![]() Daltrey was that night, I never would have guessed it from the man world-renowned for bloodying the noses of fellow members of The Who from time to time. By the way, I have never seen anyone on stage as charming as Mr. And he ended the show with a new song from his new album, an intimate, pretty piano ballad, which would have been a great way to end the show, except everyone there was expecting “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, so when Roger sang a quiet song and walked off the stage the whole audience just kind of looked at each other in confusion – I’ve never seen anything like it at a concert, 5,000 people completely befuddled, just kind of standing there when the show ended. ![]() But then my wife got me tickets to see Roger perform Tommy with the local philharmonic this past summer, and you know what? The guy sounded fantastic. I wasn’t even going to bother getting As Long as I Have You when it came out a few months back. Think of the average man in his 70s you know – can you see that guy as a compelling rock vocalist? Take your average Walmart greeter, that guy’s probably about 76, would you expect him to make a decent rock album? What about the elderly gentleman driving too slow down the city street in front of you, you expect a guy that age to put out a rockin’ album when he can’t even drive faster than five miles under the speed limit? Did we really have any reason to expect that a 2018 album by Roger Daltrey would be any good? ![]() How much can we really expect from 74-year-old Roger Daltrey? My mother-in-law, bless her soul, died at 76 a few years back, and I certainly wouldn’t have expected much from an album she made at that age. ![]()
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