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« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2006, 12:08:00 PM »
I have different thoughts about that. Hard enough they toured long time with Keith Moon replaced who was an essential part of the group IMHO, but without  John E. it's an infamy to call the remaining band The Who.

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« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2006, 12:47:14 PM »
I tend to agree with you Harald, but the voice is Roger and the guitar and pen, Pete. If they will to call it The Who, then it's The Who. To me, JAE was more than half the reason to attend their concerts, without him I see no reason to go really.
 
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« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2006, 02:00:39 PM »
I tried to go to the Who site to see who the bass player was going to be, but you have to be a member to access the site.  If it's Pino, then Pino might make it more interesting.  Plus I know some members of this forum that know a few Who tunes who could probably step right in!!!   I'm watching the Yokohama video on Pete's website right now and that looks like Pino on bass.  Nice video by the way.

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« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2006, 02:20:09 PM »
This is a really cool video; and here I was going to try to get some work done.

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« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2006, 04:33:54 PM »
I heard from the mouth of Entwistle himself that he didn't call the band the Who after Keith Moon had passed.  He called the band TED (for Townshend, Entwistle, Daltry).  When asked why he called the band TED instead of The Who he replied because TED sounds better than DET.

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« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2006, 05:41:29 PM »
At this point it might be more appropriate to call the band The What!  LOL
 
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« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2006, 06:39:17 PM »
And the next album will be called Who's Left.  
 
Seriously, though, while I understand the concept behind TED, I don't think that would have been respectful to the replacement drummer.  It may not have been The Who performing, but it was more than TED.

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« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2006, 01:48:38 AM »
Bob. It was kenny Jones - difficult to add a 'J' in there.  
It's nice that Zak starkey is sitting in - Ringo and Keith Moon were very close friends.  
 
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« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2006, 06:13:51 AM »
Not to mention that Zak is the best replacement they've found yet. Also, I'm pretty sure that Pino is on board for this......
 
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« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2006, 06:50:25 AM »
No matter the name, to me, half of the Who, no matter how old/bald/deaf/wrinkled, etc., is better than no Who at all.  
 
I loved John and Moonie, but as long as they can still cut it live, I say let 'em tour!

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« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2006, 07:08:16 AM »
Pino and Zak have played on all Who (or Who2 as they're affectionately known) gigs since John died, except Live8 - the rhythm section from another successful band, whose name escapes me at the moment (lack of sleep), played that show.  
 
Greg Lake played bass on one of the 2 singles they released after John died - I think it was Old Red Wine, but it might have been Real Good Looking Boy (sleep again).  
 
Keith Moon coached Zak on the drums personally. One of Zak's earliest professional activities was the drum tracks on John's album The Rock, which was recorded in 1986 and not released for about 10 years because of the record company execs being busted for financial misdealings. On that recording, he sounds like his dad - very straightforward timekeeping.
 
Also, the first known surfacing of the nickname TED was for the Who's brass, percussion, guitars, keys and singers-augmented megatour in 1989.
 
Re: Kenney Jones - he didn't try to mimic Moon, and the result was AMAZING live guitar and bass improv by Pete and John. Check out the much-bootlegged show from Madison Square Gardens in 1979 (they sing happy birthday to Kenney) - John takes his Spyder to the wildest places in Dreaming From the Waist, Magic Bus, Drowned and elsewhere. They also did Trick of the Light, presumably in the configuration of the rare photo elsewhere on this board of John on his 8-string Spyder and Pete on an older Sereis 1.
 
Last I knew, signing up to Pete's site is quick and free. That was indeed Pino at Yokohama. He plays solid bass with The Who, with an occasional foray out of the pocket. He's done the My Generation solo in at least 3 ways: as on the record, missing man formation where he leaves the 3rd (most difficult) run out entirely, and with some jazzy improv in the high register.

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« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2006, 07:20:03 AM »
Almost forgot - Jones was a full member of The Who (voting and financial rights) from 1979 until they broke up in '82. He played drums with them at some one-offs like Live Aid in the 80s. Simon Phillips played drums with them on the '89 tour, and Zak's had the spot since. Pete, John and Roger never allowed another person to become a full member after Jones (including longtime keyboardist John Rabbit Bundrick, who has played keys with them since '79 except for the '82 tour, where Tim Gorman replaced him because Pete fired Rabbit at the time after an alcohol-enhanced event).

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« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2006, 07:28:31 AM »
 an Alcohol-Enhanced event LOL! sounds like something I'd enjoy. Can we get tickets?
Thanks for that info Zvi - you must have an encyclopedic knwledge of all things 'Who'.
 
BTW How's the U2 tribute coming along?
 
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« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2006, 07:29:35 AM »
Thanks for the info Zvi!