Favorite photos of the WHO. Do we have a thread like this? My fave pic of Pete...

41 years ago today, Pete about to kill a cockroach as The Who play their second Show at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium July 31 1971.

 

What is that thing? It looks like a battle axe.

 

One of John's 4-string Alembics:

 

I believe that particular photo was taken at Madison Square Garden in '79 during "Trick of the Light". Pete played Entwistle's 4 string Alembic bass while Entwistle played his then-new custom 8 string Alembic.

 

That must have sounded strange. The song has electric guitar riffs all over the place.

Funny how his stance and the way he's playing looks like he's playing guitar.

 

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The photo of Pete playing bass guitar with The Who was taken on September 10th, 1979 at The Capital Theatre Passaic New Jersey. The Who played two warm up shows on the 10th and 11th in preparation for the shows at Madison Square Garden.

 

That's a great picture. My bass teacher would have a conniption if he saw me fretting the strings like that (or playing with a pick).

 

Capitol Theatre- 1979

That Sunburst Les Paul #6 doesn't show up often in photos. It must of had a short life.......

 

PT jamming with the GD in West Germany, March 1981.

 

Capital Centre, Landover, MD 8/3/76

 

If this performance was typical of those in 1979, the live arrangement compensated for the lack of electric guitar with keyboards and (clumsy, imho) horn stabs.

 

Hamburg, Germany 8/12/72....

 

I knew this had to be photoshopped because there's no way Pete could have a vertical leap of over 3 feet. Just sayin'.

 

Yeah, they photoshopped out the trampoline that he jumped on to get that shot

 

Yeah, it's well known that Peter Gabriel had the highest vertical jump of any rock star!

 

Edwardsville, Illinois 8/16/71....

 

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STONERS

 

from the Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago, IL 8/19/71....

 

Take the plastic off the lampshade, for Pete's sake!

 

Buffalo 1975

 

Happy Birthday to Keith Moon!

The Who at the Metropolitan Opera House, NYC 6/7/70....