Re: Pete Townshend guitar hero?

["L. Bird" <pkeets@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Toby said:  "Any other musicians or Who lovers care to weigh in on their 
> thoughts of Pete and the others as musicians the last 5 or 10 years or 
> prior.  I would love to hear other views on this."
> I think his playing is quite varied over the last 10 years.  We're talking 
> about the period immediately following the terrible injury that effectively 
> ended his playing for a while.  He had to relearn his technique.  He had to 
> learn how to deal with damage to his ears and to his wrist.  I'm not trying 
> to make excuses for my hero, but he really has had to recreate himself as a 
> musician.  He's jazzier now than he's ever been with The Who.  He tries 
> more techniques on a given night than he used to.  Some of them feel good 
> to the listener, some not so much.
I agree that Pete's playing has varied a lot over the last ten years.  I 
especially loved some of the jazzier work he did on the QUAD tour and was 
totally blown away by the Manchester "My Generation."

I thought there was more variation in his playing during the 2000 tour 
before they quite settled on a style for the new century.  I suspect Pete is 
trying for "texture" in his playing now to make up for the part he used to 
play (now missing) in their wall of sound.  Also, I think he feels a need to 
fill the space that John's absence has left.

keets

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