A Benefit for Maryville Academy

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Pete Townshend Live: A Benefit for Maryville Academy

Live album by Pete Townshend
Recorded	1998 House of Blues, Chicago, USA
Genre	Rock
Label	Platinum Entertainment
Producer(s)	Jon Carin

Pete Townshend Live: A Benefit for Maryville Academy (Platinum 9555) is a 1998 live album by English Rock musician Pete Townshend, member of The Who, recorded at the House of Blues in Chicago. It was produced by multi-instrumentalist Jon Carin, who has occasionally played for Pink Floyd and gives this album a special feel with the use of programmed drums and samples. Covers many Who songs and some solo material. A "bonus CD" features 2 tracks with Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam's vocalist.

It was released by Platinum Entertainment, licensed by The Who's charity, Double O Promotions Limited and all artist royalties benefit the Roman Catholic Chicago-based institution Maryville Academy, "a leader in the treatment of physically, sexually, and emotional abused children. It provides a safe, secure, and stable environment where these youngsters can regain the hope they lost so long ago and begin the healing process".

Townshend, an abused child himself, was later accused of accessing child pornography websites. Given the evidence of his work to learn and prevent the proliferation of child pornography on the internet (see Pete Townsend and A Different Bomb from Townsend's own website for details), charges were not filed, though Townsend agreed to monitoring as a sexual offender.

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Disc 1

1. On the Road Again (composed by F. Jones & A. Wilson). It is a cover of Canned Heat's minimalist drone blues.
2. Anyway Anyhow Anywhere (Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey). An old 1965 Who single from My Generation, and one of the very few (co-)penned by Roger Daltrey.
3. A Little is Enough (Townshend). Covering Townshend's solo song from Empty Glass.
4. Drowned (Townshend). From The Who's Quadrophenia.
5. You Better You Bet (Townshend). From The Who's 1981 Face Dances and their last widely successful single.
6. Now and Then (Townshend). From Townshend's 1993 Psychoderelict.
7. North Country Girl. The traditional or folk British song, also covered/arranged by Bob Dylan in a folk/country manner, or very 80's-like by Townshend in his 1982 All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes album.
8. Let My Love Open the Door (Townshend). Also from Empty Glass and widely used in movie/TV soundtracks since the 1980's.
9. Won't Get Fooled Again (Townshend). A rendition of the hit single from the 1971 Who album Who's Next.
10. Magic Bus (Townshend). The Who's trademark Bo Diddley-influenced single.
11. I'm One (Townshend). Another track from Quadrophenia

Disc 2
(featuring Eddie Vedder)

1. Magic Bus.
2. Heart to Hang Onto (Townshend). From the 1977 Townshend split/duet album Rough Mix with the late Ronnie Lane, from The Small Faces and The Faces.