September 6th, 2005 07:54 AM |
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Ten Thousand Motels |
DALTREY'S COUNTRY AMBITIONS
Veteran rocker ROGER DALTREY is planning to abandon THE WHO and create a new band to fulfill his country music ambitions.
The MY GENERATION hitmaker is convinced he has exhausted his inspiration for rock music, and is looking forward to the challenge of writing a traditional country album.
He says, "Music is my passion and I have done opera, theatre music and rock 'n' roll. So I am thinking about getting a band together to do a country album, a type of music I have never tackled.
"I don't have a name for my new band but a country album would be a fantastic direction for me and would fulfill an ambition."
And he is particularly inspired by country legend HANK WILLIAMS: "He was a genius, a man who wrote songs which celebrated life and drew happiness from the gloom.
"I love his take on country music - so different from country music today, which can best be described as music to commit suicide to!"
06/09/2005 08:57
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