Roger Daltrey live at The London Palladium 17.7.Pete plays guitar on new Roger Daltrey album! Pete Townshend’s ‘After The Fire’ is preceded by the story of how The Who split up in 1982, and when Pete sent Roger a tape of this song in 1985 Roger knew then that The Who were only “resting”. ‘The Kids Are Alright’ has modified lyrics, very much bringing it up to date, and on ‘Tattoo’ Roger is accompanied by just Simon Townshend and Billy Nicholls. It was all down to meeting Leo Sayer apparently. ‘Giving It All Away’ from Roger’s first solo album is preceded by the story of how the song came about, and how Roger came to record it. Then he was running on the spot whilst singing the song. Roger sits and plays acoustic guitar, which is a far cry from when I first saw The Who perform it in 1981. ‘Who Are You’ is a more expected inclusion. Tonight’s version is good, but there are other songs that I would rather have heard. To be honest it’s not one of The Who’s finest moments.
Roger says that ‘Another Tricky Day’ from The Who’s ‘Face Dances’ album has “become lost”. Roger Daltrey live at The London Palladium 17.7.22 Personally I would have preferred ‘Rough Boys’ from the same album, but Roger probably knows best. Roger says that “it would have made a great Who song”. The set perhaps surprisingly starts with a Pete Townshend solo song, ‘Let My Love Open The Door’, which comes from Pete’s 1980 solo album ‘Empty Glass’. Roger has assembled a very impressive band, comprising Simon Townshend (Pete’s brother) on guitar, Doug Boyle also on guitar (Doug was in Robert Plant’s band in the late 1980s and early 1990s), Geraint Watkins on keyboards (he has previously played with Dave Edmunds, Paul McCartney, Van Morrison and many others), John Hogg on bass, Jody Linscott on percussion (she has previously played with The Who and Pete Townshend), Billy Nicholls on backing vocals (who has a long history with The Who), Steve Weston on harmonica (who played on Going Back Home, the album that Roger Daltrey made with Wilko Johnson), Ben Townshend (son of Simon) on drums, and Katie Jacoby on violin. Roger Daltrey live on his Brighton Centre concert date 22.6.22 On the other hand, it delivers a message that the world probably needs. It’s very positive and possibly a little over-optimistic in today’s climate. I must confess, I’m a tad jealous! They finish with a slightly rockier and somewhat anthemic song called ‘All Come Together’.
This is quite a rare instrument as Martin only made electric guitars for a short period in the early 1960s. Indeed Steve has a Martin electric guitar which was gifted to him by Jackson Browne. One song, ‘The Human Touch’ they co-wrote with Jackson Browne. Leslie and Steve adorn the songs with Everly Brothers style harmonies throughout the set, which are very impressive. They have only been able to tour it in recent times for obvious reasons. Her most recent album is called ‘If You can’t say Anything Nice…’ which came out in April 2020. They are both very excited to be playing the Palladium, especially Leslie who asks “is the Queen here?!!” Her Majesty isn’t, which is rather a shame as I think that she may have enjoyed Leslie’s efficient singer-songwriterly fare. Support tonight at The London Palladium comes from Leslie Mendelson, who is from New York, and she is accompanied by guitarist Steve McEwan, who is from Hull.
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