Evans Liberal Politics, March 12, 2011, facts compiled by Paul Evans: I’d like to claim credit for some of the knowledge here, but although I love The Who, I didn’t know some of this stuff. I knew that the crazy drummer for The Who, Keith Moon, would soon die tragically. I remember there was a lot of commenting after he died because on The Who’s last album cover with Keith Moon still alive, he is sitting in a director’s chair that has the words ‘Not To Be Taken Away’ on the canvas! According to the Wikipedia article on Keith Moon, ‘Who Are You’ was released just three weeks before Keith’s death. This song is off of the album ‘The Kids Are Alright,’ and I remember that the song was a major hit about 1978. Roger Daltrey on vocals and Pete Townshend do their usual stellar job, and John Entwhistle completes the usual lineup as bass guitarist.

What was unusual here was that on “Who Are You,” the keyboards had a major role and were handled by Rod Argent, who also did the piano work here, although he does not appear (much) in the video. Rod Argent headed up the band he named after himself, Argent, and they had the one big hit “Hold Your Head Up.” How many people know that he got his start with the British Invasion playing with The Zombies (She’s Not There, Tell Her No, Time of the Season). You can read all about the Zombies and see some great music videos of theirs, here.

Who Are You

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