Scot halpin wikipedia

The Who are an English rock band, founded in 1961 under the name the Detours. When they changed their name to the Who in 1964, their classic line-up was of founders Roger Daltrey (vocals), Pete Townshend (guitar) and John Entwistle (bass), with Keith Moon (drums). Founder members Daltrey and Townshend have been the only constant members throughout the band's history.

History

The band were first founded by Roger Daltrey under the name the Detours in 1959: the first line-up, in mid-1961, included Pete Townshend on lead guitar, Daltrey on rhythm guitar, John Entwistle on bass, Harry Wilson on drums, and Colin Dawson on vocals. Wilson was fired in mid-1962 and replaced by Doug Sandom.

Dawson left after frequently arguing with Daltrey and was briefly replaced by Gabby Connolly, before Daltrey moved to lead vocals. Townshend, with Entwistle's encouragement, became the sole guitarist. Sandom was fired after an argument with Townshend in 1964; the band continued with stand-in drummers until Keith Moon joined in April of that year.

Moon was the Who's drummer until his death on 7 September 1978; the band decided to continue without him. He was replaced that November by Kenney Jones, who had previously played with the Small Faces and Faces. Joining alongside Jones were keyboardist John "Rabbit" Bundrick and a four-piece horn section consisting of Dick Parry and Howie Casey (saxophone), David Caswell (trumpet), and Reg Brooks (trombone). The horn section departed in 1980, and Bundrick left in 1981. The latter was replaced by Tim Gorman for the band's final tour in 1982. The Who broke up in 1983.

The who reunited at Live Aid in 1985, with Jones and Bundrick reprising their roles. The band reunited again in 1988, which the same personnel. In 1989, the band embarked on a 25th-anniversary The Kids Are Alright reunion tour with Simon Phillips on drums, Steve "Boltz

27 Jan 2009

THE WHO’S SUBSTITUTE DRUMMER, T. SCOT HALPIN, IS TO HAVE A MEMORIAL BLOG FEATURING A WORK OF HIS ART AND MUSIC, EACH DAY FOR ONE YEAR, COMMENCING FEBRUARY 9, 2009, THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HIS PASSING.

Scot Halpin passed away last year at the young age of 54. He is known by many as the kid who got to come up out of the audience, sit in for an ailing Keith Moon and finish the set with The Who, thereby living the dream of Who fans, Keith Moon lovers, and anyone baptized in the churning, burning waters of rock and roll. Rock fans around the world can mourn the loss of their advocate–the guy who sojourned from their lands into the realm of the gods and returned anointed. Throughout his life, Halpin marveled at the mythological nature of the mantle he inadvertently snatched that night.

Over the years, the story of Scot playing with The Who gained momentum, from the beginning, taking on a life of its own. Television, newspapers, radio and books all picked it up. “I never met a person that was not wowed by the story,” laughs Robin Halpin Young, Halpin’s wife and partner of 30 years. “Across class lines, creative lines, geographic lines, age lines—everyone was equally impressed.”

The whole time The Who story was chugging along, Halpin was busy being a phenomenal visual artist and musician in a world of his own creation. As a columnist in his local paper put it, the “gig with The Who was a footnote in a life well-lived.” Now that he has passed, Halpin’s family and friends are actively engaged in excavating the enormous body of artwork and music he left behind.

“We are only really beginning to take stock of the depth and breath of his work now that he has passed,” explains Halpin Young. “While Scot was alive, his entire focus was on living his creative time to the absolute fullest. This meant there was always precious little time for review and reflection. The idea for

Halpin is an Irish surname. It is an Anglicized form of the Gaelicpatronymic Ó hAlpín, meaning 'descendant of Alpin'. Other Anglicized versions of the surname include Halfpenny and Halpenny, and these variants were often used interchangeably prior to widespread literacy in Ireland. For example, the registers of St Peter's Catholic Church, Drogheda, Louth record the variations Halpin, Halfpenny, and Halpenny used throughout the 18th and 19th centuries for demonstrably related individuals.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Anita Halpin (born 1944), British politician
• Hal Halpin, American computer game executive & entrepreneur
• Jim Halpin (1863–1893), English baseball player
• John Halpin (born 1961), Scottish football player
• Luke Halpin (born 1947), American actor
• Marjorie Halpin (1937–2000), U.S.-Canadian anthropologist
• Patrick G. Halpin, American executive & talk show host
• Robert Halpin (1836–1894), Irish sea captain
• Scot Halpin, American drummer
• Terry Halpin, Australian professor
• Troy Halpin (born 1973), Australian football player

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American drummer

Musical artist

Thomas Scot Halpin (February 3, 1954 – February 9, 2008) was an American artist and musician. In 1973, having initially been a member of the audience at a concert by the Who at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California, he ended up playing drums onstage after the band's drummer Keith Moon passed out mid-show. Halpin's performance won him Rolling Stone's "Pick-Up Player of the Year Award" later that year.

Education and career

Halpin was born in Muscatine, Iowa, to Elizabeth and Richard Halpin, of Muscatine. He grew up in Muscatine, showing early promise as a visual artist and musician. In the early 1970s, he moved to California, where he met his wife and life-time collaborator Robin Young at City College of San Francisco in 1978. Halpin went on to earn an MA in Interdisciplinary Arts from San Francisco State University.

Halpin became composer in residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts, in Sausalito, California, and played with a number of bands. While on the West Coast, Halpin and his wife managed a new wavepunk rock night club, The Roosevelt, before moving to Indiana in 1995 to pursue opportunities in the visual arts.

Playing with The Who

On November 20, 1973, the Who were opening their Quadrophenia US concert tour at the Cow Palace in Daly City, a suburb just south of San Francisco. Halpin had recently moved to the area from Muscatine, Iowa and was there with a friend, Mike Danese, using tickets they had bought from a stranger. As big fans of the band, they arrived at the show long before the doors opened to get good seats.

The Who opened the show with three of their earlier hits before launching into material from Quadrophenia, playing eleven of the album's 17 songs and then continuing on to other hits. About 70 minutes into the show, drummer Keith Moon, a heavy user of drugs and alcohol, began to falter during "Won't Get Fooled Again", then sudde