John Entwistle

John Alec Entwistle (October 9th 1944 - June 27th 2002), British musician , was the bass player group The Who. He is regarded as one of most talented and important bass player of all times. In 2000, the English review Guitar magazine indicated it Meilleur Bass player of the Millenium.

Career

See also: The Who

John Alec Entwistle was born in Chiswick, in the suburbs of London, in 1944. In its childhood, it is formed to play of the trumpet, the Cor and the Piano: these three instruments will be used later in many compositions of Who. It integrates thus the Middlesex Youth Orchestra . It is put thereafter at the guitar, but feels quickly attracted by the serious and powerful sound of the low , and thus passed to the “four cords”.

With his/her friend of childhood Pete Townshend, they recruit Roger Daltrey and form, with the beginning of the year 1960, the ancestor group of Who: The Turnings . In 1964, the three musicians actuate with them the beater Keith Moon: the final form of the group is adopted.

Of good constitution (one said that it was " able to eat, drink and make more than the remainder of the groupe"), John Entwistle had acquired the pseudonym of " The OX " , which means in French " the Ox ". He was often regarded as calmest of the members of Who: Besides Bill Wyman described it like the calmest man into private but most extremely on scene. . It had indeed adopted a very original play which consisted with… never not moving, which contrasted as well with the speed of the movements of its fingers (it for this reason was called John Thunderfingers Entwistle) as with the chaos caused by its three assistants.

John Entwistle was a talented type-setter and artist. He wrote some of the most famous songs of Who like: Cousin Kevin , My Wife , Boris the Spider or Heaven and Hell , title headlight of Who played at each beginning in concert and presenting with vigor the style of the group. Its single personality was expressed through the topics of its songs, often on provocative topics like the Divorce ( My Wife ) or the abuses undergone by a little boy. (see all the participations of Entwistle in the work of Who)

In addition to its activity with Who, Entwistle carried out a career solo, it left many albums solo to the beginning of the year 1970.

John Entwistle died in 2002 with Las Vegas, first the concert day before of a round of Who in the USA. The bass player of Italian origin Pino Palladino replaced it on scene. The medical examiner of Las Vegas declared that this death was due to an heart attack, following a catch of cocaine.

Musical characteristics

The contribution of Entwistle to the rock'n'roll was to raise the low one with the row of instrument of foreground. Equipped with a strong personality and not intending to be given to the background like the majority of the bass players of the sixties, it developed an original play, practitioner of the arpeggios and fast, aggressive and very inventive fronts with a sound volume deafening. Its basic play arose badly in studio, its style and its sound were developed with their maximum at the time of the passage of Who to the Rolling Stones 'Rock-and-roll Circus in 1968, or during the recording in the concert Live At Leeds in 1970. At the time of the concerts, Entwistle and the guitarist Pete Townshend often exchanged their role: Quickly playing Entwistle of the melody lines, like a soloist, while Townshend added rhythmic parts with the piece. Entwistle was also a pionner in the use of the roundwound steel low strings developed especially for him, by the Rotosound company .

One can say that Entwistle was the musician more trained of the group, controlling instrument as complex and various as the Trompette, the horn, the Piano, and of course the low . Its musical technique was irreproachable. It anchored the group in the tempo at the time of the concerts, being always of an impeccable regularity, giving measurement while accompanying Pete Townshend in its improvisations.

More prosaically, Entwistle used indifferently the Médiator or the play with the fingers, sometimes within the same song.

Entwistle has development assistance of the sound striking of low, creating an unusual technique known as of typewriter , many years before the Slapping either introduced by the pionner of the funk Larry Graham. This percussion sound is obvious in the basic solo of 1964, recorded on the individual one of Who: My Generation (available in the album My Generation).

In addition, the musician, who had however adapted to the Rock and the Jazz, hated the Rap. One owes him these dry and not disguised words: " I cannot support the rap… " Those which cannot sing rappent" … " One can sing the rebellion as well as the parler" … " Hitler would have been in a group of rap" …

Influences

The influences of Entwistle are described by itself, like a combination of guitarists of rock'n'roll & roll like Duane Eddy and Gene Vincent, of drunk person and bass players of R&B like James Jamerson. Its musical formation led it to know to control the horn, the trumpet and the piano. By bringing the low one to musical foreground, Entwistle was the model of very many musicians of which Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead, Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, Claypool, Geddy Lee, No5el Redding,…

Discography

Smash Your Head Against the Wall (1971)
Whistle Rymes (1972)
Rigor Mortis Sets In (1973)
Mad Dog (1975)
Too Late the Hero (1981)
The Rock'n'roll (1996)
King Cookie Flower Hour Present in Concert (1996)
Left for Live (1999)
Music From Van Worse (2000)

Titles (within Who)

Entwistle only

03 - Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde - 02:27 - Drunk Magic: The Who one Turn

02 - Boris the Spider - 2:29 - has Quick One

04 - Whiskey Man - 2:57 - has Quick One ( Écouter an extract of Whiskey Man )

15 - Doctor, Doctor - 2:59 - has Quick One

16 - I' ve Been Away - 2:08 - has Quick One

02 - Heinz Baked Beans - 0:57 - The Who Sell Out

11 - Silas Stingy - 3:04 - The Who Salt Out

09 - Medac - 0:57 - The Who Salt Out

17 - Someone' S Coming - 2:29 - The Who Salt Out

08 - Cousin Kevin - 04:07 - Tommy

12 - Fiddle Butt - 01:26 - Tommy

01 - Heaven and Hell - 4:50 - Live At Leeds

04 - My Wife - 3:41 - Who' S next

19 - When I Has Boy - 3:31 - Rarities 1966-1972

20 - Postcard - 3:30 - Odds and Sods ( 1998 remastered CD )

06 - Success Story - 3:22 - The Who By Numbers

02 - Had Enough - 4:27 - Who Are You

03 - 905 - 4:02 - Who Are You

06 - Trick Of The Light - 4:45 - Who Are You

04 - Calm The One - 3:09 - Face Dances

08 - You - 4:30 - Face Dances

02 - It' S Your Turn - 3:39 - It' S Hardware

05 - Dangerous - 3:15 - It' S Hardware

09 - One At has Time - 2:55 - It' S Hard

Credited

12 - The OX (Pete Townshend/Keith Moon/John Entwistle/Nicky Hopkins) - 3:50 - My Generation

17 - In The City (Keith Moon/John Entwistle) - 2:21 - Quick One

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