Roger daltrey on the rolling stones12/20/2023 A must for all Who fans, this is also a book to be enjoyed by everyone: with a vibrant picture of life in the post war years, the coming of music and colour in the sixties and a story of four completely different and distinctive personalities who came, and somehow stayed, together to help change the music scene. Whilst almost identical to the text version, the audio does have occasional small differences, a word changed, a sentence ommitted, nothing much, but what isn't in the text book and is so precious is Roger's occasional burst of delighted laughter at a memory recovered. But he can and his warmth in the telling of his story, with just a tinge of bitterness at times, shines through. It has always amazed me that someone who can belt out Pete's lyrics with such power - and, oh, that scream in Won't Get Fooled Again! - could still talk at all. Roger Daltry narrates, his distinctive voice slightly gruff following a throat injury and life threatening illness not too long ago. I had first purchased the hardback then saw it's availability on Audib!e. And what comes through it all most strongly, as in Michael Caine's autobiography, B!owing the Bloody Doors Off, is the dedication to hard work with singleminded pursuit of the goal combined with the love of and reliance on family. Instead, he concentrates on personalities, his own and the others in The Who, and his general life history, no punches dodged, from growing up in the post war deprivation to his now much more comfortable life with his family. There is very little name dropping even though he has played and been acquainted with many of the top stars in the industry, but when someone is mentioned, it is usually to thank them. This is a modest book from a man who not only fronted - and still continues with Pete - one of the greatest rock bands ever, but who also works hard to raise money for the Prince's Teenage Cancer Trust. All were huge talents, all had enormous egos and it was down to Roger to hold it all together - which miraculously he did, even after the deaths of two of their number. And because he's written it himself, his voice shines out from every page, telling his story, correcting some myths and describing his journey with the three other legends, Pete, of course, the genius behind the music, their crazy talented drummer, Keith Moon, and the bass guitarist who changed the way that instrument was played, John Entwistle. So this is a very welcome book from the band's singer and voice of Tommy who was there from the very inception of the group fifty years ago. Long time fans of the group, The Who, are used to periodic public pontificating by Pete (Townsend) but from Daltrey, not so much. It is the definitive story of The Who and of the sweeping revolution that was British rock 'n' roll. It is not just his own hilarious and frank account of more than 50 wild years on the road. This is as much a story of survival as it is of success.įour years in the making, this is the first time Roger Daltrey has told his story. Money, drugs and youthful exuberance were a dangerous mix. Out of that, the modern music industry was born - and it wasn't an easy birth. This is the story of My Generation, Tommy and Quadrophenia, of smashed guitars, exploding drums, cars in swimming pools, fights, arrests and redecorated hotel rooms.īut it is also the story of how that postwar generation redefined the rules of youth. The band became The Who - Maximum R&B - and, by luck and by sheer bloody-mindedness, Roger Daltrey became the front man of one of the biggest rock bands on the planet. He made his first guitar from factory off-cuts. The life of a factory worker beckoned.īut then came rock and roll. Thanks to Mr Kibblewhite, his draconian headmaster, it could all have ended there. This is his story, from his birth at the height of the Blitz through tempestuous school days to his expulsion, age 15, for a crime he did not commit (though he was guilty of many other misdemeanours he'd got away with). That generation was the first to rebel, to step out of the shadows of the Second World War.to invent the concept of the teenager. Roger Daltrey is the voice of a generation.
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