It’s like the voice I used to sing with as a choir boy in church. When I was in hospital, I saw that we were all on the same journey. If an album can be autobiographical, this is what I had to have. "After the meningitis, I just felt like I needed a song like this. "I wrote this song in the early nineties," says Daltrey. The record ends with Always Heading Home, the second of Daltrey’s own compositions on the album. It means a lot to me what he thinks." Townshend duly added his own guitar contributions to the record. He said it was great and he said I should finish it. "I was going to scrap it and then Pete (Townshend, The Who guitarist) asked Dave for a listen. Understandably, the half-finished album was put on hold. It completely alleviated any fear I had of death." "Obviously, I didn’t but the illness had a big effect on me. Singer and founder of rock band the Who, Roger Daltrey is photographed for the Sunday Times magazine on Septemin London, England. Townshend plays his Gibson Les Paul Deluxe guitar number 1. ![]() Life puts the soul in."ħ4-year old Daltrey recalls what he calls the "small dose of meningitis" that struck him in 2015, which was so serious that the singer bade farewell to family and friends from his hospital bed. Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who perform on stage, USA, September 1979. "When I sing these songs now, those traumas are part of it. "I’ve always sung from the heart but when you’re 19, you don’t have the life experience and all the emotional trauma that goes with it," says Daltrey. I wanted to go back to the beginning."įour years later and As Long As I Have You arrives, blending Northern soul, funk, blues, gospel and country. It had felt good playing the stuff we used to play. ![]() It had exceeded our wildest expectations, not just because it was a hit but because it was supposed to be one last hurrah for Wilko – and Wilko didn’t die. "I’d just done an album with Wilko Johnson. "In 2014, I decided I wanted to do a soul record," says The Who vocalist.
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