A never-before-published interview with Roger Daltrey from 1994.

In the interview, Daltrey talks about:

• Whether he has gotten his due from his solo albums


• Which album was a writing breakthrough for him


• Why he thinks fans have a hard time accepting him outside of The Who


• What’s great about The Who’s music


• Why The Who isn’t touring


• How hard it is singing Who songs


• How anger changes in middle age


• If he feels competitive with Pete Townshend


• If he knew Townshend was competing with him


• How Tommy really became a hit record


• Why Townshend is the way he is about The Who


• Why it was a constant struggle to make more records


• How he feels everyone in the band but Pete did not get the recognition they deserved


• The chemistry in the band


• What was something he was proud of from the Carnegie Hall gig


• Playing with the Spin Doctors on the Dave Letterman show.


• How his upcoming concert differs from the Carnegie Hall show


• What Townshend said to him after the Carnegie show


• The challenges with the Carnegie Hall concert


• The bad sound at Carnegie Hall


• When he knew he was going to take the show on the road


• Whether he ever considered hitting the road with a three-member rock band


• Whether they considered playing Woodstock ‘94


• The story of how he started spinning the microphone


• How the music biz is so “bloody corporate”


• Whether he thinks he will ever just sit back and relax


• Whether he goes to see his contemporaries in concert


• Whether he worries he’s going to disappoint fans


• Why didn’t the Who do encores

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