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John Entwistle

John Entwistle

Birthday: 1944-10-09 | Place of Birth: Chiswick, London, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, horn player, and film and record producer who was best known as the bass player for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990. Entwistle's lead instrument approach used pentatonic lead lines, and a then-unusual trebly sound ("full treble, full volume") created by roundwound RotoSound steel bass strings. He had a collection of over 200 instruments by the time of his death, reflecting the different brands he used over his career: Fender and Rickenbacker basses in the 1960s, Gibson and Alembic basses in the 1970s, Warwick in the 1980s, and Status all-Carbon fibre basses in the 1990s. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Entwistle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2014
Lambert & Stamp

as    Himself

2013
The Who - The Making of Tommy

as    Himself

2008
The Who: Live at the London Coliseum 1969

as    Himself - bass, vocals

2008
The Who: At Kilburn 1977

as    bass

2007
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who

as    Himself (archive footage)

2006
An Ox's Tale: The John Entwistle Story

as    Himself (archive)

2005
The Who: Tommy and Quadrophenia Live

as    Self - Bass

2000
1994
The Who: Maximum R&B Live

as    Himself

1989
The Who Live, Featuring the Rock Opera Tommy

as    Self - Bass Guitars, Vocals

1979
The Kids Are Alright

as    Himself

1975
Tommy

as    Himself

1970
Woodstock

as    Self - The Who

1967
The Lost Paths

as    Himself