Roger Daltrey

McVicar (film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia McVicar Film poster Directed by Tom Clegg Produced by Roy Baird Bill Curbishley Roger Daltrey Written by John McVicar Tom Clegg Starring Roger Daltrey Adam Faith Cheryl Campbell Music by Roger Daltrey Various Artists Editing by Peter Boyle Distributed by The Who Films Release date(s) August 1980 Running time 108 min. Country United Kingdom Language English McVicar is a British drama film released in 1980 by The Who Films, Ltd., starring...Read Full Story

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Home | Rock | By Jessica Grant on 27/04/2011 Tag: Roger Daltrey Share Tweet The Who front man to embark on a solo tour of the legendary 1969 rock opera. The Who's front man Roger Daltrey is set to tour the band's 1969 rock opera, 'Tommy'. Daltrey is take the legendary album on the road this July, accompanied by Pete Townshend's younger brother, Simon Townshend.  Pete...Read Full Story

Home | Rock | By MusicRooms on 30/04/2011 Tag: Roger Daltrey Share Tweet Who singer Roger Daltrey auditioned to be an American Idol judge but was told he was too "formal", according to a TV executive. Fox executive Mike Darnell told Rolling Stone magazine the Brit singer wasn't right for the job. He said: "We'd seen probably 40 people for the job, and I actually saw Roger...Read Full Story

Home | Rock | By MusicRooms on 30/04/2011 Tag: Josh Homme Share Tweet Josh Homme says he would like to be called Joshua, if people weren’t so busy. The 37-year-old musician is best known for his work with metal band Kyuss and hard rock group Queens of the Stone Age. The star admits he is often perturbed when his name is shortened by others. Though he would prefer to be...Read Full Story

Home | Rock | By MusicRooms on 25/03/2011 Tag: Roger Daltrey Share Tweet Roger Daltrey reckons The Who’s vocal harmonies were better than The Beach Boys’. The singer with the legendary ‘My Generation’ rockers performed a solo concert  at London’s Royal Albert Hall last night (24.03.11), where he paid tribute to the band’s late bassist John Entwistle, and joked about being...Read Full Story

Roger Daltrey as the composer Franz Liszt in Ken Russell’s 1975 film Lisztomania British film Director Ken Russell – who directed two of my favorite films starring Roger Daltrey ( Tommy and Lisztomania ) has passed away in a hospital on Sunday (11/27/11) following a series of strokes. He was 84. BillBoard has a nice obit and recap of Russell’s career at This Link .Read Full Story

Roger Daltrey, Daltrey – Vinyl LP Record Review by Dave Thompson…. Although Roger Daltrey was by no means the first member of the Who to take the solo plunge…he was the first to make any kind of commercial impact….went Top 50 in America and, almost as an afterthought, introduced the writing talents of the young and then-unknown Leo Sayer to the public at large. Eight months ahead of his own breakthrough hit, “The Show Must Go On,” Sayer and writing partner Dave Courtney composed eight of...Read Full Story

So it was gratifying when Who vocalist Roger Daltrey announced that his own Tommy tour would follow the album as faithfully as possible. At the Nokia Theatre on Wednesday, Daltrey and his band of young American players, along with Pete’s brother Simon Townshend on guitar, gave the work life as a raw, bloody piece of rock and roll once again. more › View original post here: The Who’s Roger Daltrey Rocks Nokia TheatreRead Full Story

I am a Roger Daltrey fan. He is a throat sacrificing rocker from the cradle of real riotous rock. He's made some amazing recordings with The Who , most of which are absolutely heart-pounding, knock-you-out-of-breath, sing-along loud bar songs. Artful. Pure. Iconic. No pretense. Little guy -- powerfully rebellious voice. This song never gained much traction, but it shows a great deal of delicacy not often experienced in Daltrey's exhaustive (and exhausting) catalogue. "Where Would I Be Without...Read Full Story