The Who have stopped touring, but that doesn’t mean their frontman has to quit singing.
Roger Daltrey showed fans he continues to perform, albeit at smaller venues than he’s used to. In a clip shared on TikTok this week, the 81-year-old singer performs the 1968 Johnny Cash classic “I Got Stripes” with an acoustic guitar while sitting at someone’s kitchen table.
Fans chimed in with their appreciation.
“I can’t believe this isn’t AI!,” remarked one. “How do I get him to come to my kitchen table????” asked another, who took their name from “Boris the Spider,” the Who classic penned by the group’s late bass guitarist, John Entwistle.
Daltrey is no casual fan of the Man in Black. He’s sung the country icon’s songs to warm up his voice before performances, as seen in the 2006 Who concert film, Fragments. As he sings “There You Go” in a bathroom, he explains, “This gets the voice nice and low and used to singing.”
In addition, Daltrey performed a medley of Cash tunes, including “Folsom Prison Blues” and “Ring of Fire,” during his 2009 solo tour. Reporting on his performance in Boston that year, Country Standard Time wrote that Daltrey spoke about Cash’s music at the show and told the audience to “find some Johnny Cash songs, sing whatever you like, and your life will be all the better.”
