This tribute/fan page was set up to celebrate the life of the late great John Entwistle. John Entistle was widley recognized for being the bass player for The Who for many years but he is also a solo artist and was crowned bass player of the millenium.
because i am still working on this fan page i have copyed some info off wikipedia to fill this site out untill i have finnished it. if you have any pictures of John, info you would like to be on this site just e-mail me via myspace.
R.I.P John Entwistle
John Alec Entwistle (October 9, 1944 – June 27, 2002) was an English bass
guitarist, songwriter, singer, and horn player, who was best known
as the bass guitarist for the rock band The Who. He is regarded
as one of the greatest and most influential rock bassists of all time, creating an aggressive lead sound that helped influence
contemporary and later bassists such as Steve Harris, Lemmy, Geddy
Lee, John Paul Jones, Phil Lesh, Noel Redding, Billy Sheehan, Chris
Squire, Duff McKagan, Markus Grosskopf, Mike Watt, Peter Hook and Krist Novoselic.
Entwistle helped uncover the potential of the bass guitar as a lead
instrument, using aggressive pentatonic lead lines, and a trebly sound
virtually unheard of in the early 1960s. He pioneered the use of roundwound steel bass strings, made to his personal specifications by RotoSound. His
search for a sound to cut through The Who's sonic onslaught led him
to experiment with more and different basses, leading him to amass a
collection of over 200 instruments by the time of his death. His search for the
perfect sound led him to experiment most notably with Fender and
Rickenbacker basses in the 1960s, Alembic's basses in the
1970s, Warwick in the 1980s, and Status all-graphite basses in the 1990s.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Entwistle,2008)
Toward the end of his career, he formed "The John Entwistle Band" with longtime friend, drummer Steve Luongo. Godfrey Townsend ("no 'h', no relation" to Pete Townshend) played guitar and sang lead vocals. In 1996, the band went on the "Left for Dead" tour with Alan St. Jon ..boards. After Entwistle toured with The Who for Quadrophenia in 1996-97, the Entwistle band set off on the "Left for Dead - the Sequel" tour in late 1998, now with Gordon Cotten ..boards. After this second venture, the band released an album of highlights from the tour, called Left for Live.
In 1995 Entwistle also toured and recorded with Ringo Starr in one of the incarnations of Ringo's "All-Starr Band". This one also featured Billy Preston and Mark Farner. In this ensemble, he played and sang "Boris the Spider" as his Who showpiece, along with "My Wife".
Towards the end of his career Entwistle used a Status Graphite Buzzard Bass, which he designed.
In 1999, 2000, and early 2002, John played as part of The Who.
In 2001 he played in Alan Parsons' Beatles tribute show "A Walk Down Abbey Road". The show also featured Ann Wilson of Heart, Todd Rundgren, David Pack of Ambrosia, Godfrey Townsend on guitar, Steve Luongo on drums, and John Beck ..boards. That year he also played with The Who at The Concert for New York City. He also joined forces again with "The John Entwistle Band" for an 8 gig tour. This time Chris Clark was ..boards.
John was often known for going out after the show and greeting the fans. He even stood in the rain one time to sign every last piece of memorabilia.
In January-February 2002 John played his last concerts with The Who in a handful of dates in England, the last being 8 February in London's Royal Albert Hall.
In late 2002, an expanded 2-CD Left for Live Deluxe was released, further highlighting The John Entwistle Band performances.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Entwistle,2008)
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