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John Entwistle

For the English cyclist, see John Entwistle (cyclist). For the English Member of Parliament, see John Entwistle (politician).

John Entwistle
Entwistle at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada, 1976
Entwistle at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada, 1976
Background information
Birth nameJohn Alec Entwistle
Also known as
  • The Ox
  • Thunderfingers
  • The Quiet One
  • Big Johnny Twinkle
Born(1944-10-09)9 October 1944
Hammersmith, London, England[1]
Died27 June 2002(2002-06-27) (aged 57)
Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • singer
Instruments
  • Bass guitar
  • vocals
  • French horn
  • trumpet
Discography
Years active1961–2002
Labels
Formerly of

John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English musician, best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band the Who. Entwistle's music career spanned over four decades. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers",[2] he was the band's only member with formal musical training and also provided backing and occasional lead vocals. Entwistle was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990.

Renowned for his musical abilities, Entwistle is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rock-and-roll bass guitarists of all time. His instrumental approach utilized pentatonic lead lines and a then-unusual treble-rich sound ("full treble, full volume"). He was voted as the greatest bass guitar player ever in a 2011 Rolling Stone readers' poll[3] and, in 2020, the same magazine ranked him number three in its list of the "50 Greatest Bassists of All Time".[4]

  1. ^ Humphries, Patrick (2006). "Entwistle, John Alec (1944–2002), songwriter and guitarist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/76977. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "John Entwistle; THE ART OF JOHN ENTWISTLE". The Who. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Rolling Stone Readers Pick the Top Ten Bassists of All Time". Rolling Stone. 31 March 2011. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012.
  4. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (1 July 2020). "The 50 Greatest Bassists of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

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