Who fans should read this page on Pete Townshend's web site. Hard to imagine "The Who Unplugged", but it could happen.
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Pete Burak
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Get those custom musicians earplugs in, folks!!!
Pete Townsend quote:
On the first issue, the recent return to touring, and to me playing electric guitar - albeit more quietly than I used to in the '70s - has lead to further deterioration of my hearing. My right ear, which encounters both my own edgy guitar, and the machine gun strokes of the drums, has suffered badly. Luckily for me, I still have my left ear, which seems to be less ****ed up. When I've worked solo in the past five years I've not used drums. This has meant I could play more quietly I think. With The Who, there is of course no way to play the old songs without drums. I have no idea what I can do about this. I am unable to perform with in-ear monitors - in fact they increase the often unbearable tinnitus I suffer after shows.
Pete Townsend quote:
On the first issue, the recent return to touring, and to me playing electric guitar - albeit more quietly than I used to in the '70s - has lead to further deterioration of my hearing. My right ear, which encounters both my own edgy guitar, and the machine gun strokes of the drums, has suffered badly. Luckily for me, I still have my left ear, which seems to be less ****ed up. When I've worked solo in the past five years I've not used drums. This has meant I could play more quietly I think. With The Who, there is of course no way to play the old songs without drums. I have no idea what I can do about this. I am unable to perform with in-ear monitors - in fact they increase the often unbearable tinnitus I suffer after shows.
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nick allen
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Yes, yes, yes!!
I use earplugs when playing with an electric band, and also as an audience member, except *very* occasionally at a show if there is just an acoustic guitar or two. My wife, whose hearing is more sensitive than mine, uses them all the time, and even sometimes in the movies (she spent too much time hanging out in discos in her earlier days!)
Jeff Beck has very bad tinnitus, I understand, and Clapton is virtually deaf in one ear. And this quote is from the Acoustic Guitar interview with David Lindley (reproduced without permission, but it's on their website, which I guess makes it OK...
Do you have hearing problems?
LINDLEY Are you kidding? We all do. If you play at the levels we did for so many years, you’re going to have problems. There are some people who won’t admit it, but we all do. I warn the younger players, "We did the research, dudes. People are now walking around deaf!"
Nick
I use earplugs when playing with an electric band, and also as an audience member, except *very* occasionally at a show if there is just an acoustic guitar or two. My wife, whose hearing is more sensitive than mine, uses them all the time, and even sometimes in the movies (she spent too much time hanging out in discos in her earlier days!)
Jeff Beck has very bad tinnitus, I understand, and Clapton is virtually deaf in one ear. And this quote is from the Acoustic Guitar interview with David Lindley (reproduced without permission, but it's on their website, which I guess makes it OK...
Do you have hearing problems?
LINDLEY Are you kidding? We all do. If you play at the levels we did for so many years, you’re going to have problems. There are some people who won’t admit it, but we all do. I warn the younger players, "We did the research, dudes. People are now walking around deaf!"
Nick
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Gene Jones
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I also have high-frequency hearing loss from my years on the bandstand, and if I was a young musician just starting today I would probably use ear protecton.
But, it's now a catch-22 situation for me. The hearing loss already incurred precludes the use of ear-plugs because I can't hear well enough with them....so I must continue to lose more hearing to continue working.
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But, it's now a catch-22 situation for me. The hearing loss already incurred precludes the use of ear-plugs because I can't hear well enough with them....so I must continue to lose more hearing to continue working.
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