Pete Townshend (born Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend on
May 19,
1945 in
Chiswick,
London), is an award-winning
English rock guitarist,
singer,
songwriter, and
composer.Townshend made his name as the guitarist and principal songwriter for rock band
The Who. His career with them spans more than 40 years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the greatest and most influential rock bands of all time, in addition to being "possibly the greatest live band ever." Townshend is the primary songwriter for the group, writing over 100 songs on the band's eleven studio albums, including the
rock operas Tommy and
Quadrophenia, plus dozens of additional songs that appeared as non-album track singles, bonus tracks on reissues and tracks on rarities compilations such as
Odds and Sods. Although known mainly for being a guitarist, he is also an accomplished singer and keyboard player, and has played many other instruments on his solo albums, and on some Who albums (such as
banjo,
bass guitar,
drums).
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