John Entwistle - Apron Strings (AUDIO)

John Entwistle
"Apron Strings"
Whistle Rhymes, 1972

With Peter Frampton on guitar and Keith Moon on percussion!

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[stluno]

The sound has a CD quality that doesn't compare to the richness of vinyl, but the essence of this heart-rending song is still there, and living testimonial to John Entwistle's brilliance. His ability to convey the deepest, most troubling emotions was unmatched, but the wonder of "Apron Strings" is its movement from the nearly unbearable intesity of John's lyric to the transcendent cry of Peter Frampton's solo (one of several in Whistle Rhymes), so as to end with an implicit "I survived."

[marcelopuzzy]

True!

[bathsheba56]

Had this one been on a Who album, it would clearly have given any of Pete's material a run for the money, and so would have been a much better-known tune. I suppose that's the dilemma of any band artist with a solo career: where to put your best stuff. Great song.

[madmexarts]

yea i think Frampton was like 17 or 18 yrs old

[ACooke108]

His best solo album in my opinion. Great songs, beautiful lead playing by Peter Frampton.

[destructivedandy]

Not sure how rare it is, but it cost me £12 in my local record shop this week. Worth every penny mind

[TuberOnTheLoose]

@yooperwholigan13 - I don't know how rare it is. In the US back in the 70's you could almost always find a copy of it in a record store's "cheap bin." I own two copies of it myself, but both have a corner of the cover cut off like they used to do for some odd reason to all the albums in the cheap bins.

[TheMadcitywhogirl]

Smash Your Head Against the Wall and Whistle Rymes are two unbelievably freaking good albums, I miss you John :(

[DWGERRY26]

Great song. Great album. Thanks for posting

[oberfour1]

@bathsheba56

The best songs on It`s Hard were written by John.

This just shows how great each individual in The Who were.

The Who set the bar the will never be out done by any other band in my opinion.

[herbiemarx01]

This should be a huge hit.

[estoesesto4]

Wandeful song Mr. Entwistle. Great vocalist.

[buster52]

@yooperwholigan13 John's solo albums never sold well. he was way over-shadowed by Pete and even Roger's solo stuff. it's a shame, because he always attracted great musicians and his songs were easily as interesting as Peters. this song is where i first payed attention to Peter Frampton.