Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend - Live > La Jolla Playhouse 2001, June 22 (2001) {2CD Set Eel Pie EPR014-1/2}
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© 2001 Eel Pie Recording Prod. | EPR014-1/2
Rock / Contemporary Rock / Acoustic / Art Rock / Rock & Roll / Classic Rock

The first of two fundraising concerts that Townshend played at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse, and an enchantingly intimate look at the veteran Who man as he chats, jokes, and, of course, plays through a solid set of acoustified classics. The venue itself has some fond attachments to Townshend – it was here that he premiered the Tommy musical before launching it on Broadway and, hardly surprisingly, the deaf, dumb and blind kid opens the show via a rousing "Pinball Wizard." From there, Townshend swoops into an affecting "Let My Love Open the Door," setting the pace for the remainder of the show.

Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix (1977) {ATCO Records 790097-2 rel 1983}
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© 1977, 1983 Eel Pie / Atlantic / ATCO Records | 7 90097-2
Rock / Classic Rock / Folk Rock / Rock & Roll

Rough Mix, Pete Townshend's 1977 collaboration with former Small Faces and Faces songwriter and bass player Ronnie Lane, combines the loose, rollicking folk-rock of Lane's former band, Slim Chance, with touches of country, folk, and New Orleans rock & roll, along with Townshend's own trademark style. Lane's tunes, especially the beautiful "Annie," possess an understated charm, while Townshend, with songs such as "Misunderstood," the Meher Baba-inspired "Keep Me Turning," and the strange love song "My Baby Gives It Away," delivers some of the best material of his solo career. Rough Mix stands as a minor masterpiece and an overlooked gem in both artists' vast bodies of work. Eric Clapton, John Entwistle, and Charlie Watts guest.

Pete Townshend - Pete Townshend's Deep End Live! (1986) {Atco 7 90553-2}
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© 1986 ATCO Records / Eel Pie | 7 90553-2
Rock / Classic Rock / Rock & Roll / Blues Rock

Pete Townshend and the Deep End Band played live for two benefit outings – November 1 and 2, 1985 at the Brixton Academy – to help support Townshend's own "Double O' Charities. The performances are excerpted here and were used in a made-for-home-video, also called Pete Townshend's Deep End Live!. Initially, a promotional 12" EP of the show was released to AOR radio stations in August of 1986. However, significant interest in the project would ultimately yield a 10-song LP which was issued to retail a few months later.

Pete Townshend was heading toward collapse as the '70s turned into the '80s. He had battled a number of personal demons throughout the '70s, but he started spiraling downward after Keith Moon's death, questioning more than ever why he did what he did (and this is a songwriter who always asked questions)…