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Moon Taught Starkey the Drums

The page has this item in it, "Starkey had been taught to play drums by Moon..." but in the article in Modern Drummer about Starkey, linked to on the page about Starkey, he is quoted as saying the two never sat down at a drum set together. Is it possible for someone to learn the drums from a person without ever sitting down at a set with them? As a musician myself, I don't think it is. In the Modern Drummer article Starkey is asked about Moon and he says Moon gave him the drum set and they talked a lot about drumming but it does not mention anything about being taught by Moon. I think that statement should be removed from this page.

Apparently Moon's biographer claims that Moon did teach Starkey but I think he is wrong and Starkey's word on the subject should be taken on this matter.

BTW - I thought I would discuss this before changing the page because I don't want to start an editing war over it.

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Proposal to change photo in "The Who Hits 50!" section

I propose to change the photo in the article section "The Who Hits 50!" with the following photo. It more in focus, of a higher resolution, and shows more of the performer's faces.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Who,_Oakland,_CA,_May_2016.jpg Davidwbaker (talk) 15:28, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Don't forget you can be bold and do this change yourself. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:39, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I similar change was reverted on the Roger Daltrey page because I failed to first seek input from others via Talk. --Davidwbaker (talk) 01:46, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hendrix

72.43.153.30 (talk · contribs) - you wrote "I don't care what Fletcher says". You should care, as his biography used in the article is not just a reliable source, but a critically acclaimed one with a solid reputation for factual accuracy, so it's what we tend towards to verify information. If you have a better source, please list it here and we'll look into it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:31, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, also I had a quick chat with Drmies about the Marshall stuff, and consensus between us was it could go as it's mentioned elsewhere. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:36, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh, is that the editor? Well, they reverted, reinstating the poor sourcing, but I see now that RS is a challenge. I'd love to see a picture of all four members of The Who windmilling at the same time. Thanks Ritchie, Drmies (talk) 14:47, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
On the same lines, I've taken out "guitar smash" as I only know of one documented instance of Entwistle destroying a bass backstage c. 1971, I have never seen a source showing Daltrey smashing a guitar, and Moon kicking his kit over was generally repairable. If you want one band where everybody trashed everything, I'd probably plump for Nirvana. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:54, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It still hurts to see stuff like that. Do you know your John Hyatt? ? And is that a Jazz Chorus in the backline? I don't think anyone has ever smashed one of those. Drmies (talk) 15:09, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Please heed WP:BEANS. Willondon (talk) 15:16, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hah! He'll never get that guitar back in tune having pointlessly detuned the E string like that. Silly boy. Now the paradox with Townshend is despite all that guitar trashing, his Gibson J-200 acoustic (as heard on the intro to "Pinball Wizard") has stayed in active service for decades. I have only ever smashed a guitar once, accidentally, when I leaned my Takamine acoustic up against a chair and it fell off, smashing in two at the headstock as it hit the ground. I got it repaired. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:17, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 17 July 2016

The Who influenced bands such as Rush[1] and Red Hot Chili Peppers[2] and Kiss[3], also kurt cobain from nirvana said he liked the band [4]

2601:342:0:8F5A:F4F6:9FB0:E3B6:B46C (talk) 05:16, 17 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ http://2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/20060300guitarplayer.htm
  2. ^ 7ì7777777 the 98976iiii7iii8i8ii7ií66k66http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2011/08/chad-smith-3/
  3. ^ http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-04-14/ace-frehley-s-5-essential-guitar-records
  4. ^ http://www.livenirvana.com/interviews/8902pw/index.html
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