The two bands Pete Townshend hated being compared to: “And both groups I hate” Although Pete Townshend has earned the title as a rock and roll pioneer, he admitted that he wanted nothing to do with these two hard rock acts. 12/14/2024 - 4:00 am | View Link
‘Quadrophenia’: The album that Pete Townshend described as “an appeal to The Who” Quadrophenia was Pete Townshend’s method of making not only a good album but also an album that pleaded with his bandmates, asking them to remember their roots and, importantly, stick to them. He ... 12/14/2024 - 12:30 am | View Link
My Generation It originally started out as a slow-talking blues tune in the style of Chicago legend Jimmy Reed but, with the encourage of co-manager Chris Stamp, writer Pete Townshend sped it up and encouraged ... 12/13/2024 - 5:57 pm | View Link
Pete Townshend: 'I am not a paedophile' Rock star Pete Townshend has admitted paying to enter an Internet site advertising child pornography but said he had done so "purely to see what was there". The admission came in a statement ... 12/12/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
Pete Townshend on the ‘Magic’ Era of Thunderclap Newman, ‘Tommy,’ and 1969, the Year That Saved the Who The only thing less likely than Thunderclap Newman, the strange band masterminded by Pete Townshend in 1969, having a No. 1 single is the notion that a 400-plus page history of them would be published ... 12/12/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
The guitar icon Pete Townshend never liked While Pete Townshend could justifiably be considered the ultimate rhythm player, his taste for guitar playing never centred around one particular guitar legend. Because listening to Townshend, he was more about creating raw noise half the time in The Who’s early years. He was still an avid fan of everything from rock and roll to R&B, but when ... 12/16/2024 - 12:29 pm | View Link
Pete Townshend | The Who, Tommy, Guitar, & Biography | Britannica Pete Townshend is a British guitarist and singer-songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the British rock band the Who. Townshend’s evocative songwriting has earned him a reputation as an inventive and intellectual rock music composer. 12/14/2024 - 1:50 pm | View Link
Pete Townshend Pete Townshend, The Who’s guitarist and principal songwriter, was born into a musical family in Chiswick, West London, on May 19, 1945. His father Cliff played the alto saxophone with the RAF dance band The Squadronaires, and his mother Betty Dennis sang professionally. 12/14/2024 - 12:21 am | View Link
Home Pete Townshend in conversation with Mark Wilkerson. Read More . 2 Dec. Roger Daltrey announces more summer tour dates. Read More . 11 Nov. Roger Daltrey UK Tour April & May 2025. Alive & Kicking … and having […] Read More . Up & coming Tour Dates. Date City Venue Tickets. 12/13/2024 - 4:00 pm | View Link
Pete Townshend Pete Townshend. 323,805 likes · 193 talking about this. The Official Facebook page for Pete Townshend, guitarist and songwriter for The Who. Accept no substitutes. 12/13/2024 - 8:00 am | View Link
Staffers at Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco’s City Lights Books and The Nook in Cedar Falls, Iowa, are among 600 booksellers receiving $500 holiday bonuses from James Patterson, the bestselling novelist who has been awarding independent store employees since 2015.
“Booksellers save lives. Period,” Patterson said in a statement released Tuesday through his publisher, Little, Brown and Company.
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
Denver comic Adam Cayton-Holland’s acclaimed 2018 book, “Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-Comic Memoir,” has been adapted into a movie that will feature some recognizable Hollywood stars.
The announcement, first reported by Deadline, named actor and filmmaker Jay Duplass (“Search Party”) as director. He’s helming the production that’s already started shooting in Atlanta.
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?