Lord Snowdon, in 1958 and, a couple of months later, sat for a portrait with him. Cliff Townshend was often away from his family touring with his band while Betty carried on affairs with other men. [144][145] Townshend claimed he accessed the images as research in a campaign against child sexual abuse[146] specifically, to prove that British banks were complicit in channelling the profits from paedophile rings. "We advanced a new concept", he writes. The launch, followed on 5 November by a fund-raising event, was also attended by Robert Plant and Dave Grohl.[157]. [140], In a 1989 interview with radio host Timothy White, Townshend apparently acknowledged his bisexuality, referencing the song "Rough Boys" on his 1980 album, Empty Glass. [98], On 22 March 2018, Townshend stated that a new Who album should feature original songs by Roger Daltrey as well as him. I'm 66, I don't have perfect hearing, and if I listen to loud music or go to gigs I do tend to get tinnitus". When this established that millions of people were living in abject hardship, the shockwaves went beyond the academy, making Townsend a public figure - "the man who rediscovered poverty". He also occasionally used Fender Jazzmasters on stage in 1967 and 1968[123] and in the studio for Tommy. [143] Townshend also stated that he once felt sexually attracted to the Rolling Stones lead singer, Mick Jagger. He was previously married to Marie-Luce Jamagne and Cecil Rosemary Pawle. : Peter Townsend. These include concept albums, the rock operas Tommy (1969) and Quadrophenia (1973), plus popular rock radio staples such as Who's Next (1971); as well as dozens more that appeared as non-album singles, bonus tracks on reissues, and tracks on rarities compilation albums such as Odds & Sods (1974). Buckingham Palace on Tuesday announced the death of Townsend, an equerry to Margaret's father, King George VI, and later to her sister, Queen Elizabeth II, and said the princess ``was sad to learn of this news.'' Townshend has also attributed the start of his hearing loss to Keith Moon's famous exploding drum set during the Who's 1967 appearance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. He came from a musical family: his father, Cliff Townshend, was a professional alto saxophonist in the Royal Air Force's dance band the Squadronaires and his mother, Betty (ne Dennis), was a singer with the Sydney Torch and Les Douglass Orchestras. [57] He began to develop a musical piece about a deaf, dumb, and blind boy who would experience sensations musically. It was a moderate success and featured demos of Who songs as well as a showcase of his acoustic guitar talents. Townshend shares songwriting credit on two songs ("Love on the Air" and "All Lovers Are Deranged") on Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's 1984 solo album About Face. Townshend, who 50 years ago, wrote the Who's Tommy, which dealt with a child spurred into what he's described as a form of traumatic autism, explained that the disorder has hit close to home. The medals, which currently belong to a private collector after they were sold by Townsend for $35,200 in 1988 to benefit a trust fund set up to assist children . May 25, 2017 - WOMAN Group Captain Peter Townsend MARRIED INSTEAD OF PRINCESS MARGARET. May 19, 1945 (age 70. Princess Margaret (L), Princess Elizabeth and Group Captain Peter Townsend, Ascot, 1951. [104][105] He summarized the work in an interview with Sirius Satellite Radio published February 2010. In 1979 Townshend produced and performed guitar on the novelty single "Peppermint Lump" by Angie on Stiff Records, featuring 11-year-old Angela Porter on lead vocals. Sunday would have marked the 92nd birthday of the Queen 's only sibling, her younger sister Princess . Born in Germany, he has been a resident of Syracuse for most of his life. In 2006 Townshend had a pedalboard designed by long-time gear guru Pete Cornish. According to The Telegraph, three years after publicly declaring the end of her scrutinized relationship with divorc Group Captain Peter Townsend (who was 16 years her senior), Margaret met Lord Snowdon.Then 28, the princess was a staple of London's elite nightlife scene, so it was fitting that she and the photographer first saw each other at a private dinner party. [71], A film version of Tommy was directed by Ken Russell, and starred Roger Daltrey in the title role, Ann-Margret as his mother, and Oliver Reed as his step-father, with cameos by Tina Turner, Elton John, Eric Clapton, and other rock notables; the film premiered on 18 March 1975. George came back to Quahog to see his old friend, Brian . Among his creations is the rock opera Quadrophenia. Pete Townsend's children. He is co-founder, leader, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s.[2][3]. Before long, the two struck up . (1955) May 25, 2017 - WOMAN Group Captain Peter Townsend MARRIED INSTEAD OF PRINCESS MARGARET. [74] The Who by Numbers came out in November of that year and peaked at No. It became a commercial smash, reaching number one in the UK, and spawned two successful hit singles, "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again", that featured pioneering use of the synthesizer. 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[7] . He died late Monday at his home 30 miles from Paris where he lived with his wife, Marie . He has also used Guild,[113] Takamine[114] and Gibson J-200 acoustic models, with the J-200 providing his signature recorded acoustic sound in such songs as "Pinball Wizard".[115]. Now, as part of an exciting online auction, a group of 11 medals awarded to Townsend are set to go on sale with Dix Noonan Webb, where they are expected to fetch up to 200,000. Princess Margaret's controversial romance with Peter Townsend put the royal family in an uncomfortable position. "[109] Townshend notes that growing up in this period produced the narrative that runs through his music of a boy lost in the stresses and pressures of postwar life. [87], Townshend made several solo appearances during the 1970s, two of which were captured on record: Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert[88] in January 1973 (which Townshend organized to revive Clapton's career after the latter's heroin addiction),[89] and the Paul McCartney-sponsored Concerts for the People of Kampuchea in December 1979. Margaret became enamored with Peter Townsend, a dashing World War II fighter pilot. In the early days with the Who, Townshend played an Emile Grimshaw SS De Luxe and 6-string and 12-string Rickenbacker semi-hollow electric guitars primarily (particularly the Rose-Morris UK-imported models with special f-holes). I have computer systems in my studio that have helped me do my engineering work on the forthcoming Quadrophenia release. At . Many members of the Townsend family were born in Sterling, Orange County, New York, including brothers Isaiah Townsend (1777-1838) and John Townsend (1783-1854), great-nephews of Peter Townsend. The Who were renowned as a very loud band in their live performances; some particular incidents include a Who concert at the Charlton Athletic Football Club, London, on 31 May 1976 that was listed as the "Loudest Concert Ever" by the Guinness Book of Records, where the volume level was measured at 126 decibels 32 metres from the stage. Despite The Crown's depiction of a reunion in the 1990s, it is too simplistic to blame the late Queen . Peter Dennis Townshend ( / tanznd /; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. [32] In 1963, Townshend's father arranged an amateur recording of "It Was You", the first song his son ever wrote. As we hark back to the events that led to this statement, the royal family endures one knockback . Princess Margaret and Antony married in 1960, with their wedding making history as the first ever royal wedding to be televised. During the 1980s, Townshend mainly used Fenders, Rickenbackers and Telecaster-style models built for him by Schecter and various other luthiers. In March 2011, Roger Daltrey said in an interview with the BBC that Townshend had recently experienced gradual but severe hearing loss and was now trying to save what remained of his hearing: "Pete's having terrible trouble with his hearing. After bringing out one failed single ("I'm the Face/Zoot Suit"), they dropped Meaden and were signed on by two new managers, Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert, who had paired up with the intention of finding new talent and creating a documentary about them. He was a fine mayor from what I understand, but I think the position he's got really would be better served by a person who's managed a large enterprise". [148], Townshend suffers from partial deafness and tinnitus, likely the result of noise-induced hearing loss from his extensive exposure to loud music. [28] In the early days of the Detours, the band's repertoire consisted of instrumentals by the Shadows and the Ventures, as well as pop and trad jazz covers. In 1799 Isaiah Townsend moved to Albany, New York, to become a partner in the firm of Stewart & Townsend, also iron merchants. Modestly . PETER TOWNSEND OBITUARY. Over the years, Townshend has used many types of amplifier, including Vox,[124] Selmer, Fender, Marshall, and Hiwatt, sticking to using Hiwatt amps for most of four decades. Peter was born in Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar) in 1914 to Lieutenant Colonel E. C. Townsend and his wife. He joined the Royal Air . As the Who prepare to headline Glastonbury next Sunday, Pete Townshend's daughter Emma looks back on her extraordinary childhood in the shadow of one of the world's greatest rock'n'roll bands . LONDON (AP) _ Group Capt. In the eight years I had followed him, I had donated only coppers to foundations set up around the world to carry out the Master's wishes and decided it was about time I put myself on the line. Margaret could have married Peter Townsend without the Queen's agreement, but only if she had given up all her royal privileges and rank and she wasn't prepared to do that. Like Psychoderelict, it was yet another extrapolation of Lifehouse and Ray High & The Glass Household. After a lengthy delay, Townshend's autobiography, now titled Who I Am, was released 8 October 2012. Peter Townsend, the divorced war hero forced 40 years ago by the royal family and the British Government to end his love affair with Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II . [46] Lambert encouraged Townshend to write longer pieces of music for the next album, which became "A Quick One, While He's Away". [151] He refused to let Michael Moore use "Won't Get Fooled Again" in Fahrenheit 9/11, saying that he watched Bowling for Columbine and was not convinced. Peter Townsend was a decorated World War II hero who flew with the Royal Air Force before joining the royal household as an equerry to King George VI in 1944. Due to his aggressive playing style and innovative songwriting techniques, Townshend's works with the Who and in other projects have earned him critical acclaim. Sign Up. Townshend wrote in a 1977 Rolling Stone article: For a few years, I had toyed with the idea of opening a London house dedicated to Meher Baba. [39] The on-stage destruction of instruments soon became a regular part of the Who's live shows. [97] In 2012, the Who announced they would tour the rock opera Quadrophenia. [116] However, as instrument-smashing became increasingly integrated into the Who's concert sets, he switched to more durable and resilient (and, importantly, cheaper) guitars for smashing, such as the Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster and various Danelectro models. Townsend (center) with the royal family leaving St Paul's cathedral. In 1989 during a radio interview, Townshend was mistakenly believed to have acknowledged his bisexuality, which he later clarified as actually a reference to gay friends.. . [25] He ultimately chose to study graphic design at Ealing Art College, enrolling in 1961. [111], Although he grew up in a household with jazz musicians, Townshend absorbed many of his ideas about performance and rock music themes during art school. "[154], In a 2019 interview with The Times, Townshend revealed he was in favour of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union, stating, "I'm a Remainer, he [Roger Daltrey] is a Brexiteer. The song and its famous line "I hope I die before I get old" was "very much about trying to find a place in society", Townshend stated in an interview with David Fricke. The two-year separation ended when Cliff and Betty purchased a house together on Woodgrange Avenue in middle-class Acton, and the young Pete was happily reunited with his parents. [12] He enjoyed his family's frequent excursions to the seaside and the Isle of Man. [10] His neighbourhood was one-third Polish, and a devout Jewish family upstairs shared their housing with them and cooking with themmany of his father's closest friends were Jewish. Instead of throwing the smashed parts away, Townshend reassembled the pieces as a sculpture. The Family Life of Old People: An Inquiry in East London. Several of Townshend's essays have been posted online, including "Meher BabaThe Silent Master: My Own Silence" in 2001, and "A Different Bomb", an indictment of the child pornography industry, the following year. I was confronting my audience with the awful, visceral sound of what we all knew was the single absolute of our frail existenceone day an aeroplane would carry the bomb that would destroy us all in a flash. I can't really see any way around the issue." Dubbed Lifehouse, it was designed to be a multi-media project that symbolised the relationship between a musician and his audience. Rock icon pens memoir. Date of birth. Townshend also embarked on a project dedicated to the collection, restoration and maintenance of Meher Baba-related films. However, since 2006, he has only three Vibro-King stacks, one of which is a backup. [36] The band was soon taken on by a mod publicist named Peter Meaden who convinced them to change their name to the High Numbers to give the band more of a mod feel. Barnes, Richard. It could happen at any time. or. The loving husband of Robin D. Petersen, owners and operators of Back Bay Farm in Ipswich. Townsend died of stomach cancer in 1995, at the age of 80, in Rambouillet, France. [15], Upon passing the eleven-plus exam, Townshend was enrolled at Acton County Grammar School. Birthdate: January 01, 1736. Townshend called the work an "extended meditation on manic genius and the dark art of creativity." [56], By 1968, Townshend became interested in the teachings of Meher Baba. [51] Townshend took to trashing his hotel suites, though not to the extent of his bandmate Moon. Notable artists and designers gave lectures at the college such as auto-destructive art pioneer Gustav Metzger. Townshend played keyboards on several Who songs. Their siblings included Peter, Noah, Samuel and William. The Who continues to perform critically acclaimed sets into the 21st century, including highly regarded performances at The Concert For New York City in 2001, the 2004 Isle of Wight Festival, Live 8 in 2005, and the 2007 Glastonbury Festival. Peter Townsend. We're finished. Although known for his musical compositions and musicianship, Townshend has been extensively involved in the literary world for more than three decades, writing newspaper and magazine articles, book reviews, essays, books, and scripts. I think paedophilia is appalling." The Daily Mail said Scotland Yard officers were now investigating and deciding whether to make an arrest . Townshend sat on a committee which oversaw the operation and finances of the centre. [108], In 1967 Townshend had begun to explore spirituality. The commercially available video of the Kampuchea concert shows the two rock icons duelling and clowning[90] through Rockestra mega-band versions of "Lucille", "Let It Be", and "Rockestra Theme"; Townshend closes the proceedings with a characteristic split-legged leap.[91]. Two early 1979 concerts by the Who raised 20,000 for Patterson's Pharmakon Clinic in Sussex. They married on 20 May 1968 and moved into a three-bedroom townhouse in Twickenham in outer south-west London that overlooked the Thames. [149], In 1989, Townshend gave the initial funding to allow the formation of the non-profit hearing advocacy group H.E.A.R. The ORK (original smaller) keyboard of which is on display in his company's head office alongside a pink Vespa scooter. Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) March 2, 2023. In 1997 Townshend signed a deal with Little, Brown and Company publishing to write his autobiography, reportedly titled Pete Townshend: Who He? In February 2006, a major world tour by the Who was announced to promote their first new album since 1982. "[30] Dawson quit in 1962 after arguing too much with Daltrey, who subsequently moved to lead vocalist. He is co-founder, leader, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s.
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