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Careers like that of photographer Art Kane seem like exactly what the phrase “strength to strength” was meant to describe. In 1958, Kane “assembled the greatest legends in jazz and shot what became one of his most famous images,” notes the Morrison Hotel Gallery. That photo, A Great Day in Harlem, ended up becoming one … Continue reading "The Stunning, High-Art Rock Photography of Art Kane"

The Wholigans

Pete Townshend said it was an accident the first time he smashed his guitar. He was playing with The Who in a small cramped room at the Railway Hotel in Harrow, west London. The ceiling was damp with condensation, the room smoky, a smell of sweat and stale beer. The Who were playing “Smokestack Lightning,” “I’m a Man,” and “Road Runner” when: I scrape the howling Rickenbacker guitar up and down my microphone stand, then flip the special switch I recently fitted so the guitar sputters and…

An investigation into why 11 fans died at the Who's Cincinnati concert at the Riverfront Coliseum.

The band were due to kickstart the second part of The Who Hits 50! North American tour, in San Diego on Monday, but were forced to cancel due to the frontman's, pictured, mystery illness.

Lucky kid!

1. TERRY REID PASSED ON JOINING THE GROUP. The then-19-year-old singer of Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers had just been signed by a producer who was looking to make Reid a solo artist. So he told Jimmy Page no, and suggested that he offer the gig to Robert Plant, who he said looked "like a Greek god."

Yes, amazingly, this is available at BHS online - a reproduction of The Who Maximum R&B poster. Of course, reproductions abound of this classic, which was the artwork used to promote the band’s residency at

Butch Vig on Why the Who's 'Who's Next' Was Unique - Rolling Stone