Legendary Who frontman Roger Daltrey has revealed he would like to collaborate with fellow veteran Jimmy Page (photo), should his bandmate Pete Townshend be forced into retirement. Speaking to BBC 6Music, Daltrey said: “I’d love to do an album with Jimmy. He needs a singer to drive him.” He also suggested working with the former Led Zeppelin guitarist would present an opportunity to return to his Blues roots: “I don’t sing the blues with the Who, but that’s what I used to be before Townshend started writing,” he said. “I used to be a great blues singer.”
The news comes after Who guitarist Pete Townshend revealed his long-standing battle with tinnitus could finally force him to hang up his guitar for the last time. “If my hearing is going to be a problem, we’re not delaying shows – we’re finished,” Townshend told Rolling Stone magazine. “I can’t really see any way around the issue.”
Townshend’s medical problems have forced the group to cancel their spring tour, as well as appearances at the Coachella and New Orleans Jazz festivals. The band’s scheduled appearance at London’s Royal Albert Hall for this year’s Teenage Cancer Trust event on March 30th, which is organised by Daltrey, would also now appear to be in doubt.
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