John Entwistle
John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English musician, songwriter, singer, film and music producer, who was best known as the original bass guitarist for the English rock band The Who. He was the only member of the band to have formal musical training. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Who in 1990.
Entwistle's instrumental approach used pentatonic lead lines, and a then-unusual treble-rich sound ("full treble, full volume") created by roundwound RotoSound steel bass strings. He was nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers," the latter because his digits became a blur across the four-string fretboard. In 2011, he was voted the greatest bassist of all time in a Rolling Stone reader's poll. According to the The Biography Channel, Entwistle is considered by many to be the best bass guitarist that ever lived, and considered to have done for the bass what Jimi Hendrix did for the guitar.
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Famous quotes by John Entwistle:
"My wife's in judge of me, Murdered in cold blood is what I'm gonna be, I ain't been home since Friday night, And now my wife Is comin' after me"
"Wow, I sure do miss John — hey, groupies!"
"So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble."
"What I feel I am doing now is giving to the people exactly what they paid for but never actually heard before."
"I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that."
"I don't mind doing the Who tours when they come along but I want to get out there and play."
"I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me."
"I love playing for people."
"I don't wish my career on anyone."
"I deep sea fish a lot."
"We'll open for anyone, we are just looking to play."
"I am writing a book and that takes third place of importance."
"The first eight songs we were using someone else's monitors and it is hard to follow the changes when you are jamming if you can't hear those who you are jamming with."
"I supply the music for Vampires, which is a new series that's coming out."
"I got a couple on per album but my problem was that I wanted to sing the songs and not let Roger sing them."
"I have got an anthology album out. The American version has got the same mixes but the European version, I remixed them in the studio and added a couple of things that I have always wanted to add."
"We were gradually playing larger venues and in the early days PA systems were kind of non-existent. So to play loud, we had to use louder equipment. The PA systems back then didn't mic the instruments - only the vocals."
"With bass, especially bottom end, the vibration has to happen on stage otherwise the feel is wrong. This is why you can't scale the equipment down too far."
John Entwistle
ALBUMS
- Mad Dog released: 2005
- The Rock released: 2005
- Rigor Mortis Sets In released: 2005
- Smash Your Head Against the Wall released: 2005
- So Who's the Bass Player? The Ox Anthology released: 2005
- Whistle Rymes released: 2005
- From the Front Row...Live! released: 2004
- Left for Live released: 2002
- Music from Van-Pires released: 2000
- Anthology released: 1998
- King Biscuit Flower Hour: John Entwistle released: 1997
- Thunderfingers: The Best of John Entwistle released: 1996
- Too Late the Hero released:
Rigor Mortis Sets In
Released 2005- Gimme That Rock 'n' Roll
- Mr. Bass Man
- Do the Dangle
- Hound Dog
- Made in Japan
- My Wife
- Roller Skate Kate
- Pet Leg Peggy
- Lucille
- Big Black Cadillac
- BP Big Gallon Jingle ("100 Miles of Motorway") (demo)
- BP Big Gallon Jingle ("100 Miles of Motorway") (demo with Voiceover)
- Made in Japan (early take)
- Peg Leg Peggy (early take)
Smash Your Head Against the Wall
Released 2005- My Size
- Pick Me Up (Big Chicken)
- What Are We Doing Here?
- What Kind of People Are They?
- Heaven & Hell
- Ted End
- You're Mine
- No. 29 (Eternal Youth)
- I Believe in Everything
- Cinnamon Girl
- It's Hard to Write a Love Song (demo)
- The Haunted Can Be Free (demo)
- World Behind My Face (demo)
- My Size (early take)
- What Kind of People Are They? (demo)
- Pick Me Up (Big Chicken) (demo)
- No. 29 (Eternal Youth) (demo)
- Ted End (demo)
So Who's the Bass Player? The Ox Anthology
Released 2005- My Size
- Pick Me Up (Big Chicken)
- What Are We Doing Here?
- Heaven & Hell
- Ted End
- Ten Little Friends
- Apron Strings
- Thinkin' It Over
- Who Cares
- I Wonder
- I Was Just Being Friendly
- Do the Dangle
- Made in Japan
- Roller Skate Kate
- Peg Leg Peggy
- Lady Killer
- Mad Dog
- Cell Number 7 (live)
- Whiskey Man (live)
- Boris the Spider (live)
Born: 1944-10-09
Died: 2002-06-27
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Sometimes
by: John EntwistleEntwistle, Luongo & Levi
Copyright 1997 Bitsa Talent Inc.
You can't see evil, but it's there
Feel its presence, it hangs in the air
When trouble knocks and enters the room
I'll be there
CHORUS
Sometimes things don't go quite the way we plan
Sometimes you have to choose to be a boy or be a man
The signs of life are far and few
It seems at times just me and you
No one listens
No one cares
Who will answer silent prayers
CHORUS
Sometimes things don't go quite the way we plan
Sometimes you have to choose to be a boy or be a man
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He’s worked with Ringo Starr, David Bowie, John Entwistle (The Who), Matt Cameron and Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Billy Preston and more.
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The Who's Roger Daltrey, 81, reveals sad health battle live on stage during charity concert ...
John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Doug Sandom were all members of The Who before their deaths, while Kenney Jones last performed with the band in 2014 ... (pictured with John Entwistle and Keith Moon in 1966).
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‘It Came From a Place of Resentment’
“P-p-p-people try to put us down.” I was a big fan of John Lee Hooker, who actually had a stutter ... The idea of the bass solo, it was quite clear that John Entwistle was a far better shredder than me ... So it felt natural to do what John did with it ... ....
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“Women were coming to the studio to shag Roger Daltrey. John Entwistle was ordering food ...
Pete Townshend claims The Who’s 1973 album Quadrophenia was written to “save” the band from their own excesses during a period of wild success ... READ MORE ... “By 1971 the mods were history ... John Entwistle was ordering food from Harrods,” Townshend says ... .
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