Hi Paul: In very early 1970 I saw The Who in concert at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit. It was an exceptional show, starting off with a local band whose name I've forgotten but who impressed me by playing some kind of jazz-rock, rather before their time. The second band was Joe Cocker and his group, their first US tour. If you recall, that group was kickass at r'n'b, and they proved it that night. JC got three encores, and I wondered how in the world The Who were gonna top this guy. Well, I learned how: they were simply incredible, each one of them. Moon was really on top of his showman form that night, I've never seen any drummer like him since. Entwhistle was a literal rock, I don't think he budged an inch the whole night, and his playing was rock steady. Daltry and Townsend were also in peak form, the whole band was just wonderful. Tommy had just been released, so they did a chunk from it. That was interesting itself: the other three members completely cued into Townsend, he was essentially conducting a suddenly very attentive group through that set. Best part of the whole concert: it cost US$6. Yep, as in six dollars. Cheers, dp Paul Winkler wrote: >On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 09:54:05PM -0800, Barton Bosch wrote: > > >>> You're right. I haven't listened to it in so long I forgot. That's >>>the only Who album (big black CD) that I have. IMHO the best album they >>>ever did and one of the best rock albums of all time. >>> >>> >>Live at Leeds, Jan, Live at Leeds. >> >> > >+9999 > >1970-1971 was the band's peak, no question. >To do concerts like the one documented on "Leeds" (get the >special edition which contains the entire concert), with no >overdubs or pitch correction or backing tracks or any other >modern concert "cheats", and to follow it immediately with >"Who's Next"... an unbelievable feat. > > >
