Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Who are You?

After VH1 gave them a ceremonial "rock honors" concert in August, which was tributed by several bands including: Foo Fighters, Incubus, the Flaming Lips, Tenacious D, Pearl Jam and the Who, it's nice to see the legendary band still in the spot light. Their present spot light is accepting their award for the Kennedy Center Awards. Article can be read at www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors.
At the 31st annual event, the awards are given out to performers who have largely contributed to American arts. Other recipients include Morgan Freeman and Barbara Streisand. I am glad to see that people continue to appreciate everything that the Who has given to music and the influences they have on the generations. I am still peeved that Roger Daltrey was ranked 61st on Rolling Stones 100 greatest singers. That is too low for a guy with his range and lead singer performances. All-in-all the british born Who deserve all things that are given to them. Pete Townsend is one of the most charasmatic guitarists ever to grace the stage and still performs with the same vigor and strength as he did when he was 18.
Jack Black introduced and spoke for the Who at the event, which is cool and they had pretty good performers tribute the band. Foo Fighters and Soundgarden's Chris Cornell were among others.
It's too bad that the Who doesn't get any radio play in Omaha. Stations might play Baba O'Reilly or My Generation, but even those are far and in between. It would be great to hear them as much as you hear Aerosmith or AC/DC is Omaha. It would be good for the kids too.

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