John Entwistle

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John Entwistle (October 9, 1944 - June 27, 2002) was the bass player for The Who.

John Alec Entwistle was born in Chiswick, a London suburb, in 1944. He joined Roger Daltrey in a pre-Who band, The Detours, in the early 1960s.

Sometimes known as "Ox" or "Thunderfingers", he was generally regarded as the quiet one in The Who. Bill Wyman described him as "the quietest man in private but the loudest man on stage."

John Entwistle was a talented songwriter and artist. He wrote several well-known Who songs including:

• Cousin Kevin
• My Wife
• Boris The Spider

He was also a talented French horn player, adding all brass parts to The Who's Quadrophenia album, amongst others.

In addition to his work with the Who, Entwistle was an accomplished solo artist, releasing a number of solo albums beginning in the 1970s, such as:

• Smash Your Head Against The Wall (1971)
• Whistle Rymes (1972)
• Rigor Mortis Sets In
• Mad Dod (1975)
• Live On The King Biscuit Flower Hour (recorded 1976)
• Too Late The Hero (1982)
• The Rock (recorded 1985, released 1996)

John Entwistle died in 2002 in Las Vegas, on the eve of the first show in a US tour. Italian-born bassist Pino Palladino replaced him on stage.

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "John_Entwistle" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Entwistle, used under the GNU Free Documentation License