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Rachel, 41, worked closely with Townshend on the orchestrations for ‘Quadrophenia’ – an album originally released in the year she was born. Her first professional job in music was as an organist in a funeral home. More recently she wrote her own stage musical, ‘Ash’. She met Townshend in 1996 and lives with him in west London.
18. Aug. 2020 · The issue Townshend would run into is the familiarity he had with the material he poured into composing the album. Like Tommy, Pete Townshend's dad had served during World War II, though Cliff Townshend's most noted role during the conflict was performing as a saxophonist for The Squadronaires, a Royal Air Force band formed to raise morale and entertain the troops.
31. März 2024 · Pete Townshend was born into a musical family with his father, Cliff Townshend, a professional alto saxophonist in the Roya Air Force’s dance band, “The Squandronaires”. His mother, Betty was also a singer with the Sydney Torch Les Douglass Orchestras. Due to their shared problematic drinking and explosive tempers, the Townshends’ marriage was unstable. Betty engaged in extramarital ...
Clifford Blandford Townshend (28 January 1916 – 29 June 1986) was an English jazz musician who played saxophone in the Royal Air Force Dance Orchestra, popularly known as The Squadronaires. He also played clarinet in the band. His eldest son, Pete, gained renown as guitarist and principal composer for the band The Who.
3. Jan. 2018 · He was born Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend on May 19, 1945, in Chiswick, Middlesex, England, the eldest son of singer Betty (née Dennis) and jazz saxophonist Cliff Townshend (1916–1986). His parents met as RAF musical enlistees during WWII. Cliff toured constantly with his band The Squadronaires, sparking tension in their marriage. After a two-year separation where Pete lived with his ...
Pete Townshend (fødd 9. mai 1945 i Chiswick i England) er ein engelsk rocke gitarist, songar, låtskrivar og forfattar som hovudsakleg er kjend som gitarist og låtskrivar i The Who. Han har ei karriere som har vart over 40 år og leia bandet gjennom ein periode då bandet vart eit av dei viktigaste påverknadskjeldene i rockehistoria. The Who er òg kjend som eit av dei beste konsertbanda ...
18 August 2021... FamousFix profile for Cliff Townshend including biography information, wikipedia facts, photos, galleries, news, youtube videos, quotes, posters ...
