{"name":"Pete Townshend","title":"Pete Townshend","id":624,"slug":"pete-townshend","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/624/?format=json","bio_short":"Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an English <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/rock\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">rock</a> guitarist, <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/singer-songwriter\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">singer-songwriter</a>, <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/composer\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">composer</a>, and writer, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Who\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Who</a>, as well as for his own solo career. His career with <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Who\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Who</a> spans more than forty years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the most influential bands of the <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/rock\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">rock</a> era, in addition to being &quot;possibly the greatest live band ever.&quot;  ","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/PeteTownshend150.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":790,"title":"Behind Blue Eyes","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/behind-blue-eyes/"},{"id":23495,"title":"pinball wizard","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/pinball-wizard/"}]}