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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.
Nov 25, 2019 · Of all the key figures from rock music’s glory days, the Who’s Pete Townshend is the one to have had most deeply interrogated — on albums like “Quadrophenia” and in his own writing over the...
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Feb 13, 2022 · Pete Townshend on the Who’s 2022 Tour, the Keith Moon Biopic, and His Inevitable Retirement. The guitarist also sounds off on the absurdity of NFTs, the future of classic rock, the Spotify...
Dec 1, 2023 · Townshend, 78, has come to town from the Oxfordshire country house where he lives with his wife, musician Rachel Fuller. The reason for his trip is The Who’s biggest failure, Lifehouse — the...
May 8, 2022 · Pete Townshend is, in a new two-hour release from Audible that is effectively a casual audio sequel to his formal autobiography, 2012’s “Who I Am.”. The part-talking, part-rocking project ...
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Apr 16, 2021 · Pete Townshend on the Who’s Uncertain Future and the Legacy of ‘The Who Sell Out’. He says the Beatles copied him when they made Sgt. Pepper, and that he'll agree to a Who biopic if it helps...
One of the most recognisable figures in the pantheon of popular music, Pete Townshend has spent 50 years at the helm of rock legends The Who, primarily as guitarist and principal songwriter.
