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#53 Roger Daltrey (The Who) 1994 Interview

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A never-before-published interview with Roger Daltrey from 1994.
In the interview, Daltrey talks about:

Whether he has gotten his due from his solo albums

Which album was a writing breakthrough for him

Why he thinks fans have a hard time accepting him outside of The Who

What’s great about The Who’s music

Why The Who isn’t touring

How hard it is singing Who songs

How anger changes in middle age

If he feels competitive with Pete Townshend

If he knew Townshend was competing with him

How Tommy really became a hit record

Why Townshend is the way he is about The Who

Why it was a constant struggle to make more records

How he feels everyone in the band but Pete did not get the recognition they deserved

The chemistry in the band

What was something he was proud of from the Carnegie Hall gig

Playing with the Spin Doctors on the Dave Letterman show.

How his upcoming concert differs from the Carnegie Hall show

What Townshend said to him after the Carnegie show

The challenges with the Carnegie Hall concert

The bad sound at Carnegie Hall

When he knew he was going to take the show on the road

Whether he ever considered hitting the road with a three-member rock band

Whether they considered playing Woodstock ‘94

The story of how he started spinning the microphone

How the music biz is so “bloody corporate”

Whether he thinks he will ever just sit back and relax

Whether he goes to see his contemporaries in concert

Whether he worries he’s going to disappoint fans

Why didn’t the Who do encores

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