Two of rock-and-roll’s most famous voices performed together Tuesday at New York’s Joe’s Pub. Pete Townshend and his girlfriend, musician Rachel Fuller, hosted the latest installment in their intimate Attic Jam webcast at the popular downtown club. In addition to performing acoustic versions of such songs as “Acid Queen,” “The Real Me,” “Drowned” and “Won't Get Fooled Again,” the guitarist invited a number of guests onto the stage including Rachael Yamagata, Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis, Jimmy Fallon, Amos Lee and Lou Reed. For their first collaboration together Reed and Townshend offered a mix of material, including “Waiting for the Man,” “White Light,” “White Heat,” and “Pale Blue Eyes.” Mascis also sat in with Townshend on an acoustic version of “See Me, Feel Me/Listening to You.”
 
A forum to introduce emerging artists, Tuesday’s Attic Jam also featured solo spots Fuller, Yamagata, Fallon, and Lee, with Townshend sitting in throughout the night. In his blog the Who guitarist says, “Instead of a song, Jimmy Fallon and I did a piano sketch together that we are developing as a full-length movie script. Rachel stars as the piano/home organ demonstrator, performing Satin Doll, Chopin and Bach’s organ fugues (something she actually did for a while in her teens). I star as the rich lustful old guy (something I actually did for a while in my teens) who, in order to try to get the girl, end up buying rather too many pianos and organs. Jimmy stars as the store manager, who has a secret crush on the girl, but has to crush the crush in the name of good commerce and Piano & Organ Salesman Of The Year Award. It's a bit like real life. In his next movie Jimmy gets to kiss Lucy Lu (something he wished he actually did for a while in his teens).”

Please visit http://petetownshend-whohe.blogspot.com to hear more about the performance’s webcast.

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