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The Who bassist John Entwistle led a riotous life that ended in a very rock 'n' roll death, as a rollicking new biography reveals
The Who made their US television debut in September on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, a prime-time variety show. Co-host Tommy Smothers had recently compered the Monterey Pop Festival, where the band had violently smashed their equipment to pieces, and he had invited them to repeat the sturm und drang of their monterey set.
Drummer Keith Moon took matters into his own hands. He bribed a stagehand to stuff his drum kit with an excessive amount of pyrotechnic flash powder, and detonated it at the end of a climactic My Generation. The force of the blast blew his kit apart. Moon got sliced and diced with shrapnel; Pete Townshend was deafened in one ear; backstage, legend has it, Hollywood grande dame Bette Davis fainted into the arms of her fellow guest Mickey Rooney.
The Who in their Sixties heyday. From left: John Entwistle, Roger Daltrey, Keith M
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6 Apr
This month sees the publication of an authorised biography of John Entwistle entitled The Ox: The Last of the Great Rock Stars. It&#;s authorised by John&#;s first wife Alison and his son Christopher and is dedicated to them both – &#;for their trust and so much more&#;.
Our friend – and John&#;s too – journalist and writer Chris Charlesworth has written an honest and very fair review of The Ox on his excellent blog site Just Backdated and has kindly given us permission to reproduce it here. You can read more of Chris&#;s fascinating blogs at Just Backdated by clicking the link here. But first, The Ox . . .
THE OX: THE LAST OF THE GREAT ROCK STARS.
THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN ENTWISTLE by Paul Rees
In John Entwistle spent two months in the region of Connemara on the west coast of Ireland where fierce winds coming off the Atlantic soon blew away any traces of last night’s old red wine. Here, in a stone house that was once the home of an archbish
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John Entwistle
English musician; bassist for The Who (–)
For the English cyclist, see John Entwistle (cyclist). For the English Member of Parliament, see John Entwistle (politician).
Musical artist
John Alec Entwistle (9 October &#;&#; 27 June ) was an English musician, best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band the Who. Entwistle's music career spanned over four decades. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers",[2] he was the band's only member with formal musical training and also provided backing and occasional lead vocals. Entwistle was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in
Renowned for his musical abilities, Entwistle is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rock bass guitarists of all time. His instrumental approach utilized pentatonic lead lines and a then-unusual treble-rich sound ("full treble, full volume"). He was voted as the greatest bass guitar player ever in a Rolling Stone rea