feet above sea level. The studio burned down in a fire in March of 1985.

On June 25th, 1973, Chicago released ‘Chicago VI’, another single release album. It was certified gold less than month after release, and has been certified platinum twice. Terry wrote and song both songs “Jenny” and “Beyond All Our Sorrow”, which was only included on the 2002 reissue as a demo. He is credited for also singing on the song “Something in This City Changes People”.

Also in 1973, Terry played lead guitar and sang the lead vocals on the closing song “Tell Me” for the 1973 drama movie ‘Electra Glide in Blue’. The song was also used on the final episode of tv series ‘Miami Vice’. Members of Chicago also appeared in the Electra Glide movie.

Chicago released their sixth album, “Chicago VII” on March 11th, 1974. It was their first double album since 1971 and incorporated more jazz instrumentals. This incited various reactions from their audience, though the band enjoyed the experience. Peter Cetera and their producer James Guercio were wary of the commerical risk of the jazz sessions. The band was relatively divided on the jazz material, with some feeling that it was too good to throw away, though other wanted to incorporate more pop and rock material. Singles from the album include “(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long”, “Call On Me”, and “Wishing You Were Here”. It is the only album for having writing contributions from all band members.

Terry is credited with having written “Song of the Evergreens”, and “Byblos” of which the latter he sung on. Terry also sang on the single “Wishing You Were Here”. The album went gold on March 18th1974, and platinum in 1986.

On March 24th, 1975, Chicago released their seventh studio album, “Chicago VIII”. After five straight years of constant activity, the band was feeling drained when they went to record the album in the summer of 1974. The album was recorded within the timespan of only August through September of 1974. The album went with a more rock sound, and included the singles “Harry Truman”, “Old Days”, and “Brand New Love Affair”. The inside of the original album included an iron on t shirt decal of the album cover, and a poster of the and in station wagon being pulled over by police.

Terry is credited with having written the songs “Till We Meet Again”, “Oh Thank You Great Spirit”, and “Sixth Sense”, which the latter was only released on the Rhino Box Set Bonus Tracks in 2002. Terry sang on “Brand New Love Affair”, “Till We Meet Again”, “Oh Thank You Great Spirit”, and “Aint It Blue?”.

Despite being rated 2 stars out of 5 by Allmusic, the average fan rating of the album in 3.5 stars. It also peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200.

On June 14th, 1976. Chicago released their eighth studio album, “Chicago X”. It was their eight studio album though their tenth overall including live and compilation albums. It was ceritified gold a week after release, and made number 3 on the Billboard 200. On September 14th, 1976, the album was certified multi platinum. In honor of this, the band was awarded a 25 pound bar of pure platinum, made by Cartier, a French jewelery manufacturing company. The album was nominated for a Grammy for ‘Album of the Year’, to which it won.

Singles include “Another Rainy Day in New York City”, “You Are on My Mind”, and “If You Leave Me Now”, which was the band’s first number one single. The song went on to win two Grammys. The song was almost left off the album, after being completed last, and Terry himself wasn’t too big on the song either. Terry didn’t like the increased emphasis on ballads on the album.

Some members of the band felt that the single changed the public perception of the band, leading Columbia Records demanding mor ballads from the band. Robert Lamm and Terry Kath were most notibly uncomfortable with this change of events.

Terry is credited with having written “Once or Twice”, and “Hope For Love”, having sang both of these songs.

The band released “Chicago XI”, their ninth studio album, on September 12th, 1977. It would be last album to have Terry Kath on it, and James Guercio as producer. Singles from this album include “Baby, What a Big Surprise”, “Little One”, and “Take Me Back to Chicago”. Terry is credited with writing “Takin’ It on Uptown”, and “Mississippi Delta City Blues”, which he also sang on. He’s credited with also singing on the songs “Prelude (Little One)” and “Little One”.

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Terry had a self admitted history of drug and alcohol abuse. Danny Seraphine knew that Terry had a high tolerance for drugs, and reclled Terry telling him, “I’m going to get things under control... if I don’t, this stuff is going to kill me.”.

Fellow bandmates of Chicago have indicated that Terry was growing increasingly unhappy, though Pankow denies that Kath was suicidal. Pankow remembered in the liner notes of Chicago Box:

“His relationship was not going well. He was also certainly more dependent on chemicals than he should have been. He wasn’t addicted to anything, but he was abusing drugs. We were all doing drugs at that stage of the game. But if you’re incredibly unhappy and depressed and doing the drugs on top of that, it compounds the situation.”

The night before Terry died, he visited bandmate Laudir de Oliveira, who offered him tea, and the two spent all night talking. Producer James Guercio insisted that Terry was finishing writing a solo album.

By 1978, Terry was regularly carrying guns around and enjoyed target shooting. On January 23rd, after a party at the home of band tech Don Johnson, Terry began to play with his guns. He spun his .38 revolver on his finger, put it to his temple, and pulled it to the trigger. The gun at this point wasn’t loaded.Initially, there was a sigh of relief. Johnson warned Terry several times to be careful. Kath then picked up a semi automatic 9mm pistol and while leaning back in a chair said to Johnson, “Don’t worry about it... look, the clip is not even in it.”. Terry’s last words were, “What do you think I’m gonna do? Blow my brains out?”. Terry then showed the empty mag. He replaced the mag in the gun, and put it to his temple, pulling the trigger. Unknown to him, there was a round in the chamber, and the shot killed him instantly. It was 8 days before his 32nd birthday.

He left behind his 20 month old daughter Michelle, and girlfriend Camelia Emily Ortiz.

Terry is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Parkm in Los Angeles California. He was 31.

In 1982 his mother passed away, and his father passed away in 2003. Both of his parents are interred next to him.

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When Terry passed away, the surviving members of Chicago were utterly devastated, and thought about ending the band. Ultimately, they continued on, and he was initially replaced with Donnie Dacus on their next album ‘Hot Streets’, which was released in 1980. This album explored more disco themes, had the singles ‘Alive Again’, ‘No Tell Lover’, and ‘Gone Long Gone’.

It was their first album to feature the band members on the cover, and have a title that wasn’t the band name, something that wouldn’t happen again until 1991.

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In 2016, Terry’s daughter Michelle released a documentary that talked about and was in tribute to her father. The movie, “Chicago: The Terry Kath Experience” is available to watch for free on amazon. She stated that the idea came to her many years ago, when she realized that the didn’t know his full story. The movie features interviews with people like Joe Walsh, Mike Campbell, and Dan DeLeo.

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In a quote about Terry, he was described as:

"Terry had unlimited energy and passion for playing his guitar. His commitment made a deep impression on me and inspired me to become even more dedicated to my craft. The man had a kind, loving and caring soul." - Walt Parazaider

[SOURCES]

Wikipedia

https://www.discogs.com/artist/475104-Terry-Kath

https://www.facebook.com/terrykathfilm/

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chicago-mn0000110161/biography

https://www.rhino.com/article/5-things-you-may-not-have-known-about-terry-kath

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6681/terry-kath

http://rockandrollgarage.com/the-tragic-death-of-terry-kath-chicagos-guitarist/

https://www.facebook.com/terrykathfilm/about/?ref=page_internal

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/chicagos-terry-kath-inside-the-life-and-tragic-death-of-an-unsung-guitar-hero-201725/

https://colomusic.org/profile/caribou-ranch/

http://www.terrykath.com/terrykathdocumentary-1/

https://www.amazon.com/Chicago-Terry-Kath-Experience/dp/B076HC1ZYP/

#terry kath #chicago #accidental death

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oceanlyricss · 4 years

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The Who

Formed in Shepherd’s Bush, London, England in 1964, The Who evolved out of local youth club band the Detours. Pete Townshend (Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend, 19 May 1945, Chiswick, London, England; guitar/vocals), Roger Daltrey (b. Roger Harry Daltrey, 1 March 1944, Hammersmith, London, England; vocals) and John Entwistle (b. John Alec Entwistle, 9 October 1944, Chiswick, London, England, d. 27 June 2002, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; bass/vocals) founded this attraction, and having jettisoned Colin Dawson (vocals) and Doug Sandom (drums), recruited Keith Moon (b. Keith John Moon, 23 August 1946, Willesden, London, England, d. 7 September 1978, London, England; drums) as a replacement for the latter. The restructured quartet was adopted by manager/publicist Peter Meadon, who changed their name to the High Numbers, dressed them in stylish clothes and determinedly courted a mod audience. Their sole single, ‘I’m The Face’, proclaimed this allegiance although Meadon shamelessly purloined its melody from Slim Harpo’s ‘Got Love If You Want It’. Two budding film directors, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, then assumed management responsibilities and having reverted to their Who sobriquet, the band assiduously began courting controversial publicity. Townshend’s guitar pyrotechnics were especially noteworthy; the instrument was used as an object of rage as he smashed it against floors and amplifiers in simulation of painter Gustav Metzger’s auto-destructive art, although the origins of the act derived from when Townshend accidentally broke the neck of his guitar in a low-ceilinged club to the perverse delight of the crowd. The Who’s in-person violence matched an anti-social attitude and despite a highly successful residency at the famed Marquee club, the Who were shunned by major labels. They eventually secured a contract through Shel Talmy, an independent producer who placed the band with American Decca Records. Their recordings were then sub-contracted through UK subsidiary, Brunswick Records, a perilous arrangement bearing later repercussions. The Who’s first single ‘I Can’t Explain’, released in January 1965, rose to the UK Top 10 on the strength of appearances on television’s Ready, Steady, Go! and Top Of The Pops, the latter transpiring when another act dropped out. Written by Townshend, already the band’s established composer, but modelled on the Kinks, the song’s formal nature surprised those expecting a more explosive performance. Such hopes were answered later in the year by the innovative ‘Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere’ and the UK number 2 hit ‘My Generation’, the latter of which encapsulated the frustrations of an amphetamine-charged adolescent, both in its stuttered intonation and smash-and-grab instrumental section. This pivotal release, one of the benchmarks of British 60s pop served as the title track to the Who’s debut album, the release of which was delayed to accommodate new Townshend originals at the expense of now passé cover versions. ‘The Kids Are Alright’ and ‘Out In The Street’ articulated a sense of cultural affinity and if the songwriter’s attachment to the mod phenomenon was undoubtedly expedient, the cult held a lasting fascination for him. Despite artistic and commercial success, the Who wished to sever their punitive contract with Talmy. When he refused to renegotiate their terms of contract, the band simply refused to honour it, completing a fourth single, ‘Substitute’, for a new label and production company. The ensuing wrangle was settled out of court, but although the unit achieved their freedom, Talmy retained five percent royalty rights on all recordings made until the end of the decade. The Who continued to enjoy chart success, adeptly switching subject matter from a parochial clique to eccentric characterizations involving transvestism (the UK number 2 hit ‘I’m A Boy’) and masturbation (‘Pictures Of Lily’). Townshend’s decidedly English perceptions initially precluded a sustained international success. A Quick One (1966) and The Who Sell Out (1967), the latter of which was, in part, programmed as a homage to pirate radio, thus proved more acceptable to the UK audience. The Who’s popularity in the USA flourished only in the wake of their strong set at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. They returned to the UK Top 10 in the winter of 1967 with the powerful ‘I Can See For Miles’, the track also providing the band with their only US Top hit. Despite their strength as a singles act, however, the band failed to achieve a number 1 hit on either side of the Atlantic. Their burgeoning status in the USA was confirmed in August 1969 with a spellbinding performance on the second day of the Woodstock Festival. They embraced the album market fully the same year with Tommy, an extravagant, semi-autobiographical rock opera which became a staple part of their increasingly in-demand live appearances. The set spawned a major hit in ‘Pinball Wizard’ but, more crucially, established the band as a serious act courting critical respectability. Tommy was later the subject of a film, directed in 1975 by the suitably eccentric Ken Russell, as well as an orchestrated interpretation, recorded in 1972 under the aegis of impresario Lou Reizner. This over-exposure undermined the power of the original, and fixed a musical albatross around its creator’s neck. The propulsive Live At Leeds, released in 1970, was a sturdy concert souvenir (regarded by many as one the best live albums ever recorded), while Townshend created his next project, Lighthouse, but this ambitious work was later aborted, with several of its songs incorporated into the magnificent classic Who’s Next. Here the Who asserted their position as one of rock’s leading attractions by producing an album that contained ‘Baba O’Riley’ and ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, two epic anthems destined to form an integral part of the band’s 70s lexicon. The latter reached the UK Top 10 and was the prelude to a series of specifically created singles - ‘Let’s See Action’ (1971), ‘Join Together’ (1972), ‘Relay’ (1973) - which marked time as Townshend completed work on Quadrophenia. This complex concept album was a homage to the mod sub-culture which provided the artist with his first inspiration. Although compared unfavourably with Tommy, the set’s plot and musical content, while stylistically the antithesis of the band’s early outburst, has shown a greater longevity and was the subject of a commercially successful film, featuring future stars Toyah and Sting. Commitments to solo careers undermined the parent unit’s progress during the mid-70s, and 1975’s The Who By Numbers, although a relevant study of the ageing rock star, was deemed low-key in comparison with earlier efforts. Another hiatus ensued, during which the ever self-critical Townshend reassessed his progress in the light of punk. The quartet re-emerged with the confident Who Are You, but its release was sadly overshadowed when, on 7 September 1978, Keith Moon died following an overdose of his Heminevrin medication taken to alleviate alcohol addiction. His madcap behaviour and idiosyncratic, exciting drumming had been an integral part of the Who fabric and rumours of a permanent split abounded. A retrospective film, The Kids Are Alright, enhanced a sense of finality, but the band resumed recording in 1979 having added former Small Faces / Faces drummer Kenney Jones (b. Kenneth Thomas Jones, 16 September 1948, Stepney, London, England) to the line-up. However, any new-found optimism was undermined that year when 11 fans were killed prior to a concert at the Cincinnati Riverfront Colosseum in Ohio during a rush to secure prime vantage points, and neither Face Dances (1981) nor It’s Hard (1982) recaptured previous artistic heights, although the former contained the fiery ‘You Better You Bet’, which restored them to the UK Top 10. A farewell tour was undertaken in 1982-83, with the band announcing their official split on 16 December 1983. Although they did reunite two years later for an appearance at Live Aid, the band members remained estranged until the end of the decade. Townshend’s reluctance to tour - he now suffered from tinnitus - and his much-publicized period of heroin addiction, were major stumbling blocks, but in 1989 he agreed to undertake a series of US dates to celebrate the Who’s 25th anniversary (with Simon Phillips on drums). Townshend, Daltrey and Entwistle were augmented by a large ensemble of supporting musicians for a set indebted to nostalgia, which culminated in Hollywood with an all-star gala rendition of Tommy. As such, the tour confirmed the guitarist’s fears - a request to include material from his concurrent solo album The Iron Man was vetoed. Townshend’s desire to progress and challenge preconceptions has marked the very best of the Who’s extensive and timeless catalogue. In 1993, over 25 years after its original release as an album, a production of Tommy, retitled The Who’s Tommy, was staged on Broadway, and won five Tony Awards. The Who’s star continued to rise in 1994 with the sympathetically packaged Thirty Years Of Maximum R&B CD box set, and was maintained with the reissuedLive At Leeds with many extra tracks added from that memorable gig. The recording recalled a period that showed Townshend’s playing at its most fluid and Daltrey’s vocals strong and effortless. Further reissues in the mid-90s included The Who Sell Out, Who’s Next andA Quick One, all of which were remastered and contained many extra tracks, including the legendary Ready Steady Who EP. From these albums it is clear from where the 90s Britpop bands such as Dodgy, Blur, and Swervedriver derived their ‘Cockney’ rock style. Released three decades too late for most Who fans, 1996’s Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival set demonstrated (as does Live At Leeds) what an astonishing live band the Who were (and are). The quality of the Isle Of Wight concert recording was viewed as a welcome windfall to the band’s (still) considerable following. In June 1996 the Who appeared at London’s Hyde Park, performing Quadrophenia in front of 200, 000 people. Further performances were given in the USA and the UK later that year. The drummer for this latest re-formation was Zak Starkey (b. 13 September 1965, London, England), son of Ringo Starr. The Who’s major tour in 2000 (with Starkey and John ‘Rabbit’ Bundrick) was remarkable. Keith Moon would have been proud of the younger Starkey’s uncanny ability to ‘play in the style of’. Townshend appeared to enjoy playing onstage and relations on and off stage with Daltrey were highly amiable. The music at most concerts was stunning, and belied the ages of the three senior members. Entwistle’s death in June 2002 came as a shock, but Townshend and Daltrey soldiered on and completed a number of subsequent live dates with Pino Paladino filling in on bass. Remarkably, the death of their former partner brought Townshend and Daltrey closer together, and in 2004 they announced they had begun work on a new Who studio album. The resulting Endless Wire owed more to the 70s than the 60s, but it did find both Daltrey and Townshend in excellent shape musically. The Who is unquestionably one of the finest acts of the rock generation. Alongside the Rolling Stones they continue to be spoken of as the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world, and few could disagree. Source Read the full article

#ChrisStamp #GustavMetzger #KitLambert #PeteTownshend #RogerDaltrey #thewho

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brookstonalmanac · 6 years

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Events 8.14

29 BC – Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. 1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. 1183 – Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan (Traditional Japanese date: 25th day of the 7th month of the 2nd year of the Juei (寿永) era). 1288 – Count Adolf VIII of Berg grants town privileges to Düsseldorf, the village on the banks of the Düssel. 1352 – War of the Breton Succession: Anglo-Bretons defeat the French in the Battle of Mauron. 1370 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, grants city privileges to Carlsbad which is subsequently named after him. 1385 – Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85: Battle of Aljubarrota: Portuguese forces commanded by King John I and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira defeat the Castilian army of King John I. 1457 – Publication of the Mainz Psalter, the first book to feature a printed date of publication and printed colophon 1480 – Battle of Otranto: Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam; they are later honored in the Church. 1592 – The first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis. 1598 – Nine Years' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeats an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal. 1720 – The Spanish military Villasur expedition is wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska. 1791 – Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony lead by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution. 1814 – A cease fire agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ended the Swedish–Norwegian War. 1816 – The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa. 1842 – American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma. 1848 – Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress. 1880 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed. 1885 – Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint. 1888 – An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England. 1893 – France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration. 1900 – The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China. 1901 – The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21. 1911 – United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death. 1912 – U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier. 1914 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany. 1916 – Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary. 1921 – Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia). 1933 – Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; it is not fully extinguished until September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970 km2). 1935 – Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired. 1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States. 1937 – The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases. 1941 – World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims. 1945 – Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time). 1945 – The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam. 1947 – Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations. 1959 – Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League. 1967 – UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal. 1969 – Operation Banner: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland. 1971 – Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain. 1972 – An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany, due to an in-flight fire, killing 156. 1973 – The Pakistan Constitution of 1973 comes into effect. 1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens in London. 1980 – Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards. 1994 – Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured. 1996 – Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is murdered by Turkish forces while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. 2003 – A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada. 2003 – Project Thread, an operation launched by CSIS and other Canadian law enforcement agencies, saw the arrest and incarceration of 24 innocent Muslim men, most of them young Pakistani students. 2005 – Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew. 2006 – Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike. 2007 – The Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 334 people. 2013 – Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi. 2015 – The US Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.

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