John Entwistle, The Who’s original bass guitarist, was born in Chiswick in West London on October 9, 1944, and his natural talent as a musician formed the backbone to many of The Who’s most memorable recordings. He was nicknamed ‘The Ox’, as well as ‘Thunderfingers’ – because hi...
We had two concerts a week, and I learned a lot about my technique very quickly because my mistakes were going to go on the air. It was a musical education for me, because I got to hear so many kinds of music. I recorded small chamber orchestras, but alsoRavi Shankar, ...
The Who, Gallagher Line-Up For U.K. TCT ConcertsThe Who, Oasis' Noel Gallagher, Kaiser Chiefs and Kasabian are some of the big-name artists participating in the U.K.'s Teenage Cancer Trust week of concerts, which kicks off tonight (March 26)....
Suddenly the idol was no longer the singer but the instrument, the excitement was generated by the riff and not by the refrain, concerts were attended by multitudes of long-haired men on drugs who gathered on the street, not by hysterical teenage girls who assembled in theaters. Hard-rock ...
Live8: The Who, What and Where of the Concerts Staged to Change the WorldThe Independent (London, England)
Not so in Britain. Glam rock was in full force as Ziggy Stardust and T. Rex strutted their stuff on stage. Fireworks and other startling effects brought a return to theatrics as Alice Cooper treated his concerts with all the pomp and circumstance of a Broadway play based in Hell. ...
Suzanne Ciani: Buchla Concerts 1975 (1975) Suzanne Ciani has said, of meeting the inventor Don Buchla in the 1960s, “[He] gave me my electronic wings.” They came in the form of the Buchla synthesizer, an early modular instrument of his invention. With it, Ciani went on to compose Gr...
Her unique style gained her popularity and she began to give concerts in the US, Europe and the Middle East. By 2009, Abby returned to her homeland of Ethiopia to do a fundraiser tour that had the goal to build ahospitalfor children suffering from cardiac problems. ...
There's hardly a country on the planet in which he hasn't been named the most popular artist. In addition to these album sales, it's said he's performed over 5000 concerts. Trivia Fact:Julio was once a professional soccer player, quitting due to a car wreck injury. His last name "Ig...
Even Hackett, plays often this song on his live concerts. This is a great opener to the album and gives a very sense of majesty and power, to the beginning of the album. The second track 'Time Table' is a very beautiful and graceful song, which brings calm, after the great intensity...