![]() Photo by Getty ImagesĪfter a stint being raised by his grandmother, a period during which he was abused by her and the parade of boyfriends tramping in and out of her flat, he returned home to his parents. The only song that has surfaced from that project is called “Rael” and appears on the late 1967 album, “The Who Sell Out.”Įnglish Rock musicians Roger Daltrey (left), on vocals, and Pete Townshend, on guitar, both of the group the Who, perform onstage at the International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois, December 8, 1979. “Rael” - short for “Israel” - got sidetracked, partly due to the demands of the Who’s record company for faster delivery of more hit singles, and “Rael” was consigned to the shelf. Following a visit to Caesarea, Israel in 1966 with his first wife, Karen Astley, and the subsequent outbreak of the Six-Day War, Townshend began work on “Rael,” a song cycle loosely based on Israel’s struggle to survive despite being massively outnumbered by its enemies. If the group’s visionary songwriter and guitarist Pete Townshend had had his way, “Tommy” - an allegory about a traumatized messiah - would not have been the band’s first rock opera. ![]() On this tour, the Who are mostly performing their best-known hits and fan favorites, including songs like “Pinball Wizard” from their rock opera, “Tommy.” The Who, the English rock group, is in the midst of yet another tour, one that they say may be their last - a claim they have been making since at least 1982. Editor’s Note: In honor of Pete Townshend’s 77th birthday, we revisit his band’s Jewish history that we first looked into in 2015. ![]()
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