The Who
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 28: The Who's Roger Daltrey performs during the Who Cares Benefit For Teen Cancer America Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on February 28, 2013 in New York City.
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For a while in the early days of The Who… I remember looking round at the guys in the band and thinking 'Oh my god, these guys just aren't going to get it
I was out to change things with The Who, a lighthearted, colourful pop band who smashed guitars and wore pop-art clothing — that was our gimmick. But our lineage was that we grew up in a time of very serious R&B music that we latched onto in the U.K.
Well, I bought my first car just before we formed Cream. The Who needed a song in a hurry, so I sold them one for £1,500. I bought a Rover 2000 and wrecked it in three weeksMore quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Preschool, elderly share pitch pipe songs
Jim Rosica conducted a group of preschoolers and elderly people at a nursing facility in Medford on Thursday, blowing into his pitch pipe and singing.The music stopped and Rosica pointed to preschooler Matthew Orta, who was following his lead.Who are you, Read more »
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The Who' powerful show at Nassau Coliseum
The Who is still willing to take a chance on "Quadrophenia," even 40 years after its initial release.In an era when most rock bands pay more attention to singles and radio hits than making album-length statements, the surviving members of The Who -- singer Read more »
Around the web
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Behati Prinsloo's Day In The Who What Wear Closet
Everyone talks about attaining that model-off-duty look--the sort of effortlessly stylish ensembles that models tend to wear when they’re not on a runway--and no one exemplifies this better than Behati Prinsloo. You’ve likely spotted the gorgeous Namibian from Who What Wear Read more »
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WHO ARE YOU?
Long before The Monterey Pop Festival and even CSI, there was a question being asked, Who Are You? Of course The Who made that song famous. Who is this man,isn't that Joseph and Mary's son? Jesus said to them," Today this scripture has been fulfilled."Luke from Experience Project Read more »
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'Who' Cares: Roger Daltrey helps teens with cancer
As the legendary front man of The Who, Roger Daltrey has been entertaining fans across the globe for decades – but his latest project goes beyond the music, and into the lives of some very special fans here in America: Cancer patients. “I've been supportin from FOX News Read more »
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Happy Birthday To Who Guitarist/Songwriter Pete Townshend
Happy 68th Birthday today to one of the greats of rock and roll, British and otherwise, a true genius and original in his craft, who not only showed the world what he could do with an electric guitar, but what could also be done with the rock song itself i from Geeks of Doom Read more »
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Celebrity birthdays for May 19, 2013
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 28: Pete Townshend of The Who performs during the Who Cares Benefit For Teen Cancer America Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on February 28, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/ from First Coast News - WJXX Read more »
