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Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is co-founder, leader, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. Towns ...

's Deep End band, at the

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, England on 1/2 November 1985. In addition to Townshend, the band included

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guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Simon Phillips, keyboardist

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, percussionist

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, harmonica player Peter Hope Evans, the horn section

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and backing vocalists. The album was originally released in the U.S. in August 1986 by

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. The full concert was later released, as '' Live: Brixton Academy '85''. Apart from The Who and Townshend solo repertoire, Townshend plays R&B covers

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originally done by Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Barefootin' by New Orleans singer Robert Parker. "

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", a Sonny Boy Williamson composition which he did with The Who on "

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", is played here under an arrangement close to the original Williamson version. "

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" is a song that originally appeared on

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's solo album " Under a Raging Moon written by Townshend. Townshend also plays on this album "

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Track listing

All songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise noted. ;Side one #" Barefootin'" ( Robert Parker) - 3:09 #"

" - 4:36 #"

Behind Blue Eyes "Behind Blue Eyes" is a song by English rock band the Who. It is the second single from the band's fifth album, ''Who's Next'' (1971), and was originally written by Pete Townshend for his '' Lifehouse'' project. The song is one of the Who's best ...

" - 3:40 #"Stop Hurting People" - 5:09 #" I'm One" - 2:36 ;Side two #"

" ( Jay Hawkins) - 4:03 #"

" ( Roger Charlery, Andy Cox, Everett Morton, David Steele, Dave Wakeling) - 4:10 #" Pinball Wizard" - 3:00 #" A Little Is Enough" - 5:20 #"

" ( Sonny Boy Williamson) - 3:02TheWho.net
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" Magic Bus" - 4:03 #"

Won't Get Fooled Again "Won't Get Fooled Again" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by Pete Townshend. It was released as a single in June 1971, reaching the top 10 in the UK, while the full eight-and-a-half-minute version appears as the final track ...

" - 6:08

References

{{Authority control Pete Townshend live albums 1986 live albums Atco Records live albums Albums produced by Pete Townshend