![]() Other US TV appearances include Lois & Clarke (Superman), Midnight Caller, William Tell, Sliders and Highlander as well as Leprechauns for Celtic Leprechaun Ltd and The Bill, the long running UK TV police drama. Most recently he appeared in the US CBS TV show CSI – which uses Who songs as theme music – as five separate, differently made-up characters, one of them a middle-aged African-American woman. Other film credits over the years include Ken Russell’s Lizstomania, the title role in McVicar, Lightning Jack with Paul Hogan, Teen Agent, and numerous roles in TV dramas. ![]() This in turn led Roger to develop a concurrent career as a film actor while continuing to sing with the Who. ![]() In this respect Roger became Tommy, the deaf dumb and blind boy of Pete’s imagination, and it was therefore only natural that he should assume the role in Ken Russell’s movie adaptation of the rock opera in 1975, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. At the same time, he contributed to the group’s sense of showmanship by developing his unique skill at twirling his microphone lead around like a lasso and, by the time of Tommy in 1969, becoming one of rock’s most iconic sex symbols with his golden curls, bare chest and fringed suede coats. In surrendering his leadership of the band to Pete when the latter became the group’s songwriter, Roger became the mouthpiece for Pete’s lyrics and ideas. Roger’s earliest tastes in music ran to the blues and R&B which formed the setlist during their early years as the Detours, as well as Fifties rock’n’roll, which is reflected in his outstanding interpretations of such noted Who covers as ‘Summertime Blues’ and ‘Shakin’ All Over’. That same energy, coupled with his unwavering resolve, has sustained the group during periods of uncertainty ever since. In those days Roger, whose daytime job was in a sheet metal factory, even made the band’s guitars, and it was his energy and ambition that drove the group during their formative years. Roger first assembled the group that would become The Who in 1959 while at Acton County School, recruiting John Entwistle and subsequently agreeing to John’s proposal that Pete Townshend should join. I mean, Red Dwarf, MST3K and Ghostbusters came back this year, so maybe it’s time for Sliders to come back as well.If any one member of The Who can be said to be the group’s founding member it is singer Roger Daltrey, who was born in the West London suburb of Shepherd’s Bush on March 1, 1944. I figure that a few of you might be interested, so if you want to help out, you can support it and hey, maybe this’ll get Sliders back. If they don’t reach 100, then it doesn’t happen. You can get more information on the page by clicking the photo, but the gist of it is that you give the Thunderclap access to posting on one of your social media accounts (like Tumblr), and if they reach 100 people by October 4th, there will be a tweet / facebook post / tumblr post sent out from all the accounts that are part of the campaign, giving a massive boost to #BringBackSliders. Seeing as how I’m a huge fan of Sliders, (duh) I’m more than happy to share it here for all (nearly) 200 of you. Hey guys, I’ve been asked to help promote this Thunderclap campaign to try to get more attention on #BringBackSliders
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