February 23-24, 1994 at 8 PM
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Roger Daltrey: A Celebration of the Music of Pete Townshend and The Who.
A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, also known as Daltrey Sings Townshend, is a music event and a later live album by Roger Daltrey (of English rock band The Who) documenting a two-night concert at Carnegie Hall in February 1994.
The music event broke Carnegie Hall's two-day box office gross record, and was the fastest sell-out in the historic venue's history. The concert also raised money for Columbia Presbyterian Babies Hospital. This event was produced by Richard Flanzer and Roger Daltrey in celebration of Daltrey's 50th birthday. The Who's music was arranged for orchestra by Michael Kamen, who directed The Juilliard Orchestra for the event.
Although Roger and John perform together, Pete performs his two numbers, "And I Moved" and "Who Are You," without either of his former bandmates. The three do not appear together on stage until the finale, a performance of "Join Together," where Roger and all the guest stars group on stage.
Other guests include The Spin Doctors doing "I Can't Explain," Alice Cooper doing "I'm A Boy," Linda Perry doing "Dr. Jimmy," Lou Reed doing "Now And Then," Roger, Sinead O'Connor and The Chieftans doing "Baba O'Riley" and "After The Fire," and Eddie Vedder performing "Let My Love Open The Door," "Squeeze Box," "Naked Eye," and "My Generation." A compilation of the two shows is cablecast that weekend as a pay-per-view special. Eddie Vedder's performances are edited out, according to Roger, "because he's a star."
The event was followed by a major tour of the same name including John Entwistle on bass, Zak Starkey on drums and Simon Townshend on guitar. Although the tour was considered an artistic success, it didn't earn enough profit in several cities to cover high expenses, so it was concluded early. However, it did serve the purpose of attracting attention to songs from The Who's Quadrophenia, and gathered support for a staging and major tour of the rock opera in 1996-1997.
In 1994, Daltrey's manager, Richard Flanzer, made a $450,000 deal to record and film the two nights of Carnegie Hall performances with Tim Brack (President of Continuum Records) with direction credited to Michael Lindsay-Hogg. The CD was released on Continuum 19402 USA. Edited by Alan Miller, a DVD was released 14 July 1998. The vocal contribution of Sinéad O'Connor on "Baba O'Riley" and "After The Fire" were edited from the CD, but included on the DVD.
CD & Video Track listing:
All songs were written by Pete Townshend. The track listing for the CD and video is as follows:
Overture (7:26) Pinball Wizard (3:19) Imagine a Man (4:29) Doctor Jimmy (6:15) The Song Is Over (5:43) The Real Me (4:42) Baba O'Riley (6:42) After the Fire (5:12) 5:15 (5:58) The Sea Refuses No River (6:11) Who Are You (6:25) Won't Get Fooled Again (8:07)
N.B. "Overture" is not The Who Song from Tommy, but a special medley for these concerts and subsequent tour, consisting of "A Little Is Enough," "Rough Boys," "Sparks," "Dr. Jimmy" ("Is It Me?" section), "Baba O'Riley," "Who Are You," "Quadrophenia" ("Helpless Dancer" theme) and "See Me, Feel Me,"
Roger Daltrey – Vocals
John "Rabbit" Bundrick – Keyboards
Jon Carin – Guitar, Keyboards, background vocals
Jody Linscott – Percussion
Pino Palladino – Bass
Phil Palmer – Guitar
Simon Phillips – Drums
Billy Nicholls – Background Vocals
Cleveland Watkiss – Background Vocals
Michael Kamen – Arranger, Conductor
The Juilliard Orchestra – Orchestra
Guest Stars: Linda Perry – Vocals on "Doctor Jimmy" John Entwistle – Bass on "The Real Me" The Chieftains – Bodhrán, Bones, Fiddle, Flute, Irish Harp, Oboe, Tin Whistle, Uilleann Pipes on "Baba O'Riley" and "After the Fire" David Sanborn – Saxophone on "5.15" Pete Townshend – Guitar, Vocals on "Who Are You"
Produced by Bob Ezrin Recorded by Thom Panunzio and Bob Ezrin Mixed by Thom Panunzio, Bob Ezrin, Martin Horenburg Production and Technical Supervision: Robert (Ringo) Hrycyna Recorded on Remote Recording's Silver Truck with David Hewitt