The Who guitarist originally created The Boy Who Heard Music as an Internet novella, but the rock opera has taken on a life of its own. He wrote the book, lyrics and music for this exciting new venture, which shouldnt come as too big of a shock considering he whipped up more than 100 songs for the band in its heyday. The opera is premiering this weekend at a New York festival.
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The best surprise at SXSW 2007 was seeing Pete Townshend. We went to La Zona Rosa on Thursday night to see Elvis Perkins and The Cold War Kids and right when we walked in the door, Pete Townshend strolled on stage for an acoustic set. The picture I took was really dark, but I found this clip on YouTube that does one better.
As you can tell, I’m still waiting on pictures from our last day at SXSW. I’ll have that recap up tonight or tomorrow morning.
Pete Townshend - Acoustic @ La Zona Rosa
Review by Richie Unterberger @ allmusic.com
Pete Townshend's first solo album was a homespun, charming forum for low-key, personal songs that weren't deemed suitable for the Who, as well as spiritual paeans (direct and indirect) to his spiritual guru Meher Baba. Who fans will be immediately attracted by the presence of a couple of songs from the aborted Who concept album Lifehouse (much of which
