Private Stock, The Who.

Welcome to PRIVATE STOCK. One of the All Time Greatest Rock Band, The Who from the UK was formed in 1964 by:
Roger Daltrey- vocals, harmonica.
Pete Townshend- guitar.
John Entwistle- bass.
Keith Moon- drums.
In 1965 the band released their first album "My Generation" and one of the songs of this album "I Can't Explain" it was the first of many top ten hit singles to come and after their memorable performances in 1967 at The Monterey festival and 1969 at Woodstock they became one of the best.
Here lets check out "pinball Wizard"

The Who is definitly one of the most influential bands of the 60s and 70s. They have influenced GREAT BANDS, like: Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, AC/DC, just to name some of many bands to claim that The Who had influencing their music in one way or another. The Who change Rock music with everything they did, their live performances were so energetic they were the first band to destroy their instrumens after the show and that became a tradition for a number of years.
Here another great song lets enjoy, "Baba O'Riley"

They got so many Awards:
In 1990 The Who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2005 The Who were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.
In 2006 they won the first annual Freddie Mercury Lifetime Achievement in Live Music Award.
In 1988 they received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Phonographic Industry.
In 1998 "Tommy" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, "My generation" in 1999 and "Who's Next" in 2007.
"live at Leeds" from 1970 is considered by many critics as "the best live rock album of all the time".
These just to name a few of them. The Who wrote their name in the history of music.
Lets enjoy another great The Who song, "Who Are You"

In August of 1978 The Who released "Who Are You" their biggest seller, The band was at the top of their game having all this success. And then tragedy hit the band when in September 7 of 1978 Keith Moon died of an overdose of a prescribed medicine he was taken to combat alcohol withdrawal, it was very sad.
In 1979 The Who replaced Keith Moon and went on for a tour, the new drummer was Kenney Jones of The Faces. Here is The Who with Kenney Jones on drums performing
"Behind Blue Eyes"

The band kept going touring and recording with the 3 survivors when in June of 2002 before a US tour was due begin, John Entwistle was found dead in his room at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. To this day Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend keep touring and working together.
Here is the band Discography:
My Generation- 1965.
A Quick One- 1966.
The Who Sell Out- 1967.
Tommy- 1969.
Live at Leeds- 1970.
Who's Next- 1971.
Quadrophenia- 1973.
Odds & Sods- 1974.
The Who by Numbers- 1975.
Who Are You- 1978.
Face Dances- 1981.
It's Hard- 1982.
Endless Wire- 2006.
All of these albums are great and full of music history.
That is all this week and to end this edition of PRIVATE STOCK, lets check out from the 1969 Woodstock Festival, "See Me Feel Me".