Dec 08 2008
The Who’s Daltrey and Townshend Receive Kennedy Center Honors
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend from rock group The Who were among this year’s recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors for achievements in the performing arts.
The British rockers were recognised for having an impact on American culture. The ceremonies began with a State Department dinner hosted by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Saturday in Washington DC.
Other performers who were honored include actor Morgan Freeman, country singer George Jones, and Barbara Streisand.
It’s great to see Daltrey and Townshend being recognised. Besides putting out some great rock and roll songs over the years, the two surviving members of The Who are also deeply involved in charities including the Teenage Cancer Trust in the UK, for which The Who have reportedly raised close to £3,000,000 to provide specialist teenage cancer wards.
Trying to chose a video to go along with this post has been difficult with so many excellent Who songs to pick from. The Rockblog has decided to go right back to the begining and present to you Roger Daltry and Pete Townshend with Keith Moon and John Entwistle performing the first song they released as The Who, “I Can’t Explain”.
