Guitar God VII - Pete Townshend

Ha-won't get fooled again-eh?
let's hope she didn't use odorono--and when we meet the new boss-
it's not "same as the old boss"-in a couple of weeks
So---c'mon gary
the man--youngman(ain't got nothin in the world these days)-thank you mose allison
anyway--yes NUMBER 7---------on slickdaddys list------pete
argue with me all you want--maybe you agree-?
but from that morning--long ago in our kitchen back in olney
wibg--radio 99 good ol a/m radio
came a shot----THE RIMSHOT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD----!!!
Well--it changed mine---for on that morning--my mom shoving a bowl of hot oatmeal at me,
i heard---i can see for miles---
Joe Niagra---the morning d/j--(i am the dj i am what i play)(shut your mouth dave)
well joe said--"wow that'll wake you up-!!!"---and boy did it---
i know--rimshot--gary--drummer-----pete's a guitar guy------but-----
after i listened-heard said rimshot---i had a thirst-------who the hell are the WHO?
i saw them in some teen magazines
pete had one hell of a snoz--
john looked mean--keith a wack--
and of course the girls liked roger
my generation--and earlier stuff hadn't made much radio play
philly a/m radio had mixes of r and b---top forty-pop--------
and not alot of english---yeah --the beatles stones pacemakers hermits freddy kinks---and kinks weren't long----they got banned-----oh yeah manfred mann zombies----but finding these records was almost as hard as getting to hear them-------
so--off to gettlin records**long gone --from north 5th st--
"do you have Who records"?---(sorry--not goin into who-?-yeah--etc--)(it's been over-done)
"which-?"----"i don't know"--oh some kid ordered my generation----no----i want--"sellout"--
alright--give me two bucks-i'll call you when it comes in---takes--about a week
a week later--another--.69 cents added to the two-dollars--and i was a richman
to--this day--one of my desert isle albums----and according to most of adrian belew's crew--from andre-saul-john-biffman----where on more than one occasion--one of us would break into something like--"me and my brother-were talking to each other"---and another voice would say--"about what makes a man--a man"--(TATOO)
Anyway---yes---from that time in early 1966-----til today
the who--pete---real faves--
the even earlier stuff--high numbers--generation quick one--then magic bus--and as radio changed-----NO STATIC AT ALL-f-m--------came 1968--progressive radio----(not necessarily--
but included prog-rock)----came tommy---
Now i saw the beatles in 66-(12)
So--69---was my first years at seeing--bands live--with friends***(not mom)
i first saw pete--70---the live at leeds tour---(spectrum philly)---james gang opened---
and--behind the band----a old school--pull down type screen--for--------LIVE black and white-
"closed circuit"type video of the performing musicians-------weird--yeah
but what a show
if you have the "extended version"of live at leeds---or isle of wight--yeah that's my first
as i said in earlier stuff---i have drum in my heart----so this was keith at keith's best--but mr-
TOWNSEND------his songs-words---from his twelve bar rips---with the traditional--one step up---after first two verses then chorus'------stuff---to the magic of rael--tommy story-
the call me lightning---basic rock--to the quadroprenia----masterpieces-------
he was-is---one of the most powerfully energetic musician's--i've ever seen------he enbodies rock and roll
and for me a wonderful musician---voice
as with every guitarist so far on this list---a unique voice on instrument
i bought my gibson sg--fender tele-(set up twin buckers)---umm why---cause pete-------
but imitation--is as close as i can get to pete----(aw--but i always liked-you sound like pete meets dave-keith-maybe somebody else mixed in there-gary)
for my own guitar playing is more rhythm/lead/but more rhythm than lead--guy-----guitar guy thing------------

so sad fact---last time we saw the who--was the concert series---right after the ox's--passing--
we had hope's of julie/eric seeing at least the three
we had a close---try at meeting john---his artwork was shown at a south street gallery--we had
an early bass of julie's in tow--trying to get a meet//who could resist her-"would you sign this sir"------but two----as they say bula-gula's for bodyguards--HEY YOU --"you're not allowed up here"--------DAMN---so
I put Pete--at my number 7-------listen to some of live at leeds----and other live stuff---pete can stretch---------he had some un-inspired stuff---off and on-------
but i think he keeps his chops pretty------meaty beefy big and bouncy
AND----------WELCOME-----
to miss julie slick----you've entered blog--world
BE ONE OF US
peace--love---------gary
ps--number-8-next------with a rant on top