PETE TOWNSHEND 1964 SG SPECIAL

Ad_02Std · Nov 26, 2014

Xpensive Wino said:
Can you imagine being asked to lend instruments to the Who in the mid-sixties...?:rofl

That's why you've never heard of Tages. They couldn't tour after their gear all got trashed.

Reno_1ted · Nov 26, 2014

It sounds cheesy but Pete isn't a lead or tradditional rhythm guitarist. His style is so unique. I remember watching the footage from the isle of wight and thinking "wow. I've never seen anyone play like this before". He blew me away and I've been a fan ever since.

The variety of tones he gets from the p90s on the rock n roll circus video is sensational.

Ad_02Std · Nov 26, 2014

Reno_1ted said:
It sounds cheesy but Pete isn't a lead or tradditional rhythm guitarist. His style is so unique. I remember watching the footage from the isle of wight and thinking "wow. I've never seen anyone play like this before". He blew me away and I've been a fan ever since.

I think a lot of that had to do with him having to work around a rhythm section that both played lead. The Who were totally upside-down and backwards as a band, but it just worked so well.

au_rick · Nov 27, 2014

frazettafan said:
+1.

If you listen to "Cant Explain" on there he plays a great bend, slide-up, double-stop and release at the beginning of that solo that's well worth nicking.

Was that Pete or a session man ??

chuckNC · Nov 27, 2014

Ad_02Std said:
I think a lot of that had to do with him having to work around a rhythm section that both played lead. The Who were totally upside-down and backwards as a band, but it just worked so well.

I agree. There's an interplay between the three of them that works.

And put me down for liking Pete's Leeds-era sound the best too.

Reno_1ted · Nov 27, 2014

Ad_02Std said:
I think a lot of that had to do with him having to work around a rhythm section that both played lead. The Who were totally upside-down and backwards as a band, but it just worked so well.

Great point. Agree 100%. The freedom they all allowed each other live and yet a very tight outfit. Unique to say the least.

frazettafan · Nov 27, 2014

au_rick said:
Was that Pete or a session man ??

I mean the 'Live at Leeds' version so it was Peter T. for sure. He kicks off that solo with this great lick and and whenever I get to jam something in 'E' I always try to crowbar some version of it in there.

eace2

JJ Blair · Nov 28, 2014

Pete's playing has been very influential for me. I started nicking his lead style as a teenager.

At my bar gig / jam this week, we did Sparks and 5:15. I never tire of playing those, and the audience always loves it. As long as we have the drummer on stage that does a great Moon, it's a great fucking time.

And yes, Leeds is amazing, and I always contend that it might be the best live album of all time.

frazettafan · Nov 28, 2014

JJ Blair said:
And yes, Leeds is amazing, and I always contend that it might be the best live album of all time.

It is a truly great album but for me "Strangers in the Night", with the greatest ever rock guitarists pristine guitar work all over it will always assume that place. :couch

guitplayer · Nov 28, 2014

My favorite tone is on Magic Bus live. The one on VH 1 all the time.
At the end he is next to the drums and pushes something down with his hand(s)? anybody know what hes doing there.

Ad_02Std · Nov 28, 2014

au_rick said:
Was that Pete or a session man ??

I saw a very recent interview with Jimmy Page where he confirmed that he was bought in to play on that recording. I think he said he only played some twelve string rhythm on it to fill out the mix. He attributed all the up front parts to Townshend.

Ad_02Std · Nov 28, 2014

frazettafan said:
I mean the 'Live at Leeds' version so it was Peter T. for sure. He kicks off that solo with this great lick and and whenever I get to jam something in 'E' I always try to crowbar some version of it in there. eace2

I know the exact lick you mean. That one always stood out to me too.

frazettafan · Nov 28, 2014

Ad_02Std said:
I know the exact lick you mean. That one always stood out to me too.

eace2 :jim

Ed Driscoll · Nov 28, 2014

frazettafan said:
It is a truly great album but for me "Strangers in the Night", with the greatest ever rock guitarists pristine guitar work all over it will always assume that place. :couch

Hey, that moment when Hendrix quotes "Strangers in the Night" in his Monterrey Pop performance in the middle of "Wild Thing" and taps out the melody with just his left hand was pretty awesome. :spabout

http://youtu.be/sjftYOqtFVM?t=1m14s

tooold · Dec 12, 2014

Ed Driscoll said:
Hey, that moment when Hendrix quotes "Strangers in the Night" in his Monterrey Pop performance in the middle of "Wild Thing" and taps out the melody with just his left hand was pretty awesome. :spabout

http://youtu.be/sjftYOqtFVM?t=1m14s

Ha! Number 1 hit in '67, as I recall.

Xpensive Wino · Dec 12, 2014

tooold said:
Ha! Number 1 hit in '67, as I recall.

Sinatra despised the song, calling it "a piece of shit" and "the worst fucking song that I have ever heard"...:hmm

Summers, Anthony; Swan, Robbyn. Sinatra: The Life. Random House Digital, Inc., New York, 2006, p. 334

esoteric pete · Dec 12, 2014

figuring out that THAT sg was the R&RC guitar must have been quite a thrill!

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