![]() ![]() On subsequent albums, I’ve always used a lot of synthesizers and keyboards. With an an album like Quadrophenia, for example, there was brass and there was violins. Tell me about working with the orchestra and what new elements they bring out of your songs.Ī lot of the Who’s music is already fairly heavily decorated and dense harmonically anyway, so we’re not like the Stones or the Kinks. That was my main objection to it, so I was really pleased it worked so well. In this particular case, Zak Starkey was the one that suggested maybe acoustically he could make it work by using an electric kit. … I’ve always had this belief that when you work with orchestras, you shouldn’t try and bring a rock drummer on the stage. It is something that I resisted at first. I feel that working with the orchestra is a good way to work. And listen, two years of pandemic have kind of aged me, I think. And we hope we will reach new people with it. We were intending to do a U.K tour after our last tour in America with the orchestra. ![]() They were in the air and needed to be done at some point because they were contracted and they were part of a tour that, financially speaking, it was necessary for us to do since we didn’t get insurance payout for them. Those shows only amounted to five or six shows, including a postponed New Orleans Jazz Festival, and one at the Hard Rock. Every talk with Townshend is a wild ride, so enjoy this one.Īre you looking forward to getting back out on the road? He also name-checked Wes Anderson, Dave Davies, Rod Stewart, Luke McCallin, Christopher Plummer, and many others. In typical Townshend fashion, the guitarist gave long, thoughtful answers to every one of our questions, often taking fascinating detours along the way and divulging minute behind-the-scenes details of the live music industry that few other artists discuss in public. Before we knew it, an hour had passed and we’d covered everything from the Neil Young–Joe Rogan spat to the inflation crisis, the unlikelihood of a new Who record or solo LP, the brilliant use of his music on Freaks and Geeks, and his hatred of NFTs. When we phoned up Pete Townshend last week at his new home in the English countryside, our only real goal was to talk about the Who’s upcoming American tour where the band will be paired with local symphonies. ![]()
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