Let My Love Open the Door – Pete Townsend – Song of the Day

This week we’re celebrating the greatness of three folks who share the same birthday: Joey Ramone, Pete Townsend and Andre the Giant. What stars aligned to bring these three utterly unique individuals into the world on May 19, we may never know, but their collective awesomeness remains undiminished.

Pete Townsend is one of the greatest songwriters in history, not to mention a pure force of nature on the guitar, windmilling his way to blood splattered rock and roll glory. As the Who’s ultimate creative force over the last 40 plus years, Townsend has sold over a hundred million records, wrote the concept albums Tommy and Quadrophenia. He plays ten instruments. Rolling Stone Magazine voted the tenth greatest guitar player of all time, and he’s in the the Rock and Roll Hame of Fame. Not bad.

And the songs – what great song. Here’s a stripped down version of “Let My Love Open the Door.”

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Tony Shea ( Editor-in-Chief, New York)

Tony Shea is based in New York, having recently moved from Los Angeles after more than a decade on the sunny coast. His short films have won numerous awards and screened at major festivals around the world including Comic-Con. As a musician, he is the lead singer for Los Angeles rock n’ roll band Candygram For Mongo (C4M) candygramformongo.com who has been a featured artist on Clear Channel Radio’s Discover New Music Program and whose songs have been heard on Battlestar Gallactica (Syfy Channel) and Unhitched (Fox) among other shows and films.

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