“I never felt comfortable outside The Who…if I was out there singing but not with The Who, I had to make sure I was singing stuff The Who would never, ever do.”įaith (real name Terence Wright), a ’60s British teen idol and hitmaker who’d turned to managing careers and producing, brought the singer-songwriter team of Leo Sayer and David Courtney (real name David Cohen) to Daltrey’s home studio, set up in a barn on his property in East Sussex, to do some song demos. “I was only doing a favor to help a friend of mine, Adam Faith,” he told the journalist Charles Charlesworth in 1997. The appearance of the 10-song Daltrey LP on April 20, 1973, was the result of serendipity and a little casual work. The Who’s lead singer, Roger Daltrey, never intended to record outside the group, or have any kind of solo career. Doobie Brothers’ 50th Anniversary Tour to Continue Without Tom Johnston.Elliott Landy on His Famed Bob Dylan ‘Infrared’ Photo.Nick Lowe’s ‘Labour of Lust’: The Basher Blossoms.Radio Hits of May 1966: ‘Monday, Monday’.Jeff Beck Tribute Concert Led By Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart.Waddy Wachtel on Touring With Stevie Nicks.Paul Simon Confronts Mortality on ‘Seven Psalms’: Review.Remembering ‘The Midnight Special’: Rock Edition.Tina Turner Is Mourned By Fellow Music Legends.David Bowie’s ‘Berlin Trilogy’: ‘Low,’ ‘Heroes’ and ‘Lodger’ Reconsidered.Pete Townshend’s ‘Empty Glass’: The Who Album That Wasn’t.11 Classic Rock Driving Songs: Reader Favorites.Tina Turner on Phil Spector, ‘Tommy,’ Touring With the Stones and Being a Sex Goddess.Desmond Dekker’s ‘Israelites’-Admit It, You Don’t Know the Lyrics.The ‘Lucky 13’ #1 Albums of 1968: Bookended by The Beatles.
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