Rolling Stone : Pete Townshend

Album Review : Rachel Fuller Presents: In the Attic with Pete Townshend and Friends

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:55:52 PST

Artist: Pete Townshend
Album: Rachel Fuller Presents: In the Attic with Pete Townshend and Friends
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This double CD-DVD is culled from some homey 2007 showcases conceived by singer-songwriter Rachel Fuller, Pete Townshend's longtime partner. It's a mixed bag. Ben Harper and Amos Lee are predictably fine; a singing Jimmy Fallon, not so much. Naturally, Townshend is the main attraction: The Lou Reed duets are scrappy and essential. And when Tenacious D play an awesomely ridiculous Tommy medley for...

New Release : Rachel Fuller Presents: In the Attic with Pete Townshend and Friends

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:38:08 PST

Artist: Pete Townshend

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Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:55:29 PST

The Who's Pete Townshend

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Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:07:01 PST

Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of the Who receive the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. on December 6, 2008, along with fellow honorees Barbra Streisand, Morgan Freeman, Twyla Tharp and George Jones.

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Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:41:37 PDT

Pete Townsend is also ambivalent about the prospect of new Who music, writing on his blog, "I don't know whether I can write songs for the Who."

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Article : Exclusive Audio: Jann Wenner's 1968 Interview with Pete Townshend

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:01:26 PDT

In honor of Rolling Stone's 40th Anniversary we're posting audio from a couple of classic interviews: Here's an excerpt from Pete Townshend's famous 1968 sit-down with RS founder Jann Wenner in which he first laid out his ideas for what would become the rock opera Tommy.

But first, here's Wenner's original introduction to the interview, from September 1968's double issue numbered 17/18:

The who are the best-known and most brilliant expression of the most influential "youth movement"...