| Genres: |
Pop / Rock
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| Descriptive "tags": |
classic rock, bass god, british, rock, genius, the who, hard rock, bass
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| Decades Active: |
1970s,
1980s,
1990s,
2000s
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| Links online: |
BBC Music,
Wikipedia
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Biography
John Alec Entwistle, 9 October 1944, Chiswick, London, England, d. 27 June 2002, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. As bass player (and occasional French horn player) in the Who, Entwistle provided the necessary bedrock to the band’s individual sound. His immobile features and rigid stage manner provided the foil to his colleagues’ impulsive pyrotechnics, yet paradoxically it was he who most enjoyed performing live. His stature as an important rock bass player was enhanced by his outstanding performance on the Who’s 1973 double album, Quadrophenia. The sole member to undergo formal musical tuition, having played the French horn with the Middlesex Youth Orchestra, Entwistle quickly asserted his compositional talent, although such efforts were invariably confined to b-sides and occasional album tracks. His songs included ‘Doctor Doctor’, ‘Someone’s Coming’ and ‘My Wife’, but he is generally recalled for such macabre offerings as...
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