Auteur: Pete Townshend

Der legendäre Gitarrist und Songwriter von The Who erzählt Songwriter, Komponist, Gitarrist und kreativer Kopf hinter der legendären Band »The Who« – zu ihren Hoch-Zeiten die aufregendste Rockband de …

He is one of the greatest musical talents Britain has ever produced. But even as the principle songwriter and lead guitarist for The Who, it would be unjust to define Pete Townshend’s life simply thr …

The English musician and member of the rock band The Who shares stories from his career in this New York Times-bestselling memoir.One of rock music’s most intelligent and literary performers, Pete To …

“Raw and unsparing…as intimate and as painful as a therapy session, while chronicling the history of the band as it took shape in the Mod scene in 1960s London and became the very embodiment …

The classic New York Times bestseller: Real-life stories from prominent people talking about their experiences as alcoholics.   As an alcoholic himself, PBS host Dennis Wholey set out to collect …

Long acknowledged as one of rock music’s most intelligent and literary performers, Pete Townshend-guitarist, songwriter, singer and founding member of The Who-at last tells his wild story in this can …

The Age of Anxiety is a great rock novel, but that is one of the less important things about it. The narrator is a brilliant creation – cultured, witty and unreliable. The novel captures the crazines …

How are great turning points in history experienced by individuals?As Britain pulls away from Europe great British writers come together to give voice to their innermost feelings. These writers inclu …

Featuring personal, never-before-published photographs, fan memorabilia and anecdotes, captions from Pete, newly discovered gems from The Who archive, an introduction by legendary Who manager Bill Cu …

Das Romandebüt eines Weltstars Pete Townshend hat mit seiner Band The Who alles erreicht und dabei die Grenzen der Populärmusik ausgedehnt. Der Komponist der ersten bekannten Rockoper Tommy tauschte …

A major figure in American blues and folk music, Big Bill Broonzy (1903 1958) left his Arkansas Delta home after World War I, headed north, and became the leading Chicago bluesman of the 1930s. His s …