the who Archive
13 Nov 2026
A Bloody Great Chat with Roger Daltrey (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… In addition to Who songs and tunes from your solo catalog, I understand you’re doing some covers… I listen to songs I’ve liked through the years, […]
12 Nov 2026
A Bloody Great Chat with Roger Daltrey (Part 1 of 2)
Roger Daltrey is one of the most distinctive voices in rock. Lead singer for The Who, he has been the voice of one of the greatest rock bands of all […]
31 Jan 2025
Five Great Covers by the Who
The Who released Odds & Sods on their own Track Records in October 1974. A compilation of rare tracks, the record was assembled by the band’s bassist John Entwistle in […]
19 Jul 2024
The ‘Best Bits’ from My Roger Daltrey Interview
I recently interviewed Roger Daltrey for a short feature [LINK HERE]. Here are some of best bits (so to speak) that didn’t make it into that story. – bk Bill […]
18 Jul 2024
Long Live Rock: The Who’s Roger Daltrey on Touring at 80
Roger Daltrey is one of the most distinctive and inimitable voices in rock. And 59 years after the band he helped make famous released its debut single, Daltrey is playing […]
10 Jun 2024
Take Five: Great Deep-dive Tracks from Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend is widely acclaimed for many things; at or near the top of that list is his songwriting for The Who. But also worthy of praise – and further […]
27 Jan 2023
Take 5: John Entwistle
As critic John Swenson astutely observed in the 1979 edition of The Rolling Stone Record Guide, bassist John Entwistle “had the misfortune to be a good songwriter in a group […]
14 Dec 2022
Musoscribe’s Best of 2022: Books
2022 has been a stellar year for music-related books. For much of the pandemic era( and a good chunk of this year) it looked as if the well had, if […]
10 Dec 2022
Take Five: Deep Cuts from Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend is best known as the guitarist and visionary songwriter for The Who. But Townshend plays all manner of instruments, and even in the earliest days of the band […]
30 Nov 2022
Book Review: The Who: Concert Memories from the Classic Years, 1964 to 1976
Author: Edoardo Genzolini Schiffer Publishing 2022, 306 pp. $59.99 (and well worth it) In the third decade of the 21st century, it’s challenging to come up with a book that […]