3/12/2023 0 Comments Roger daltrey one of the boys![]() So who’s going to put him down, for making his own noise? Life on the dole ain’t no good for your soul He’s blowing all the speakers, making his own noise He’s a face in the mirror he’ll make you a fight He’s a kind of kid that don’t get invited back for a Sunday tea He knows his generation like he knows his A-B-C In the song Gibbons portrayed Daltrey as a powerful rebel, who teases all normal citizens, but also clearly stands up to the rising punks. The latter didn’t just reach into a drawer with already finished songs, but tailored a song for Daltrey with „One of the Boys“, which then even gave the name to the whole album and with the line „He’s a face in the mirror“ obviously inspired the surrealistic cover a la Rene Magritte, on which you can’t see a face in the mirror. Gibbons draws „Portrait of The Who Singer as a Young Man“ So it is not surprising that Roger Daltrey also asked Gibbons for a song he could record for the new album. Steve is from Birmingham but his culture is a stifed bag of music flour from fifteen years of Rock Harvest… (Pete Townsend in: The Steve Gibbons Book) He distills everything in the great British Rock writers tradition from Ray Davis to Lionel Bart… Steve can also bring across the true spirit of Nashville, of Dylan`s New York, or Bruce Springsteens`s or Paul Simon`s street heritage. The songwriting qualities of Steve Gibbons had moved Pete Townsend to support his career: Paul Mc Cartney and Steve Gibbons deliver songsĪmong other things Daltrey compensated the the lack of support from Leiber and Stoller inter alia by the fact that none other than Paul McCartney with „Giddy“ left him one of his freshly written songs. King, „Stand By Me“ – gratefully declined the role as producer that Daltrey had offered them. Only Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller – who had composed such classics as „Hound Dog“, „Jailhouse Rock“ and, together with Ben E. The results aren’t quite good enough to use, however, after Eric gets soused on Roger’s gift of a barrel of Fuller’s Superstrong Ale) contributed some guitar parts. Also Eric Clapton, who, however, had to struggle with alcohol-related failures at times ( On the 24th, – meant is January 1977 – Eric Clapton records a guitar overdub for Roger’s One of the Boys solo LP.In the studio, he had the support of his band mates and his friends: With a little help from a bunch of friendsĭaltrey therefore asked his friends for songs and support with the recording. 2 in the UK in October 1976) and LPs like „Endless Flight“ (No. However, when Daltrey decided to record another solo LP at that time, Leo Sayer was quite busy as his own career as a solo artist had gained considerable momentum with single hits like „You Make Me Feel Like Dancing“ (No. He was supported in his solo projects by Leo Sayer as songwriter. ![]() In 1976 he had already released three solo LPs and several successful singles, on which he recorded cover versions of other musicians. In addition, he regularly walked on musical solo paths. After the filming of the rock musical „Tommy“ he had made a name for himself as an actor by his further leading role in the (less successful and controversial movie) „Listomania“. Roger Daltrey, the lead singer of The Who was obviously not fully occupied with this job. Roger Daltrey on solo track needs support And again it was the „Who-Connection“ that made things work. Īgain, the whole thing took place in an environment of illustrious rock stars. While the Steve Gibbons Band was on its way to the top twenty of the British charts with the cover version of the Chuck Berry song „Tulane“, the cover version of one of Gibbons` own songs also made a name for itself.Īlthough this song could not place itself in the charts, it reached thousands of people on television and especially in the cinema as a short film (the term „video clip“ did not exist at that time). Source of the picture above: Screenshot Cover yourself and let others cover your songs
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