1997-06-14
House of Blues, Chicago, IL
Here's a great solo show from Pete Townshend, mostly acoustic, stripped-down to just Pete with his guitar and piano/keyboard accompaniment. And Pete puts on an epic, nearly three-hour show, featuring more than 30 songs from throughout his career. Pete also brings in Chicago native Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) as a special guest on a couple songs ('Heart to Hang Onto' done as a tribute to the recently deceased Ronnie Lane (The Faces), 'Tattoo', and 'Magic Bus'). Although Pete's voice is a bit rough throughout, he puts on a heck of a show, and all these songs take on a very different feel when done solo than when done by The Who, or with another full band. This was a benefit show for a local Chicago charity, Maryville Academy, which was called "a leader in the treatment of physically, sexually, and emotional abused
children. It provides a safe, secure, and stable environment where
these youngsters can regain the hope they lost so long ago and begin the
healing process". This was the first of what became a series of yearly benefit shows for
the charity. Parts of the show from the following year (1998) were
released as a live album. But this is the complete show from the previous year (1997), and a fine soundboard recording to boot.
Tracklist:
01-01 Introduction
01-02 Let My Love Open the Door
01-03 Pinball Wizard
01-04 Stage Announcements
01-05 Drowned
01-06 The Shout
01-07 Heart to Hang Onto (w/Eddie Vedder)
01-08 Tattoo (w/Eddie Vedder)
01-09 Save it For Later
01-10 English Boy
01-11 I Put a Spell on You
01-12 Sensation
02-01 Songwriting Story
02-02 Behind Blue Eyes
02-03 Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
02-04 Christine’s Tune
02-05 You Better You Bet
02-06 I’m One
02-07 A Friend is a Friend
02-08 I am an Animal
02-09 Now and Then
02-10 The Sea Refuses No River
02-11 Embraceable You
03-01 Feedback Attack
03-02 Bargain
03-03 The Seeker
03-04 Bargain [reprise]
03-05 The Kids Are Alright
03-06 The Acid Queen
03-07 My Generation
03-08 Magic Bus (w/Eddie Vedder)
03-09 Rough Boys
03-10 Sheraton Gibson
03-11 Legal Matter
03-12 I’m a Boy
Pete Townshend: Piano, Guitar, Vocals
Jon Carin: Keyboards, Vocals
Special Guest: Eddie Vedder (vocals on indicated songs)
FLAC - Pete Townshend_1997-06-14_HOB_Chicago_FLAC.rar
Update Note: The previous posting of Pete Townshend's very first solo show (1974-04-14 - London) has now been updated and upgraded to include a Lossless (FLAC) version of that show in addition to the already posted mp3 version, and is available here.
Love it! Thanks BB this is a special set and then some. Great cause and this is better quality than I expected! Appreciated
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ReplyDeleteGreat post! Many thanks. (And I recently listened to "This Old Lifehouse - The Bootleg Reconstruction Project 2.0" and was blown away. What a great effort. Thanks.)
ReplyDeleteThere was, the following year, an official release of a live recording, from the same venue for the same charity. This offering, however, is both very different AND length with regards to the material. Thank you.
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