Pete Townshend - The Shout (1996)

Another gem from Pete Townshend! This one, which I could put on repeat all day, is of Pete singing "The Shout" at the Fillmore West on April 30, 1996. The song is off of Pete's Another Scoop (1987), which is a compilation album of his demos. The video is only the audio of the concert that aired on the radio.

Hearing this song again made me visit EelPie.com, which is where you can buy Pete's Scoop albums and/or some of his live albums including Live: The Fillmore (which includes this song). No, I don't get a cut by the way.

Eel Pie brings back memories of Pete Townshend's website from the first half of the 2000s. Pete posted quite often on that site and was very interactive with the fans. It's a shame it isn't still around.

Also, a shame that Pete doesn't write too many blog posts on TheWho.com anymore. The last few years have been very quiet in that regard.

The Who - Success Story

I've always been a big fan of The Who By Numbers, which came out in 1975. I think the record features some of Pete Townshend's most ingenious writing and while many consider Keith Moon's drumming on Quadrophenia (1973) to be his best, I don't think his work on By Numbers takes a back seat at all.

The lone song John Entwistle penned on the album was "Success Story." The top video is some scenes of John at his home, which is from the The Kids Are Alright (1979) movie. The second video is the audio of the song with a picture of the album cover done by Entwistle.

Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone

I came across a good blog post about Led Zeppelin's "Ten Years Gone" here. The song is off of the band's sixth studio album, Physical Graffiti (1975). "Ten Years Gone" is not just one of my favorite Zeppelin songs, but one of my favorite songs ever.

The Who - My Way

The Who were well-known for their cover of "Summertime Blues" written by Eddie Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. "My Way" is another Cochran-Capehart song covered by the band. The audio comes from a show on April 6, 1968 at the Fillmore East in New York.

Robert Plant - The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss were on CMT Crossroads in 2008 singing some songs from their brilliant album, Raising Sand.

"The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" was not on that CD but is a staple for live shows done by Alison Krauss & Union Station (AKUS), where Dan Tyminski leads the vocals on that particular song and Krauss follows up with "Take Me For Longing." The video also has some commentary from Robert around the 4:30 mark. Though I like what Plant does with the song, I prefer the version done by AKUS here.

John Entwistle's Final Concert

Today would have been ten years since John Entwistle last played with The Who. I decided to post two videos from that concert: the Teenage Cancer Trust benefit at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The first is of John singing probably his best known song, "My Wife," which is off of Who's Next (1971). That is audio only.

The second video - "The Kids Are Alright" - contains a couple of brief shots of John, which is par for the course as the camera was always on Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey and rarely on Entwistle. "The Ox" used to don a skeleton costume in the early 1970s in order to get more attention from the cameras.

John Entwistle, the great bass guitarist, passed away on June 27, 2002 at the age of 57.

Pete Townshend - No Face, No Name, No Number (2007)

Stumbled upon this video from the 2007 tribute concert for Traffic's drummer Jim Capaldi (August 2, 1944 – January 28, 2005) at the Roundhouse in London. The song is from Traffic's 1967 album Mr. Fantasy.

Pete Townshend - Acid Queen

Last song from the Prince's Trust Concert on November23. Pete Townshend plays "Acid Queen" from the Tommy album. If you want to see the rest of Townshend's set click the "Prince's Trust Concert" tab below.

Pete Townshend - I'm One

"I'm One" is another great song from Quadrophenia, which Pete Townshend plays really well by himself.

Pete Townshend - Drowned

Probably my favorite song that Pete Townshend plays live is "Drowned," which is off of the Quadrophenia album.

Pete Townshend - Corrina, Corrina

Pete Townshend covers Bob Dylan's "Corrina, Corrina."

Pete Townshend at Prince's Trust

The audio is a little bit low, but Pete Townshend talks to the crowd at the Prince's Trust in the above video.

Pete Townshend - Won't Get Fooled Again

A solo performance of "Won't Get Fooled Again" by Pete Townshend at the Prince's Trust Concert at the Royal Albert Hall on November 23.

Pete Townshend Interview

Pete Townshend gives his thoughts about his performance and talks about some other issues backstage at the Royal Albert Hall.

The Who - Shakin' All Over / Spoonful

From the Live at Leeds Complete bootleg, The Who sing "Shakin' All Over" with a portion of "Spoonful." The song "Shakin' All Over" was written by Johnny Kidd and released in 1960 by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. "Spoonful" was penned by Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960.

Led Zeppelin On Jim Morrison

Apparently members of Led Zeppelin were not too impressed with The Doors' Jim Morrison. Below are some comments made about the frontman by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. I have heard Plant speak pretty glowingly of Jim Morrison, but those comments have come over the last couple of years.

Plant in New Musical Express:
“We only played with the Doors once in Seattle and it seemed like he was screwed up. He was giving the impression he was into really deep things like Skip Spence of Moby Grape. You get into a trip of your own that you don’t really realize what’s going on in the outside world. Morrison went on stage and said ‘Fuck you all’ which didn’t do anything except make a few girls scream. Then he hung on the side of the stage and nearly toppled into the audience and did all those things that I suppose were originally sexual things but as he got fatter and dirtier and more screwed up they became more bizarre. So it was really sickening to watch. My wife and I were there watching and we couldn’t believe it."

"...Morrison started saying all those strange things which nobody could get into. There were one or two people there crying ‘You’re God, you’re king’ and I was thinking why?”

Page also in New Musical Express:
"I was surprised after hearing a lot of advance publicity in England about how sexy Jim M. was. How virile and whatever. I was surprised to see how static he was live on stage.”

“Being dressed in black leather can only go so far but standing there like my father would on stage doesn’t really come across for me. As far as I could see the Morrison thing is just an embarrassment towards the audience. He would actually insult them and swear at them and his sexual thing is more an introvert thing, it isn’t so extroverted as Robert’s.”

Robert Plant On Singing and Aging

“My voice has changed but I can go to high places if it’s what I have to do.”

Robert Plant made those comments to VH1 Radio and were reprinted on UltimateClassicRock.com. For more click this.

Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy - Down to the Sea

One of the best songs that Robert Plant and the Band of Joy played on their recently concluded tour was "Down to the Sea," which comes from Plant's Fate of Nations 1993 solo album. The above video is from a concert at Nashville's War Memorial Auditorium and part of Live from the Artists Den that aired on WLIW.

Robert Plant and The Band of Joy - Silver Rider

Robert Plant and the Band of Joy covered two songs by the band Low for Band of Joy (2010). The songs were "Monkey" and "Silver Rider," which also appeared on Low's album, The Great Destroyer. Above Plant and B.O.J. sing "Silver Rider" on July 30, 2010 at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida.

The Who News Roundup

Plenty of news about The Who the last couple of days.

First up, Keith Moon was remembered yesterday on what would have been his 65th birthday. Click here for an article at mlive.com and then another story on UltimateClassicRock.com here.

Meanwhile, part 1 of an interview that aired last night with Pete Townshend on BBC2 can be found by clicking this. Pete goes over the early days of The Who in an hour-long discussion. Part 2 will be put up on the website next week.

Gibson.com takes a look at the Pete Townshend J-200 Signature Artist Series acoustic guitar at this link.