Tus Leej Twg Saib Rov Qab Rau 'Tommy,' 'Quadrophenia' Thaum 'Hits Back' Nres Hauv Chicago

"Koj puas paub thaum koj nyob hauv ib tog twg thiab qee tus txiv neej laus seev cev?" mused Pete Townshend ntawm theem hnub Wednesday hmo ntuj hauv Chicago, lom zem me ntsis tom qab shimmy thaum nws teeb tsa Tus Leej Twg "Lwm Hnub Tricky." "Thaum kuv seev cev, nws ua tau zoo heev!"

Townshend tau txais txiaj ntsig thiab kev lom zem ntau dua ob teev ntawm United Center, hmo ntuj tsib ntawm lub caij nplooj zeeg ntawm Tus Leej Twg North American "Tus Leej Twg Rov Qab!" ncig saib.

Dab tsi pib raws li lub tswv yim tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag yog kev khib siab rau puag thaum hmo ntuj hauv Grand Rapids, Michigan nyob hauv ntuj 2019 tau loj hlob los ua ib tug nws zoo li muaj kev txaus siab tiag tiag thiab txaus siab rau. Thaum lawv taug kev hla Asmeskas, mus rau sab hnub poob mus rau lub Kaum Ib Hlis, Tus Leej Twg rov qab los ntawm 48 daim hauv zos orchestra hauv txhua lub nroog, nrog rau cov neeg ncig xyuas soloists Katie Jacoby thiab Audrey Snyder ntawm violin thiab cello.

Raws li kev coj ua txuas ntxiv ntawm tus thawj coj Keith Levenson - thiab qee lub sijhawm Townshend ib yam nkaus - Tus Leej Twg tab tom qhib kev ua yeeb yam nrog rau lub koom haum orchestral hauv kev ua koob tsheej ntawm pawg 1969 pob zeb ua yeeb yam Tommy, slimming tej yam nyob rau hauv ib nrab los ntawm ua ntej rov qab mus rau lub orchestra rau saib rov qab ntawm 1973's quadrophenia kaw qhov yeeb yam.

Hnub Wednesday tsaus ntuj hauv Chicago, clarinet thiab flute ncaws tawm "Amazing Journey," Townshend yuav luag dhia hauv qhov chaw thaum nws tus tij laug Simon Townshend nrog tus hu nkauj Roger Daltrey thiab tus hu nkauj Billy Nicholls. Daltrey khaws ib nkawm tambourines li "Amazing Journey" meandered mus rau "Sparks," looj tsom iav dub thaum Townshend unleashed lub cua daj cua dub thaum ntxov.

Rov qab los ntawm lub suab paj nruag tag nrho, tus ntaus nruas Zak Starkey ci ntsa iab thaum ntxov ntawm "Pinball Wizard," cov hlua sai sai ua rau muaj kev nce siab ntxiv ntawm "Peb Yuav Tsis Coj Nws."

"Yog tias koj nyiam qhov ntawd, Broadway Tommy tab tom rov qab los rau Chicago tom ntej Lub Rau Hli ntawm Goodman Theatre, "said Townshend thaum ua tiav cov nkauj album, sau tseg tias rov qab los ntawm theem tsim khoom mus rau Windy City rau ib lub hlis-ntev kev koom tes rau lub caij ntuj sov tom ntej no.

Kev tawg tawm ntawm lub album, Daltrey, nyob rau hauv ib qho kev tawm mus los ntawm tus qauv, xaiv rau hluav taws xob guitar li Townshend crouched rau ib tug thaum ntxov solo, trombones muab ib tug tshwj xeeb kiv rau ib tug ntawm cov suab paj nruag lub sij hawm rocking tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv "Koj yog leej twg."

Starkey leaned sab xis, sib tham luag thaum tham nrog bassist Jon Button, ua si thoob plaws "Eminence Front." Lub violin vam meej tau ua pov thawj los ua qhov tseem ceeb hauv lub sijhawm thaum ntxov ntawm zaj nkauj, Townshend zoo li txhim kho qhov yuav luag zoo li jazz ua suab nrov.

"Nyob rau hauv 2019, ua ntej muaj kev sib kis thiab tag nrho cov s-t, peb tau mus rau hauv lub studio," hais tias tus guitarist, piav qhia lub hauv paus chiv keeb ntawm pab pawg neeg zoo kaum ob studio album. Leej twg, teeb tsa "Pob thiab Chain." "Nws nyuaj rau tuav cov khoom uas peb tau ua thaum peb muaj 12. Tab sis peb tau mus."

Daltrey, 78, loj heev tshaj txhua qhov kev cia siab, hauv lub suab zoo thoob plaws, hu nkauj zoo li nws lub neej nyob ntawm nws thaum "Koom Ua Ke."

"Lub suab paj nruag zoo nkauj no nrog peb so tam sim no. Lawv ua haujlwm hnyav dua li peb ua. Zoo, nyuaj dua li kuv ua, "hais Townshend nrog lub ntsej muag ntawm Daltrey txoj kev taw qhia, ncaws tawm Leej twg pab pawg nrog "Relay."

Thaum lub sij hawm ncig xyuas tsis ntev los no, Daltrey thiab Townshend tau ua "Yuav Tsis Tau Fooled Dua" ua ib qho acoustic duo, tab sis lawv tau xa rov qab cov lus txiav txim siab rau nws lub meej mom pob zeb tag nrho ntawm theem hnub Wednesday hmo ntuj, Townshend windmilling zaj nkauj kom tiav. Jacoby thiab Snyder embellished ib tug gorgeous, feem ntau acoustic coj nyob rau hauv "Behind Blue Eyes" tom ntej no, Townshend zaum los xaiv ntawm ib tug acoustic.

Txawm hais tias khau loj los sau, Khawm txawm li cas los xij tseem ci ntsa iab ntawm "Kuv Tiag," ua rau John Entwistle tus ntses bass thaj tsam nthuav tawm nws tus kheej, cov hlua tsav tsheb tawm ntawm qhov kev ua yeeb yam raws li lub suab paj nruag tau rov qab mus rau theem hnub Wednesday hmo ntuj.

Daltrey tau hais tawm ib qho kev hu xov tooj thiab cov lus teb raws li lub suab paj nruag tawm qhov kawg ntawm "5: 15," qhov yeeb yam tau ncav cuag nws qhov tsis txaus ntseeg siab nyob rau hauv lub horn-driven frenzy raws li pab pawg tau nthuav tawm ntawm "Lub Pob Zeb" tam sim ntawd tom qab.

"Dab tsi yog qhov nthuav yog tias txhua txhua tam sim no thiab dua, peb tau txais lub suab paj nruag uas paub yuav ua li cas rau pob zeb," hais Townshend ntawm Chicago pawg. "Qhov no yog ib qho ntawm lawv."

Keyboard players Loren Kub thiab Emily Marshall sparked ntxov li Daltrey mus txog siab dua thiab siab dua ntawm ib txwm stunning suab piece uas yog "Hlub Reign O'er Me." Townshend tig rov qab mus rau nws sab xis, muab tus ntiv tes xoo rau lub suab paj nruag tom qab ua haujlwm me ntsis ntawm nws tus kheej, Jacoby's fiddle sai sai tsav "Baba O'Riley" hauv qhov yeeb yam zaum kawg.

"Chicago… Kuv tsuas yog nyiam lub tswv yim ntawm lub nroog loj nyob ib sab ntawm lub pas dej loj," hais Townshend, 77, ntawm theem hnub Wednesday hmo ntuj. "Kuv vam tias peb yuav rov qab los."

Zoo nkauj peb feem kev sib haum xeeb tau tshwm sim los qhib kev ua yeeb yam raws li Steven Page Trio tau ua nyob rau theem hauv Chicago, lawv hmo kawg thaum qhib kev ua yeeb yam nrog tus qub Heartbreakers guitarist. Mike Campbell thiab nws pab pawg The Dirty Knobs tau teem caij los tuav hmo no hauv St.

"Yog li tej zaum koj yuav xav tsis thoob rau koj tus kheej lossis nrov nrov, 'Puas yog tus txiv leej tub uas tau ua nyob rau hauv Barenaked Ladies?'" tso dag Page ntawm theem ntawm United Center. “Nws yog! Nws yog kuv!”

Tus neeg hu nkauj ntawm qee pab pawg neeg nyiam tshaj plaws, Nplooj ntawv ncaws tawm nrog BNL's "Nws Yog Txhua Yam Ua tiav," txhawb nqa los ntawm Craig Northey, ntawm Canadian alt rock group Odds, ntawm hluav taws xob guitar thiab cellist Kevin Fox.

Page's acoustic ua si sawv tawm ntawm "Jane" nrog "Lub Hnub Nyoog Golden ntawm Doubling Down," los ntawm nws qhov tseeb solo album, lub cim tshiab Excelsior, qhov tseem ceeb tom ntej.

Low cello nqa Barenaked Ladies standout "Lub Tsev Laus" raws li Page unleashed pob zeb lub hnub qub dhia thiab ncaws, strumming zoo li npau taws nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lub theem thaum lub sij hawm ib tug gorgeous rendition ntawm "Brian Wilson" kaw tawm ntawm pab pawg neeg 40 feeb.

“Ua tsaug ntau. Nws zoo kawg nkaus tau rov qab los hauv Chicago, "said Page tom qab peb qhov kev ua tau zoo. “Kuv xav ua tsaug rau Leej Twg tau caw peb los ua cov yeeb yam no. Peb tau saib txhua qhov yeeb yam los ntawm sab ntawm theem. Peb yuav nco ntsoov saib lawv txhua hmo. Txoj kev zoo siab.”