Pete Townshend recounted the truth behind the story of how “Pinball Wizard” came to be part of the Who’s 1969 rock opera Tommy, forcing him to make the deaf, dumb and blind lead character into an ...
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Like so many ’60s pop bands, The Who was a singles band. Albums were often an afterthought, and the rest of the songs on the records were nothing more than filler. Radio play drove the sales.
Tommy, we can’t hear you. And it’s a shame. He still plays a mean pinball, that deaf, dumb and blind kid, but once he snaps out of his self-induced catatonic state, the young pinball wizard can’t make ...
Fifty years ago today, “that deaf, dumb and blind kid” who scored immortality in “Pinball Wizard” was born when “Tommy” — The Who’s game-changing rock opera — was released on May 23, 1969. And the ...
In the beginning, there was no pinball wizard. “Tommy” was the fourth studio album released by the British band known as The Who and a colossal step forward when it came to rock music and narrative ...
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Pete Townshend's "Pinball Wizard" Was A Last-Minute Change: "I Was Clutching At Straws"
One of the most famous characters in rock music is Tommy. Created by The Who, the titular character Tommy is, famously. a pinball star—but that was not the original intention. In fact, in his earliest ...
Casey Cott's a pinball wizard! The Riverdale fave is starring alongside Christian Borle and Mandy Gonzalez in the Kennedy Center production of The Who's Tommy, which is playing through April 28. Take ...
John is seen performing the song “Pinball Wizard” in giant boots as he becomes increasingly infuriated by lead character Tommy, the “deaf, dumb and blind kid” who “sure plays a mean pinball.” Writing ...
Pete Townshend and the cast of The Who's Tommy perform on Tonight Show in March Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images) Rock icon Pete Townshend will not only introduce the musical performance of The Who’s ...
The original Chicago cast of the newly reimagined The Who’s Tommy will join star Ali Louis Bourzgui when the musical revival opens on Broadway in March. Producers Stephen Gabriel and Ira Pittelman ...
Alison Luff most recently portrayed the role of Jenna in Waitress. She starred as Rachel in the original Broadway production of Escape to Margaritaville. She previously appeared in the Broadway ...
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