Pete TownshendPete Townshend is best known as the guitarist and principal songwriter of the legendary British rock group The Who. Born in 1945, he joined Roger Daltrey's group The Detours alongside John Entwistle in 1962 and, as the band gradually morphed ito The Who, became its primary creative force. He would go on to write more than one hundred songs for The Who, including such classics as "My Generation" and "Won't Get Fooled Again," as well as the bulk of the pioneering "rock opera" album Tommy and all of Quadrophenia. Considered one of rock's all-time great guitar players, he has also recorded eight solo albums, performed solo, and worked with everyone from David Bowie to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. With The Who, Townshend was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, and won the George and Ira Gershwin Award in 2016. He received a "Lifetime Achievement" award from the BRIT Awards in 1993 and the Ivor Novello Awards in 2001. Tommy was named "Best Original Score" at the Tony Awards in 1993 and "Best Musical Show Album" at the Grammy Awards in 1994. Read More Read Less