President Bush appears to quote The Who in a speech at the East Literature Magnet School in Nashville, Tennessee. “There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.” The… Read More »2002-09-17
The Las Vegas coroner releases his final report on John Entwistle’s death. He confirms that John suffered a heart attack after taking cocaine. His night’s companion, stripper Alison Rowse, remembers his last words as a request that she not let him sleep on his back since fellow rock stars Jimi Hendrix and John Bonham had… Read More »2002-09-11
Roger has a new song out, “Child O’ Mine” on the soundtrack to The Banger Sisters. You can listen to it on YouTube here
Di-rect releases its CD Discover featuring a cover of “My Generation.”You can listen to it on YouTube here
David West releases the latest in his bluegrass takes on rock music, Pickin’ On The Who. Listen to his version of “I Can See For Miles” here
In an interview in The Times, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones has this to say about The Who continuing without John Entwistle: “…I was glad they carried on. It’s real showbiz, like a vaudeville tradition. I find it intriguing that old ‘trousers’ Townshend and Daltrey still have a certain desire to get out there… Read More »2002-08-30
The comic strip “Grand Avenue” features a reference to The Who
Genesis Publications put out their second expensive volume of Who photographs compiled by Ross Halfin, Maximum Who: The Who In The Sixties. This one concentrates on The Who’s publicity photos
Rolling Stone prints an interview with Pete where interviewer Chris Heath confronts Pete with claims by Doors publicist Danny Fields that they were “on-and-off boyfriends” in the late 1960’s. Pete says he would like to meet Fields and ask him “What the f*** are you talking about? Please tell me.” You can read it here
Eric Thompson releases his CD Manic + Organic featuring a cover of “I Can’t Explain”. You can listen to it on YouTube here