Jun 27, 2016
3 min read
The Jimi Hendrix of the bass guitar
Before John Entwistle, rock and roll rarely exploited even a fraction of the musical potential of the electric bass guitar. On “My Generation,” Thunderfingers forcefully declared the independence of his theretofore humble instrument by perpetrating the first bass solos in rock history.
Sonically, Entwistle glued The Who together. His muscular melodies helped ground the exuberant but often sloppy…
