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	The Music Box: Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (Album Review)
		Rather than attempting an actual rock opera with a linear story line (á la The Who’s Tommy), however, the Skynyrd story occupies less than half of the tracks on Southern Rock Opera.
		Throughout Southern Rock Opera, Drive-By Truckers takes its lyrical writing to the next level, and the three-guitar assault employed in its songs perfectly captures the sound of 1970s Southern arena rock without ever sounding derivative or mocking.
		Southern Rock isn’t pretty, and nowhere is this more evident than in the music of the Athens, Georgia-based Dixie rockers Drive-By Truckers.
	www.musicbox-online.com /dbt-sro.html (622 words)

	Boston Rock Opera
		"One of the best things to happen to the often-perilous rock opera/concept album since Tommy"
		Boston Rock Opera is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting original adaptations of classic rock opera, conceptual rock and new works.
		Boston Rock Opera is undergoing a re-organization and does not have any shows planned for this winter.
	www.rockopera.com (124 words)

	Rock Opera At The Regent
		Spurred on by these successes, they have begun their latest venture — an original rock opera that tells the tongue-in-cheek tale of a star-struck would-be songwriter and his quest to write the “ultimate rock opera” and thereby win the approval of his lifelong hero — Andrew Lloyd Webber.
		So, back by popular demand, The Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra once again puts the 'rock' back into 'Rock Opera,' with their 8 musicians and 18 singers delivering you amazing renditions with jaw-dropping intensity.
		Led by Ultrasonic Productions’ co-founders Sal Clemente and Alan Ware, the Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra performs songs from Superstar and Tommy, and breathes new life into classic songs by The Beatles, David Bowie and Queen.
	boston.craigslist.org /muc/141437312.html (180 words)

	Amazon.com: Southern Rock Opera: Music: The Drive-By Truckers
		"Southern Rock Opera" is also the best rock opera since the heyday of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and The Who's "Tommy." If you think this is all hypebole, then just listen to the album.
		A southern rock opera about growing up in the south in the 70's, the rise and fall of arena rock, the mythology surrounding the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and common misconceptions about the south.
		Having listened to several of DBT's previous albums, "Southern Rock Opera" is even more amazing.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000068FUS?v=glance (1871 words)

	Amazon.com: Southern Rock Opera: Music: The Drive-By Truckers
		"Southern Rock Opera" is also the best rock opera since the heyday of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and The Who's "Tommy." If you think this is all hypebole, then just listen to the album.
		A southern rock opera about growing up in the south in the 70's, the rise and fall of arena rock, the mythology surrounding the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and common misconceptions about the south.
		Drive By Truckers' "Southern Rock Opera" is the best American rock album of 2001, and also the best Southern Rock album since Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Street Survivors" way back in 1977.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000068FUS?v=glance (1817 words)

	The Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001)
		Not a rock opera in the sense of Tommy or Jesus Christ Superstar, this sprawling double disc is more akin to a song cycle about Southern rock, in particular Lynyrd Skynyrd.
		A potentially dodgy concept that's redeemed by magnificent songwriting, passionate singing, and ruggedly confident but far from over-the-top playing, Southern Rock Opera should be required listening not only for fans of the genre, but anyone interested in the history of '70s rock, or even the history of the South in that decade.
		The two discs are divided into Acts 1 and 2; the first sets the stage by exploring aspects of an unnamed Southern teen's background growing up as a music fan in an environment where sports stars, not rock stars, were idolized.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /stuart.hutchinson/details/9475.html (430 words)

	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum : Home
		Tommy is one of the earliest and most important rock operas.
		The Rock Hall is pleased to announce the new exhibit “TOMMY: The Amazing Journey.” The exhibit is now open and will remain so until March 2006.
		The iconic rock opera had many incarnations, including an album, movie, soundtrack, a Broadway play as well as an orchestral version and a ballet interpretation.
	www.rockhall.com /home (301 words)

	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum : Home
		Tommy is one of the earliest and most important rock operas.
		The iconic rock opera had many incarnations, including an album, movie, soundtrack, a Broadway play as well as an orchestral version and a ballet interpretation.
		The Rock Hall is pleased to announce the new exhibit “TOMMY: The Amazing Journey.” The exhibit is now open and will remain so until March 2006.
	www.rockhall.com /home (301 words)

	Amazon.com: Southern Rock Opera: Music: The Drive-By Truckers
		"Southern Rock Opera" is also the best rock opera since the heyday of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and The Who's "Tommy." If you think this is all hypebole, then just listen to the album.
		A southern rock opera about growing up in the south in the 70's, the rise and fall of arena rock, the mythology surrounding the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and common misconceptions about the south.
		Drive By Truckers' "Southern Rock Opera" is the best American rock album of 2001, and also the best Southern Rock album since Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Street Survivors" way back in 1977.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000068FUS?v=glance (1817 words)

	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum : Home
		Tommy is one of the earliest and most important rock operas.
		The iconic rock opera had many incarnations, including an album, movie, soundtrack, a Broadway play as well as an orchestral version and a ballet interpretation.
		The Rock Hall is pleased to announce the new exhibit “TOMMY: The Amazing Journey.” The exhibit is now open and will remain so until March 2006.
	www.rockhall.com /home (1817 words)

	Tommy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tommy (1969) is one of The Who's two full-scale rock operas, and the first musical work explicitly billed as a rock opera.
		Tommy was one of the first music films released with a multichannel hi-fi soundtrack -- billed as "quintaphonic sound" -- and in many theaters it was presented with high-powered concert-style sound reinforcement, played at rock concert volumes.
		Tommy's father, Captain Walker, had been listed as missing in action during World War I, but he returns unexpectedly in 1921 and kills his wife's new lover in front of the seven-year-old Tommy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tommy (2686 words)

	Tommy by Who CD
		The definitive rock opera, TOMMY liberated the Who from a "singles band" stigma, marking them as a substantial artistic force.
		Tommy is a sensational album filled with best rock tunes ever written.
		`Tommy´ changed the Rock N Roll History for ever.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/1103878/a/Tommy.htm (482 words)

	IMPULSE MUSIC -- CD CATALOG
		W/ EX "AT VANCE " SINGER OLIVER HARTMANN AND DANIELE LIVERANI OF GENIUS ROCK OPERA.
		BERY GOOD ITALIAN PREOGRESSIVE METAL IN THE VEIN OF DREAM THEATER AND EMPTY TREMOR (KEYBOARDIST EXTRAORDINAIRE AND CREATOR OF GENIUS A ROCK OPERA).
		DOUBLE LIVE CD LIMITED EDITION DIGI CD W/ TOMMY ALDRIGE, RICKY PHILLIPS & ROBIN McAULEY -GUESTS NEAL SCHON, JAMES CHRISTIAN, GREG GUIFFRIA & OTHERS
	www.impulsemusic.com /browsecatalog/cds_browse.asp?letter=E (482 words)

	Tommy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tommy (rock opera), a rock opera by The Who
		Tommy Luong, the best CAL I player in CS 1.6
		Thompson submachine gun, also known as the "Tommy Gun"
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tommy (135 words)

	Tennis Week
		His father, Angel Robredo, was a huge fan of Hall of Fame rock legends The Who and named his son after the British band's rock opera, "Tommy" which was the start of the younger Robredo's Amazing Journey.
		He was named for an opera and plays tennis as if it is an opportunity to score a symphony of shots.
		Robredo's pro career was nearly over before it began as an ongoing back injury forced him to wear a brace (like fellow Dunlop player James Blake) and sidelined him from tennis for several months during his junior years.
	www.sportsmediainc.com /tennisweek/index.cfm?func=showarticle&newsid=14122&bannerregion= (900 words)

	Rock Hall focuses on rock classic - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		CLEVELAND -- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame chose The Who's rock opera "Tommy" for its first exhibit dedicated to one rock classic partly because of its reach as an album, a film and a Broadway musical.
		The Rock Hall, which opened in 1995, had focused its exhibits on the careers of performers or the history of musical styles, so to focus on one work in "TOMMY: The Amazing Journey" was seen as a big change.
		Henke said the concept for a "Tommy" exhibit began at an in-house brainstorming session about three years ago.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/arts/s_328563.html (977 words)

	IMDb Title Search
		The Who Live, Featuring the Rock Opera Tommy (1989) (TV)
		Rock n' Roll Cops 2: The Adventure Begins (2003) (V) Le Cop on Le Rocks (1967)
		The Way They Were: Rock & Pop Special (2001) (TV)
	us.imdb.com /Title?%22Cop+Rock%22 (231 words)

	Tommy (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tommy was a 1975 musical film, based on The Who's 1969 "rock opera" concept album Tommy.
		Unlike other films of rock operas (such as Pink Floyd's The Wall) the album is not dubbed over the film; the different actors sing the songs instead of The Who.
		Tommy is told to forget what he saw and heard, and as a result becomes deaf, dumb, and blind.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tommy_(film) (1029 words)

	Timeline Theater
		1969 May 23, The Who released their rock opera "Tommy."
		Gay intended it to be a parody of Italian opera and a satirization of the Walpole administration.
		Opera emerged as musicians sought to revive Greek theater.
	www.timelines.ws /subjects/Theater.HTML (8944 words)

	Articles - Genres of Prog [A Rock Opera: Art (Symphonic) Rock] - ProgressoR
		That's why the term Rock Opera assigned to the album was determined because of the conception.
		Since "Hair" with a combined team of the performers and "Tommy" of Who, issued a bit earlier, have a long way to go to the Progressive territory (nearer to it is the second related album by Who "Quadrophenia", 1973).
		We'll hardly ever hear a similar, close to impossible, variety of the voices made by Diamond for the heroes of his Rock Operas from dilogy "Them" / "Conspiracy" to "The Graveyard" and others (all conceptual and even non-conceptual albums by King Diamond and Mercyful Fate).
	www.progressor.net /articles/ar_ropera.html (571 words)

	Theatreport.com- Theatre in Houston, Tx - IBP 2005 - 2006 - Local News - News
		“I’m a Dr. Seuss fan and I’m a Beatles fan,” explains Johnston, “and I love rock operas—all the way from Jesus Christ Superstar to Tommy and many others.
		Last year, we told you about the prestigious MAP grant IBP was awarded to develop an original rock opera written by the legendary Texas singer-songwriter (and America’s vanguard “outsider” artist) Daniel Johnston.
		His stagecraft of "Hamlet" was awarded as the best performance of 1997/1998 season by Lithuanian critique and Eimuntas Nekrosius was announced the best stage director of the year and awarded by "Kristoforas".
	www.theatreport.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=454 (6323 words)

	Tommy's New York Times Review
		Tommy, the stunning new stage adaption of the 1969 rock opera by the British group the Who, is at long last the authentic rock musical that has eluded Broadway for two generations.
		Tommy's only form of communication proves to be his latent wizardry at pinball, a talent that soon turns him into a media sensation.
		In this retelling, Tommy is often played simultaneously by two child actors (representing him at ages four and ten) in addition to Mr.
	www.a2ct.org /archives/show/tommyNYTreview.htm (1136 words)

	originalok.txt
		2#78#In The Who's rock opera "Tommy," the title character is a wizard at what game?#Pinball#Ping-Pong#Poker#Pokemon#A
		1#82#What term can mean either a leading female opera singer or a temperamental person?#Aloe vera#Spinning jenny#Prima donna#Crepe suzette#C
		6#67#Who wrote the play upon which the opera "Porgy and Bess" was based?#DuBose Heyward#Rea Irvin#Oscar Micheaux#Walter Everette Hawkins#A
	www.cosinf5.com /Millionaire/originalok.txt (1136 words)

	The Music Box: Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (Album Review)
		The first half of the disc contains selections from Jethro Tull (a band that was relatively unknown at the time of the album's recording), The Who (performing its first rock opera and heavily hinting at Tommy), and The Dirty Mac (a supergroup featuring John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, and Mitch Mitchell).
		Rock 'n' Roll Circus is a 60-minute collection of magical musical moments.
		Rock and Roll Circus is available from Amazon.com.
	www.musicbox-online.com /rs-circ.html (155 words)

	Press Releases - IFC Companies - IFC and Green Day Join Together to Create Unprecedented Partnership
		Like The Who's rock opera Tommy or concept albums by the Beatles and Pink Floyd, which spoke to previous generations, Green Day's critically acclaimed American Idiot is a modern audio-documentary that addresses the concerns of a new disenfranchised generation during a time of great social and cultural change.
		Highlighted in the deal is IFC's commitment to merge Green Day's rock anthem "Jesus of Suburbia," into the network's very DNA for an entire year by incorporating the song into IFC's on- and off-air promotions and programming through 2005.
		While the relationship will evolve and develop throughout 2005-2006, with various opportunities to showcase the song, it is important to underscore that IFC is a non-commercial network and the partnership will not include music video airplay or any type of commercial involvement.
	www.rainbow-media.com /rainbow/media/release_release.jsp?nodeid=4511 (714 words)

	Tommy DVD, Tommy for $9.59 at DVDmagnet.com
		This classic rock opera is brought energetically to life by an outstanding cast including many stars of the rock music industry.
		Told through the remarkable music of The Who, this is the story of Tommy, who, when just a boy of six, witnesses the murder of his father by his mother (Ann-Margret) and her lover (Oliver Reed).
		Growing into manhood, Tommy (The Who's Roger Daltrey) is subjected to several bizarre cure attempts by the Acid Queen (Tina Turner), the Preacher (Eric Clapton) and the Specialist (Jack Nicholson).
	www.dvdmagnet.com /dvd/Tommy.html (714 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Tommy: Superbit Edition
		Tommy is indicative of the era of experimental filmmaking, falling into similar company with films like Brian de Palma's polarizing Phantom of the Paradise or The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
		The Who would go on to produce another greater (though less accessible) opera called "Quadrophenia," and, when all was said and done, would be held as the bridge between old, "dinosaur" rock and punk music.
		With the release of "Tommy," The Who demonstrated that they were on the scene for good and it's a well-established fact that they perfected music in 1971 with the release of their album "Who's Next." I will not argue about this.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/tommysuperbit.php (1478 words)

	Tommy (1975)
		Tommy is the best rock movie opera ever.
		What a movie Tommy was - thirty years old and still more memorable that all the releases I've sat through in my local multiplex so far this year.
		The same could be said of rock band The Who - their energy, edge and talent has been replaced by Coldplay!
	us.imdb.com /Title?0073812 (1478 words)

	Amazon.com: Tommy (1969 Original Concept Album) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]: Music
		Tommy was highly hyped by critics and fans alike who were calling the album a "rock opera".
		Tommy Walker is born while his father is off on some journey (`It's a boy') from which he becomes several years late in returning.
		Tommy becomes functionally blind, deaf, and dumb to all outside appearances, however, it is evident that within his own head, he can see and hear everything (`There's a doctor I've found').
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002OZY?v=glance (2427 words)

	The Vehicle
		While the reason for the name “Tommy” may be traced to the team’s spiritual advisor Thomas Jefferson, some members see a dual meaning with the character Tommy from the band The Who’s so named rock opera.
		The Who’s Tommy journeys down a path to perceive and understand much like our “Tommy” does.
		PRI-MAX and the team’s minimalist approach has also enabled Tommy’s highly economical construction including Tommy’s ability to execute all of its intelligence on a single main processor card costing less than $200 retail.
	www.perronerobotics.com /dgc/index_vehicle.htm (451 words)

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