Pete Townshend on the Who's real lead guitar player

But from the beginning, the Who’s true guitar player has been the bassist: John Entwistle. It’s Entwistle who takes the lead ...
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The Who’s Pete Townshend Discusses Downside of Touring and Being Hypnotized as a Child

Helping form The Who, Pete Townshend spent over six decades performing on stages all over the world. And during that time, he also helped write over 100 songs for the band. With each passing year, ...
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Pete Townshend on Roger Daltrey’s career-changing decision that took the guitarist out of his comfort zone

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Michael Putland/Getty Images As the Who’s guitarist and main songwriter, Pete Townshend ...
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Pete Townshend Says Ringo Starr's Son Zak Starkey Is Not Leaving The Who: 'This Blew Up Very Quickly and Got Too Much Oxygen'

“There have been some communication issues, personal and private on all sides, that needed to be dealt with,” Townshend said in a statement Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has ...
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Rock legend doesn’t like performing on stage: ‘It doesn’t fill my soul’

A rock legend is opening up about how he loves creating music, but is not so much a fan of performing it on stage. The Who guitarist Pete Townshend told Spain’s RockFM in a new interview that he ...
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The Who’s Pete Townshend, 80, Says He Has 5 Years Left in His Show Business Career

The Who’s Pete Townshend, 80, Says He Has 5 Years Left in His Show Business Career originally appeared on Parade. Legendary musician Pete Townshend isn't planning on staying onstage forever. The ...
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Pete Townshend Says The Who 'F---ing Nailed It' with These Two Hit Songs

Townshend is releasing an 8-CD box set collection of his solo music outside of The Who, complete with in-liner notes packed with anecdotes from his career Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at ...
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4 Who Deep Cuts Featuring Lead Vocals by Pete Townshend in Honor of His 80th Birthday

Here’s wishing a heartfelt Happy Birthday to The Who’s Pete Townshend, who turned 80 years old on May 19. Pretty much since the iconic British band’s inception, the guitarist has been the group’s ...
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The Who’s Pete Townshend Sparked a Rock Revolution Over 50 Years Ago With This Act

Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...
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Column: For Pete Townshend’s sake

Happy 80th birthday, Pete Townshend! Longtime readers will know he’s my favorite songwriting rock-and-roller, placed high on a pedestal that includes Bob Dylan and Van Morrison (who belong to no other ...
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Pete Townshend: ‘I have to be careful what I say about Roger – he’ll be sacking me next’

The veteran rock star on tensions in The Who, a new ballet adaptation of 'Quadrophenia', and why his rock epic is still relevant 50 years on ...
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Pete Townshend, RayDavies and David Bowie all used thirdinversionchords – here’s why (and how) you should, too

If the idea of third inversions seems all upside down, fear not: these five examples show how easy they are to put together – and how musical they are when you apply them in a song ...