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“I didn't replace Keith Moon – I replaced Kenney Jones!”: When Simon Phillips became The Who's third great drummer

When drummer Simon Phillips joined The Who for their 1989 Tommy reunion tour, he was no stranger to guitarist Pete Townshend. Phillips had played on Townshend’s solo albums Empty Glass (1980), All The ...
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How the Small Faces wrote the hit that ended their career

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “We didn’t know anything about it,” drummer Kenney Jones explains today. “Steve Marriott bought a copy of Melody Maker, we read ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1981, The Who Released Their First Single Since Keith Moon’s Death—With a Replacement Roger Daltrey Admitted Was the “Wrong Choice”

On this day (February 27) in 1981, The Who released “You Better You Bet” as the lead single from their album Face Dances. It was their first release since the death of Keith Moon in 1978. The album ...
Publishers Weekly

Let the Good Times Roll: My Life in Small Faces, Faces, and the Who

Jones, the drummer for the Who after Keith Moon died, recalls his musical life in this modest and self-effacing rock and roll memoir. Born into a working-class family in London’s East End, Jones ...