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----- Original Message -----
From: andrew wiechman <Jovar1701v@email.msn.com>
To: Scott Schrade <schrade@akrobiz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: Country WHO, Take Me Home......


> I agree as well.  Even into Quadrophenia you can Pete's style going folksy
> and country, on I'm one when the song breaks in the middle and the band
> joins in, sounds like eastern hillbilly almost.  I mean that in the most
> positive sense. Then on Who by Numbers its prevalent on several tracks
like
> However much I booze and Squeeze Box mostly when he  starts his solo.
> And I'll never understand why they didnt record Mary either, its as good
as
> any of the lighter Who's next tracks.  Perhaps since it had such a strong
> tie with the story line that it would not have fit as an individual song
> against the others.  Who knows,
> By the way has anybody gotten a quote on how much the Lifehouse Method set
> wil cost and what it will include, in the package other than the software?
> drew w
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott Schrade <schrade@akrobiz.com>
> To: THE WHO <TheWho@igtc.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 7:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Country WHO, Take Me Home......
>
>
> >
> > > I keep listening to the first 2 discs of the Lifehouse demos and
> thinking if
> > > the Who had stuck closer to many of the originals, Who's Next (or
> Lifehouse)
> > > would have had more of a rootsy, country feel. Several of Pete's demos
> have
> > > that flavor to me, especially Goin' Mobile, I Don't Know Myself, WGFA
> and
> > > Time is Passing.
> > > And why the hell didn't the Who record Mary?
> >
> >
> > Oh yeah, I hear the "country vibe" too.  Many of Pete's songs have that
> kinda
> > country feel to them.  Rustic & rootsy.  It's prevalent in some WHO
> versions as
> > well.
> >
> > Studio WHO which includes a loud acoustic guitar track (as many songs
do)
> can
> > generate country-ish vibes.  It's a blend, though.  I really don't care
> for country
> > music.  I know it's a bit cliche to say: "I hate country music !"  I
don't
> hate it.
> > Maybe some John Denver or Olivia Newton-John is as far as I'll go.  But
to
> deny
> > country music's foundation in rock is ludicrous.
> >
> > WHO BY NUMBERS has a country feel to it, most definitely.  Don't forget
> also
> >
> > the banjo in "I've Had Enough" from QUAD.  Or is that blue-grass?
> >
> > I guess The WHO just never got around to recording "Mary."  Maybe they
> felt it
> > was one of the weakest of the bunch.  Who knows?  The WHO do, that's
who.
> > I love the song.  I thought I read once where Ian Anderson from Jethro
> Tull might
> > have helped in the writing of this song.  Or did I dream that?
> >
> >
> > - SCHRADE in Akron
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>