John Entwistle

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Entwistle at a concert in 1976

John Alec Entwistle , also known by the nicknames The Ox (German: "der Ochse") and Thunderfingers (German: "Donnerfinger") (born October 9, 1944 in Chiswick , London ; † June 27, 2002 in Las Vegas , USA ) was a British rock musician. He achieved his greatest success as the bass player in the rock band The Who .

Career

While the other members of The Who - Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend and Keith Moon - freaked out during the live shows in the 1960s and 1970s, John Entwistle continued to play his bass line as the opposite pole (hence the nickname "The Ox"). For most of the Who albums he composed one or two pieces, some of which were then sung by him. His most famous compositions are likely to be Boris the Spider and My Wife .

He also played bass on Edge of the World by Glenn Tipton , the guitarist of Judas Priest .

Entwistle designed its own electric bass, the Buzzard , for the German instrument manufacturer Warwick .

Entwistle toured Hawaii and Japan in 1990 with Jeff Baxter ( Steely Dan , Doobie Brothers ), Keith Emerson ( Emerson, Lake & Palmer ), Joe Walsh ( Eagles ) and the famous studio drummer Simon Phillips under the band name The Best . An album of this line-up never came off.

Entwistle died on the eve of a US tour of The Who to heart failure . The autopsy revealed that he had cocaine in his blood on the day he died. Even if it was not supposed to have been an overdose , the drug use was responsible for the heart failure in the opinion of the medical professionals. Entwistle's memorial service took place on July 10, 2002 in St. Edwards Church in his hometown of Stow-on-the-Wold in Gloucestershire , after which he was cremated and privately interred. He was married twice and had a son. Entwistle was a member of the Freemasons Association .

The Who toured the United States despite his death. In his place, Welsh Pino Palladino played the tour.

John Entwistle left behind a remarkable collection of electric basses and guitars that was well known in the industry and documented in a book. This collection was sold by auction in mid-2003.

Discography (solo albums)

Smash Your Head Against The Wall

The album was released by Track Records in May 1971. It was produced by John Entwistle himself. The recordings were made in Trident Studios in London . The album features Neil Innes , Keith Moon , Vivian Stanshall and Jerry Shirley as musicians .

Whistle Rymes

The album was released by Track Records in November 1972. It was produced by John Entwistle and Roy Baker . It was recorded at Islands Studios in London. The musicians on the album include Rod Coombes , Peter Frampton , Alan Ross , Neil Sheppard and John Weider .

Rigor Mortis Sets In

The album was released by Track Records in June 1973. It was produced by John Entwistle and John Alcock. It was recorded at Novasound Studios in London. Tony Ashton , Howie Casey , Graham Deakin , Alan Ross , The Ladybirds and Bryan Williams can be heard on the album .

Mad Dog

The album was released by Decca in March 1975. It was produced by John Entwistle and John Alcock. It was recorded at Novasound Studios and Scorpio Studios in London. The album features Tony Ashton, Howie Casey , Dave Caswell , Doreen Chanter , Irene Chanter , Graham Deakin , Juanita Franklin , Eddie Jobson , The Nashville Cats , John Mealing , Jim Ryan and Mike Wedgewood .

Who's Ox

The album was released by Promo Records in March 1975.

Too Late the Hero

Released in 1981. Joe Walsh and Joe Vitale can be heard on the album .

Individual evidence

  1. Michael Wetzel: Video: Noble electric basses from the German province In: Deutsche Welle , magazine "Made in Germany" from September 11, 2013.
  2. usicradar.com: Quadrophenia was nearly "the end", says Pete Townshend
  3. ^ John Entwistle: Bass Culture: The John Entwistle Guitar Collection (forewords: Roger Daltrey and Rick Nielsen ), (2004), ISBN 978-1860745935 .
  4. ^ Adam Williams, PopMatters, July 8, 2003: The John Entwistle Collection - Auction .

Web links

Commons : John Entwistle  - collection of images, videos and audio files