Roger Daltrey

Daltrey was born on 1 March 1944 in Hammersmith Hospital, East Acton, London, during a World War II bombing raid. He is the eldest of three children of Harry and Irene Daltrey, and has two younger sisters. His father, an insurance clerk, was called up to fight in the Second World War, and three-month-old Roger and his mother were evacuated to a farm in Scotland.{{cite book |first1=Andy |last1=Neill |first2=Matt |last2=Kent |title=Anyway Anyhow Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of The Who 1958–1978 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_RwOaA1GTjQC&pg=PA10 |access-date=6 March 2016 |date=26 August 2011 |publisher=Ebury Publishing|isbn=978-0-7535-4797-7 |page=10}}

Daltrey attended Victoria Primary School and Acton County Grammar School in west London, the same school Pete Townshend and John Entwistle attended. He showed academic promise in the English state school system and was top of his class in the eleven-plus examination, after which he went to Grammar School.{{cite web|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Roger-Daltrey/biography |title=Biography |website=monstersandcritics.com |access-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810001321/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Roger-Daltrey/biography/ |archive-date=10 August 2014}}

Daltrey's first guitar, a cherry red Stratocaster replica, he made himself in 1957.{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jan/28/petetownshend.popandrock |title=Who's back |first=Dave |last=Simpson |date=28 January 2005 |website=The Guardian|location=London}} He joined a skiffle group called the Detours who needed a lead singer, and produced it when they told him to bring a guitar. His father bought him an Epiphone guitar in 1959 and he became the band's lead guitarist.

He also became the band's leader, and gained a reputation for using his fists to impose discipline. According to Townshend, Daltrey "ran things the way he wanted. If you argued with him, you usually got a bunch of fives,{{cite web |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/a-bunch-of-fives |title=A BUNCH OF FIVES {{!}} meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary |website=dictionary.cambridge.org |access-date=2020-02-13}} [a hard punch]".{{cite book |title=Behind Blue Eyes |url=https://archive.org/details/behindblueeyesli00giul |url-access=registration |last=Giuliano |first=Geoffrey |year=1996 |publisher=J. P. Dutton |page=[https://archive.org/details/behindblueeyesli00giul/page/26 26]|isbn=9780525940524 }} Daltrey explained, later in life, that this harsh approach came from the tough neighbourhood in which he had grown up, where arguments were resolved by fighting. He was expelled from school, and Townshend wrote in his autobiography, "until he was expelled, Roger had been a good pupil."{{cite book |last=Townshend |first=Pete |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ckrw61EVuJ0C&pg=PT38 |title=Who I Am: A Memoir |date=9 October 2012 |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=9781443418201 |page=38}}

They discovered in 1964 that another band was performing as the Detours, and discussed changing their name. Townshend suggested "the Hair" and Townshend's room-mate Richard Barnes suggested "The Who". The next morning, Daltrey made the decision for the band, saying "It's the Who, innit?"{{cite book |last1=Neill |first1=Andy |last2=Kent |first2=Matt |title=Anyway Anyhow Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of The Who 1958–1978|page=35 |date=2007 |publisher=Sterling Publishing |isbn=978-1586635916 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_RwOaA1GTjQC}}

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Townshend began writing original material for the band, and after their first hit single ("I Can't Explain") and record deal in early 1965, Daltrey's dominance of the band diminished.{{cite book |last1=Lerner |first1=Murray |title=Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who |date=2007 |publisher=Universal Studios}} The other members of the Who fired him from the band in late 1965 after he beat up their drummer, Keith Moon, for supplying illegal drugs to Townshend and Entwistle, but he was re-admitted to the band a week later on probation after he promised not to do it again. He recalled, "I thought if I lost the band, I was dead. If I didn't stick with the Who, I would be a sheet metal worker for the rest of my life."{{cite book |last=Cawthorne |first=Nigel |title=The Who and the Making of Tommy |publisher=Unanimous |year=2005 |page=45 |isbn=978-1903318768 |volume=5 |series=Vinyl Frontier}}

The band's second single, "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere", was a collaboration between Daltrey and Townshend.{{cite web|website=Songfacts.com|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=79|title=ANYWAY, ANYHOW, ANYWHERE by THE WHO |access-date=14 August 2014}} While Townshend was developing into an accomplished composer, Daltrey was gaining a reputation as a singer and front-man. The Who's stage act was energetic, and Daltrey's habit of swinging the microphone around by its cord on stage became a signature move. His Townshend-inspired stuttering expression of youthful anger, frustration and arrogance in the band's breakthrough single, "My Generation", captured the revolutionary feeling of the 1960s for young people around the world and became a trademark sound. His scream near the end of "Won't Get Fooled Again" was a defining moment in rock and roll.{{cite web|website=Songfacts.com |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1532 |title=WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN by THE WHO |access-date=14 August 2014}}

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By 1973, Daltrey was experiencing success with his solo projects and acting roles. While the other members of the band were recording the music for Quadrophenia, he took the opportunity to examine the Who's financial books and found they had fallen into disarray under the management of Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp. Lambert was Pete Townshend's artistic mentor, and challenging him led to renewed tension within the band. During a filming session, in an incident that Daltrey later claimed was overblown, Townshend and Daltrey argued over the schedule, Townshend hit Daltrey over the head with his guitar, and Daltrey responded by knocking Townshend unconscious with a single blow.Giuliano, p. 103

In the Who's milestone achievements, Tommy, Who's Next, and Quadrophenia, Daltrey became the face and voice of the band as they defined themselves as rebels in a generation of change. When Ken Russell's adaptation of Tommy appeared as a feature film in 1975, Daltrey played the lead role. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for "Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture", and appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine on 10 April 1975. He worked with Russell again, starring as Franz Liszt in Lisztomania, and collaborated with Rick Wakeman on the soundtrack of the film.{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Roger-Daltrey-Rick-Wakeman-Lisztomania/release/3577748 |title=Roger Daltrey & Rick Wakeman – Lisztomania |date=February 1976 |publisher=Discogs |access-date=4 February 2020}}

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The Who's drummer, Keith Moon, died in 1978. The band continued working after his death, but Daltrey thought that new drummer Kenney Jones had been the wrong choice.{{cite web |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-who/roger-daltreys-track-by-track-guide-to-the-whos-hits-feature |title=Roger Daltrey's track-by-track guide to The Who's greatest hits |website=Uncut |access-date=14 August 2014 |archive-date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023135310/http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-who/roger-daltreys-track-by-track-guide-to-the-whos-hits-feature |url-status=dead }} The Who broke up in 1983 when Townshend felt that he could no longer write for them.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/pete-townshend/320553 |title=Pete Townshend |publisher=iTunes Store |access-date=14 August 2014}}

The band reformed in 1989 for a 25th Anniversary Tour, which also celebrated the 20th anniversary of their rock opera Tommy. The tour featured a large backing band, with guest appearances by Steve Winwood, Patti LaBelle, Phil Collins, Elton John, and Billy Idol. Daltrey managed to complete the tour in spite of an abdominal ailment, for which he later received surgery.{{Cite web |title=The Who This Month! 1989 |url=http://thewhothismonth.com/1989.html |website=Thewhothismonth.com}}

In 1996, Pete Townshend was approached to produce Quadrophenia for the Prince's Trust concert at Hyde Park, London. Daltrey agreed to help to produce a one-off performance, and the opera was to be performed with a large backing band. On the night before the show, Daltrey was struck in the face by a microphone stand swung by Gary Glitter and the accident fractured his eye socket. There was concern that he might not be able to perform, but Daltrey covered the bruises with an eye patch and completed the show as scheduled. Townshend took the production on tour in 1996–97 as the Who.{{cite book |last1=Wilkerson |first1=Mark |title=Who Are You: The Life of Pete Townshend |date=2009 |publisher=Omnibus Press}}

After the success of the Quadrophenia tour, the band returned as the Who with a five-piece line-up for tours in 1999–2000, and they made a major impact at the Concert for New York City in 2002. After Entwistle's death in June 2002, Daltrey and Townshend decided to continue with an already planned tour, with bass player Pino Palladino taking Entwistle's place. They also completed a brief tour in 2004. In 2006, they released the Who's first studio album of new material in twenty-four years, Endless Wire, which led to suggestions that the much-discussed artistic tension in the Who lay between Daltrey and Townshend. The band undertook a world tour in 2006–07 in support of the album.{{cite magazine |last1=Fricke |first1=David |title=Endless Wire |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/endless-wire-200339/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=4 July 2020}}

In February 2010, Townshend and Daltrey, headlining as the Who, performed the half-time show at Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, Florida, and were seen by 105.97 million viewers across the world. In March 2010, Townshend and Daltrey, with an extensive backing band, performed Quadrophenia at the Royal Albert Hall in London as a tenth-anniversary charity benefit for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam sang the part of the Godfather and Tom Meighan of Kasabian sang the part of Aceface.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/live/958782/eddie-vedder-guests-at-who-london-show |title=Eddie Vedder Guests at Who London Show |access-date=28 April 2010 |author=Smirke, Richard |date=31 March 2010 |magazine=Billboard}}

Daltrey wrote several songs in the band's catalogue during their early years:

• "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" (1965) – the Who's second single, co-written with Townshend.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewho.com/music/anyway-anyhow-anywhere/|title=Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere|website=Thewho.com|access-date=22 August 2021}}
• "See My Way" (1966) – Daltrey's contribution to A Quick One.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thewholive.net/songs/info.php?id=212|title=See My Way – The Who Concert Guide|website=Thewholive.net}}
• "Early Morning Cold Taxi" (1967) – Outtake from The Who Sell Out (later appearing as a bonus track on deluxe editions and on the 1994 box set Thirty Years of Maximum R&B), co-written with David "Cyrano" Langston.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewho.com/dave-cy-langston/|title=Dave 'Cy' Langston|website=Thewho.com|date=18 July 2021}}
• "Here for More" (1970) – B-side to "The Seeker".{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewho.com/music/the-seeker/|title=The Seeker|website=Thewho.com|access-date=22 August 2021}}

Daltrey also wrote a song titled "Crossroads Now" for the Who, which grew from an onstage jam in 1999.Soeder, J. (May 2002) The Plain Dealer Another Daltrey song, "Certified Rose", was rehearsed by the Who shortly before the death of John Entwistle. The band had intended to play it, as well as Townshend's "Real Good Looking Boy", during their 2002 tour, but it was dropped after Entwistle's death.{{cite web

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|archive-date=13 July 2011 }} It was rumoured that a studio version had been recorded during the Endless Wire sessions which may have featured Entwistle's basslines from 2002, but Townshend later stated that no such recording had been made.{{cite web|url=http://www.iorr.org/talk/read.php?1,873549,906143 |title=Pete Townshend interview from TheWho.com |publisher=Iorr.org |date=15 February 2008 |access-date=15 August 2011}} A more recent recording of "Certified Rose" was released on Daltrey's 2018 album, As Long As I Have You.{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Review: Roger Daltrey's 'As Long as I Have You' Gets Back to His Roots |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-roger-daltreys-as-long-as-i-have-you-gets-back-to-his-roots-629091/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=26 February 2020}}

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Daltrey has released ten solo studio albums. The first, Daltrey (1973), was recorded during a hiatus in the Who's touring schedule. The best-selling single from the album, "Giving It All Away", peaked at No. 5 in the UK and the album, which introduced Leo Sayer and David Courtney as songwriters, made the Top 50 in the United States. The inner sleeve photography showed a trompe-l'œil which referred to the Narcissus myth, as Daltrey's reflection in the water differed from his actual appearance. He also released a single in 1973, "Thinking", with "There is Love" on the B-side. The British release, with considerable airplay of "Giving It All Away" (first lines "I paid all my dues so I picked up my shoes, I got up and walked away") coincided with news reports of the Who being sued for unpaid damage to their hotel on a recent tour, which included a TV set thrown out of a window.{{cite web|url=http://www.ovguide.com/daltrey-9202a8c04000641f80000000031f8107# |title=Daltrey |website=ovguide.com |access-date=14 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818052346/http://www.ovguide.com/daltrey-9202a8c04000641f80000000031f8107 |archive-date=18 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}

Daltrey's second solo album, Ride a Rock Horse, was released in 1975. It was his second most commercially successful solo album.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} McVicar was a soundtrack album from the film of the same name, in which Daltrey starred and also co-produced; it featured all the other members of the Who (Townshend, Entwistle, and Kenney Jones). McVicar included two hit singles, "Free Me", and "Without Your Love", Daltrey's best-selling solo recording.{{cite web|publisher=iTunes Store |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/mcvicar-original-sound-track/id271800893 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822122451/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/mcvicar-original-sound-track/id271800893 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 August 2014 |title=McVicar original soundtrack |date=June 1980 |access-date=14 August 2014}}

His next album, Parting Should Be Painless, received negative reviews and was his poorest-selling studio album up to that point. In it, Daltrey had vented his frustrations after the break-up of the Who by assembling a set of roughly autobiographical songs. They included a track contributed by Bryan Ferry ("Going Strong"), and one contributed by the Eurythmics ("Somebody Told Me"). Daltrey said the album covered musical areas that he had wanted the Who to pursue.{{cite magazine|magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-the-whos-breakup-shatters-roger-daltreys-illusions-about-the-power-of-rock-19840524 |title=How The Who's breakup shatters Roger Daltrey's illusions about the power of rock |date=25 May 1984 |access-date=18 September 2014}} The title track of the next album, Under a Raging Moon, was a tribute to the Who's drummer, Keith Moon, who had died in 1978 at the age of 32. On his Rocks in the Head album, Daltrey's voice ranged from a powerful bluesy growl in the style of Howlin' Wolf, to tender vocals shared with his daughter Willow on the ballad "Everything a Heart Could Ever Want".

Daltrey appeared in the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992, singing the hard rock Queen song "I Want It All", in homage to his friend Freddie Mercury who had died the previous year one day after a public announcement that he had AIDS.{{cite web|website=Mentalfloss.com|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/30500/freddie-mercury-tribute-concert-was-20-years-ago-today |title=Freddie Mercury tribute concert was 20 years ago today |date=20 April 2012 |access-date=14 August 2014}}{{cite web|website=Queenonline.com |url=http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/press-release-the-freddie-mercury-tribute-concert-the-definitive-edition |title=The Freddie Mercury tribute concert: The definitive edition |access-date=14 August 2014}}

To celebrate his 50th birthday in 1994, Daltrey performed two shows at Carnegie Hall in New York. A recording of the concerts was later issued on CD and video, entitled A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, and is sometimes called Daltrey Sings Townshend. The success of these shows led to a US tour under the same name, featuring Pete Townshend's brother Simon on lead guitar. Phil Spalding played bass in the first half of each show and John Entwistle played bass in the second half. An Australian leg was considered but eventually scrapped.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

A fan of Premier League football club Arsenal F.C., Daltrey wrote and performed a specially commissioned song, "Highbury Highs", for the 2006 Highbury Farewell ceremony after the final football match was played at the Highbury ground.[http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/rock-legend-to-pay-tribute-to-highbury "Rock legend to pay tribute to Highbury"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045707/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/rock-legend-to-pay-tribute-to-highbury |date=24 September 2015}}. Arsenal F.C.. Retrieved 8 August 2015 Daltrey's performance was part of Arsenal's celebration of the club's 93 years at Highbury as it prepared to move to a new stadium.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.chrishunt.biz/features49.html |author=Hunt, Chris |title=Sing When You're Winning: Roger Daltrey |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=June 2009 |magazine=FourFourTwo}}

Daltrey embarked on a solo tour of the US and Canada on 10 October 2009, the "Use It or Lose It" tour, with a new touring band he called "No Plan B" on The Alan Titchmarsh Show.{{cite interview |last=Daltrey |first=Roger |title=Roger Daltrey on The Alan Titchmarsh Show |date=24 March 2010 |publisher=ITV}} The band included Simon Townshend on rhythm guitar and backing vocals, Frank Simes on lead guitar, Jon Button on bass guitar, Loren Gold on keyboards, and Scott Devours on drums.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267863/roger-daltrey-plots-north-american-tour |last=Graff |first=Gary |title=Roger Daltrey Plots North American Tour |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=30 August 2009 |magazine=Billboard}} Eddie Vedder made a guest appearance at the Seattle show on 12 October.{{cite web |url=http://www.pearljamtour.org/eddie-vedder-joins-roger-daltrey-on-stage |author=Bryant, Janice |title=Eddie Vedder Joins Roger Daltrey on Stage |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=13 October 2009 |publisher=Pearljamtour.org |archive-date=7 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207185244/http://www.pearljamtour.org/eddie-vedder-joins-roger-daltrey-on-stage |url-status=dead }} In 2010, Daltrey and No Plan B appeared for several dates with Eric Clapton,{{cite web |url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/clapton-tour-121 |author=Hall, Russell |title=Eric Clapton Taps Roger Daltrey To Open Upcoming Tour |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=11 December 2009 |publisher=Gibson.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622071540/http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/clapton-tour-121 |archive-date=22 June 2011 }} including Summerfest at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.{{cite web |url=http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20100331/OSH0503/303310057/Summerfest-update--Eric-Clapton-to-headline-with-Roger-Daltrey |title=Summerfest update: Eric Clapton to headline with Roger Daltrey |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=31 March 2010 |publisher=Gannett Wisconsin Media}} {{dead link |date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}

On 15 March 2018, Daltrey announced the forthcoming release on 1 June of a new solo studio album, As Long as I Have You.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewho.com/roger-daltrey-announces-new-solo-studio-album/ |title=Roger Daltrey announces fantastic new solo studio album |date= 15 March 2018 |website=Thewho.com |access-date= 15 March 2018}} He appeared on BBC One's The Graham Norton Show on 13 April 2018 to promote the single taken from the album.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/the-whos-roger-daltrey-i-survived-meningitis-and-was-given-a-second-chance-36802950.html|title=The Who's Roger Daltrey: 'I survived meningitis and was given a second chance' |website=Irish Independent|date=13 April 2018 |access-date=13 April 2018}}

In May 2021, Daltrey announced a return to touring, with the solo Live and Kicking Tour, starting in August 2021.{{Cite web|date=27 April 2021|title=Roger Daltrey Talks His Mic-Swinging Trick, Keith Moon's Exploding Drum Kit, More On 'Fallon' [Watch]|url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/roger-daltrey-mic-swinging-trick-keith-moon-exploding-drum-kit-fallon/|access-date=18 May 2021|website=L4LM}} The tour was rescheduled and carried out during the summer of 2022.{{cite web |title=Roger reschedules autumn UK tour dates due to UK Covid situation |url=https://www.thewho.com/roger-reschedules-autumn-uk-tour-dates/ |website=TheWho.com |publisher=Bravado |access-date=8 January 2022}}

In 1998, Daltrey performed two songs with the Jim Byrnes Blues Band at the Los Angeles Highlander Convention.{{cite web |url=http://www.thewholive.de/details/index.php?id=1435&Jahr=1998&GroupID=2&psn_itemsa=3 |title=Concert Detail: Anaheim, CA, Sat. 11 April 1998 |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=14 June 2005 |publisher=thewholive.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095410/http://www.thewholive.de/details/index.php?id=1435&Jahr=1998&GroupID=2&psn_itemsa=3 |archive-date=19 July 2011}}

On 12 January 2009, he headlined a one-off concert with Babyshambles at the O2 Academy Bristol for Teenage Cancer Trust. On 5 July 2009, he joined the Jam's lead singer, Paul Weller, on stage at Hop Farm Festival in Kent for an encore of "Magic Bus".{{cite web |url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2009/july/6/daltrey_guests_at_festival.aspx |title=The Who singer is surprise festival guest during Weller set |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=6 July 2009 |publisher=Kent Online}} In 2011, Daltrey recorded a duet on the song "Ma seule amour" with French singer and composer Laurent Voulzy for his album Lys and Love.{{cite web |url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Laurent-Voulzy/news-76660.html|title=Un duo avec Roger Daltrey (The Who) sur le prochain Voulzy|date=15 November 2011|access-date=16 November 2011}}

In November 2014, while staying at the Mar Hall Hotel in Bishopton, Renfrewshire ahead of the Who's gig at the SSE Hydro, Daltrey joined local band Milestone for an impromptu rendition of "I Can't Explain". The band were playing at a wedding reception in the hotel.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/watch-roger-daltry-gatecrashes-scots-4723096 |title=Roger Daltrey gatecrashes Scots couple's wedding |access-date=30 November 2014 |date=30 November 2014 |work=Sunday Mail}}

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Pete Townshend said Daltrey had "almost invented the pseudo-messianic role taken up later by Jim Morrison and Robert Plant". His stage persona earned him a position as one of the "gods of rock and roll". He developed a trademark move of swinging and throwing his microphone through a complex sequence, matching these sequences with the tempo of the song that was being played, although Daltrey reduced the athleticism of his performances in later years. According to a review of the Who's performance at the Quart Festival in 2007:

Suddenly each and everyone stopped caring about the down-pouring rain. When the Who took the stage we couldn't do anything but to reach for the sky and howl. Anyone who has ever thought of calling these gods old men and dinosaurs should be deeply ashamed. The reports we've heard from around the world were true: Live rock doesn't get any better.{{cite web |url=http://www.quart.no/-/image_album/show/1270_the-who-4-juli-2007 |title=quart.no |publisher=Quart.no |access-date=13 April 2018}}

{{See also|The Who's musical equipment}}

File:Roger Daltrey dancing.jpg in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1976]]Daltrey hand-built his first guitar from a piece of plywood, and he also built guitars for the band in the early days when they had little money to buy equipment.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/roger-daltrey-says-who-reunion-not-nostalgia-but-magic-20000607 |last=Skanse |first=Richard |title=Roger Daltrey says who reunion not nostalgia but magic |access-date=15 October 2012 |date=16 June 2000 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} As lead guitarist for the Detours, Daltrey played a 1961 Epiphone Wilshire solid-body electric guitar, which he later sold to Pete Townshend on an easy payment plan.{{cite web |url=http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment.htm |title=Pete Townshend's Guitar Gear History – An Equipment Overview |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=3 April 2010 |publisher=thewho.net}}{{cite web |url=http://www.didatticadelbassoelettrico.it/bassisti/alec_entwistle/image003.jpg |title=Daltrey playing Epiphone with the Detours |access-date=15 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722031947/http://www.didatticadelbassoelettrico.it/bassisti/alec_entwistle/image003.jpg |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead}} After he took over as the band's vocalist in the 1960s, and during the 1970s, Daltrey rarely played guitar on stage, except for a Martin acoustic guitar he used while promoting his solo album Daltrey.{{cite web |url=http://s.bebo.com/app-image/8046787031/5411656627/PROFILE/i.quizzaz.com/img/q/u/08/04/13 |title=Roger with Martin guitar |access-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003181404/http://s.bebo.com/app-image/8046787031/5411656627/PROFILE/i.quizzaz.com/img/q/u/08/04/13 |archive-date=3 October 2011}} He began playing guitar with the Who again during the band's tours in the 1980s, and used a Fender Esquire to play a second guitar part for the song "Eminence Front" on the Who's 1982, 1989 and later tours.{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/photos/gallery/?fid=1159&pid=3025927&dyn=artist |title=Daltrey playing Fender Esquire |work=Vh1 |access-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021022748/http://www.vh1.com/photos/gallery/?fid=1159&pid=3025927&dyn=artist |archive-date=21 October 2012}} During the 1989 tour, Daltrey played a Gibson Chet Atkins SST guitar for the song "Hey Joe". During the Who's 1996–97 Quadrophenia tour, he played a Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar.{{cite web |last=Black |first=Mike |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeblackphotos/2734553580 |title=Daltrey playing Gibson J-200 |date=28 December 2006 |publisher=Flickr.com |access-date=15 August 2011}}

After 1999, it became common for Daltrey to play guitar during both the Who and solo shows. He played a Versoul Buxom 6 handmade acoustic guitar on the Who's 2002 tour.{{cite web |url=http://www.versoul.com/artists.php?sid=00011 |title=Roger Daltrey |access-date=29 April 2010 |publisher=Versoul.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717194309/http://www.versoul.com/artists.php?sid=00011 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} Daltrey owns a Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop acoustic guitar which he played on the Who and solo tours in the late first decade of the 21st century.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com/cannes/files/2009/06/roger-daltrey-179.jpg |title=Daltrey playing his Everly Brothers Flattop at Cannes |access-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812172936/http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com/cannes/files/2009/06/roger-daltrey-179.jpg |archive-date=12 August 2011}} On his 2009 tour, he played Pete Townshend's "Blue, Red and Grey" on an Ashbury cutaway tenor EQ ukulele.{{cite web |url=http://sceneandheardblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/roger-daltrey-rocks-horseshoe-casino |title=Daltrey with ukulele |publisher=Sceneandheardblog.wordpress.com |date=2 November 2009 |access-date=15 August 2011}}

Daltrey is among those who brought the harmonica into British popular music.{{cite news |url=http://blogs.smh.com.au/noisepollution/archives/2009/08/mouth_music.html?page=fullpage |title=Mouth Music |last=Walker |first=Stephen |access-date=29 April 2010 |date=31 August 2009 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}} Harmonica brands he has used include Hohner and Lee Oskar.{{cite web |url=http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document/lee_oskar/harmonica?doc_id=103646 |title=Hands-On Review: Lee Oskar Harmonica System |author=Day, Dan |access-date=29 April 2010 |year=2010 |publisher=Musician's Friend |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225193038/http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document/lee_oskar/harmonica?doc_id=103646 |archive-date=25 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}

Daltrey uses Shure microphones. Their cords are taped to strengthen the connection to the microphone and to avoid cutting his hands when he swings and catches it. He commonly uses a standard Shure SM58,{{cite web |url=http://www.shure.com/ProAudio/PressRoom/PressReleaseArchive/2009PressReleases/us_pro_pr_2009_reason_why |title=Legendary Rockers Daltrey, Townsend Reveal The "Reason Why" They Use Shure Microphones |access-date=29 April 2010 |date=15 January 2009 |publisher=sure.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416052444/http://www.shure.com/ProAudio/PressRoom/PressReleaseArchive/2009PressReleases/us_pro_pr_2009_reason_why |archive-date=16 April 2009}} but has also used Shure SM78 (in 1981), Shure model 565D Unisphere 1, and Shure model 548 Unidyne IV.{{cite web |url=http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment/equip-pa.htm |title=PA and Foldback |access-date=29 April 2010 |date=1 March 2009 |publisher=thewho.net}} Daltrey also uses a hybrid monitoring system, with one in-ear monitor supplemented by floor wedges.{{cite web |url=http://www.smurphco.com/articles-par-thewho.pdf |title=The Who 2002 North American Tour |author=Murphy, Stephen |access-date=20 May 2010 |date=September 2002 |publisher=Smurphco.com}}

Daltrey contributed to a collection of childhood fishing stories published in 1996 entitled I Remember: Reflections on Fishing in Childhood.{{cite book |first1=Frederick |last1=Forsyth |first2=Roger |last2=Daltrey |first3=Bernard |last3=Cribbins |first4=George |last4=Melly |title=I Remember: Reflections on Fishing in Childhood |publisher=Summersdale Publishers |year=1996 |isbn=978-1-873475-43-0 }} In 2009, he contributed a foreword to Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of The Who 1958–1978 by Andrew Neill and Matt Kent.{{cite book |title=Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of The Who 1958–1978|first1=Andrew|last1=Neill|first2=Matthew|last2=Kent|year=2009}} In 2011, he wrote a tribute article in honour of the late Ken Russell which was published in Britain's Daily Express.{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/roger-daltrey-considered-re-teaming-with-russell-before-his-death_1266212|date=29 November 2011|title=Roger Daltrey Considered Re-Teaming With Russell Before His Death|access-date=29 November 2011}}

In October 2018, Daltrey published his memoir, Thanks a Lot Mr. Kibblewhite: My Story.{{cite news |title=Book excerpt: Roger Daltrey's "Thanks a Lot Mr. Kibblewhite" |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/book-excerpt-roger-daltrey-thanks-a-lot-mr-kibblewhite-my-generation/ |publisher=CBS News |date=9 November 2018}} The title is a reference to the man who threw him out of grammar school, enabling him to go into a successful music career.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Kyle |title=Who's Grateful? |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/review-roger-daltry-biography-delightful-conservative-gratitude/ |work=National Review |date=14 November 2018}}

In 1976, Daltrey was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for "Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture" for his starring role in the film version of the Who's rock opera Tommy. He also performed as a guest on the Chieftains' recording of Irish Evening: Live at the Grand Opera House which won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in 1993. With the Who, Daltrey received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001 for outstanding artistic significance in music.{{cite web |title=The Who |url=https://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/guests/the-who/c42d00eb865cdfb404b2707f37e624e3d69d63be |website=nbc.com |publisher=NBC Universal |access-date=26 February 2020}}

In 1990, Daltrey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio as a member of the Who.{{cite web

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}} The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame also included three songs that Daltrey recorded with the Who on the list of 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, including: "My Generation", "Go to the Mirror!", and "Baba O'Riley".{{cite web

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|archive-date=17 March 2010}} In 2005, Daltrey received a British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors Gold Badge Award for special and lasting contributions to the British entertainment industry.{{cite web

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In 2003, Daltrey was honoured by Time magazine as a European Hero for his work with the Teenage Cancer Trust and other charities.{{cite news

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|archive-date=8 February 2008}} In the New Year's Honours List published on 31 December 2004, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to Music, the Entertainment Industry and Charity.{{cite magazine

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As a member of the Who, Daltrey was inducted in 2005 into the UK Music Hall of Fame.{{cite news

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|publisher=BBC News}} In December 2008, he and Pete Townshend were honoured with America's most prestigious cultural awards as recipients of the 31st annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., by the then-president of the United States, George W. Bush.{{cite web

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}} On 4 March 2009, three days after his 65th birthday, Daltrey accepted the James Joyce Award from the Literary and Historical Society of University College Dublin for outstanding success in the music field.{{cite news

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On 12 March 2011, he received the Steiger Award (Germany) for excellence in music.{{cite web |url=http://www.der-steiger-award.de/Preistraeger/Preistraeger.html|title=Steiger Awards 2011|access-date=15 March 2011}} In November 2011, Daltrey and Pete Townshend received the Classic Album Award for Quadrophenia from the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards at the Roundhouse in London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/168857/9|title=Pete Townshend Plays Rare Intimate Acoustic Gig To Celebrate Quadrophenia Re-release – Stereoboard|first=Elliott|last=Batte|website=Stereoboard.com}}

In July 2012, Daltrey received an honorary degree from Middlesex University in recognition of his contributions to music.{{cite web |url=http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/9823271.The_Who_star_given_honorary_degree|author=Innes, Emma|title=The Who star Roger Daltrey given honorary degree by Middlesex University|date=18 July 2012|access-date=18 July 2012}}

Daltrey has received numerous awards for his music, including Best Blues Album in the British Blues Awards 2015 alongside Wilko Johnson.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishbluesawards.com/winners-2015/4590545571|title=Winners 2015 – British Blues Awards|website=Britishbluesawards.com|access-date=30 January 2017}}

In 2019, Daltrey was the recipient of the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. He received his Golden Plate along with Pete Townshend and presented by Awards Council member Peter Gabriel.{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=Achievement.org|publisher=American Academy of Achievement|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}{{cite web|title= 2019 International Achievement Summit|publisher= American Academy of Achievement|url= https://achievement.org/summit/2019/}}

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All of the Who's Encore Series profits go to young people's charities. Daltrey was instrumental in starting the Teenage Cancer Trust concert series in 2000, with the Who playing in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2010, and Daltrey playing solo in 2011 and in 2015 as the Who. The annual concerts have raised over £20 million. He has endorsed the Whodlums, a Who tribute band which raise money for the trust.{{cite news |title=Roger Daltrey backs Newcastle tribute band |date=1 September 2010 |first=Katie |last=Davies |work=Evening Chronicle

|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/09/01/roger-daltrey-backs-newcastle-tribute-band-72703-27178948|location=Newcastle upon Tyne |access-date=18 September 2012}}

Daltrey performed at the first ChildLine Rocks concert at London's the O2 on 13 March 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.childlinerocks.co.uk/about-childline-rocks.php |title=About ChildLine Rocks |access-date=20 May 2010 |year=2008 |publisher=Childlinerocks.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326125703/http://www.childlinerocks.co.uk/about-childline-rocks.php |archive-date=26 March 2010 }} In 2009, Daltrey was a judge for the 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.{{cite web

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|url= http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2009.asp|title=8th Annual IMA Artist Judges|access-date=29 April 2010|year= 2009|publisher=Independent Music Awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412044034/http://independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2009.asp|archive-date=12 April 2009}} In the same year, he appeared on stage with Michael J. Fox for the "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's" benefit. In April 2010, he headlined the Imagine A Cure II show honouring the legacy of John Lennon, which raised money for the Puget Sound Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity. In 2011, Daltrey became a patron of the Children's Respite Trust for children with disabilities.{{cite web|url=http://childrensrespitetrust.org.uk/pages/posts/new-patron-13.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118013654/http://childrensrespitetrust.org.uk/pages/posts/new-patron-13.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 January 2012 |title=New Patron |access-date=26 October 2011 }}

In 2011, Daltrey, Steven Tyler, and Julie Andrews provided funding for Robert S. Langer's research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology into vocal cord repair for victims of cancer and other disorders.{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-01/vibrating-gel-may-give-new-voice-to-throat-cancer-patients.html|title=Vibrating Gel May Give New Voice to Aging Rockers, Throat-Cancer Patients|author=Lopatto, Elizabeth|publisher=Bloomberg News|date=1 November 2011|access-date=5 November 2011}} On 4 November 2011, Daltrey and Pete Townshend launched the Daltrey/Townshend Teen and Young Adult Cancer Programme at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, to be funded by the Who's charity Teen Cancer America.{{cite web|url=http://www.newswise.com/articles/the-who-rock-icons-launch-daltrey-townshend-teen-and-young-adult-cancer-program-at-ucla-first-of-its-kind-in-america?ret=/articles/list&category=life&page=1&search%5Bstatus%5D=3&search%5Bsort%5D=date+desc&search%5Bsection%5D=30&search%5Bhas_multimedia%5D=|title=The Who Rock Icons Launch Daltrey/Townshend Teen and Young Adult Cancer Program at UCLA, First of Its Kind in America|date=3 November 2011|access-date=4 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091402/http://www.newswise.com/articles/the-who-rock-icons-launch-daltrey-townshend-teen-and-young-adult-cancer-program-at-ucla-first-of-its-kind-in-america?ret=%2Farticles%2Flist&category=life&page=1&search%5Bstatus%5D=3&search%5Bsort%5D=date+desc&search%5Bsection%5D=30&search%5Bhas_multimedia%5D=|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} The launch, followed on 5 November by a fund-raising event, was also attended by Robert Plant, and Dave Grohl.{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/04/4031201/the-who-launch-teen-cancer-program.html |title=The Who launch teen cancer programme at LA hospital |date=4 November 2011 |access-date=4 November 2011 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Daltrey also announced that a portion of ticket sales from his solo tours would go to fund the teen cancer centres. In 2012, he offered his support to a project helping unemployed young people in Heathfield, run by Tomorrow's People Trust.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/s-coming-visit/story-16468825-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505093205/http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/s-coming-visit/story-16468825-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|title=Who's coming to visit us?|work=Sussex Courier|date=29 June 2012|access-date=23 April 2013}}

In 1970, Daltrey publicly supported The National Campaign for Freedom of Information, saying: "I come from a working-class background and I am proud of it, and I intend to fight for the workers' right to know. We all need to know what goes on behind the scenes that is causing this country's economic mess. When we have a Freedom of Information Act in this country we shall have restored our Right to Know the Truth and that will bring sanity to our tax laws."

Daltrey was previously a supporter of the British Labour Party, but he withdrew his endorsement, citing his opposition to the "mass immigration" policies put in place under the Blair government.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10455384/Roger-Daltrey-I-will-never-forgive-Labour-for-their-immigration-policies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10455384/Roger-Daltrey-I-will-never-forgive-Labour-for-their-immigration-policies.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=I will never forgive Labour for their immigration policies|work=The Telegraph|access-date=18 December 2018}}{{cbignore}} In 2018, he criticised Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, describing him as a "communist".{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/roger-daltrey-jeremy-corbyn-socialist-communist-the-who-a8360036.html|title=The Who's Roger Daltrey: 'Jeremy Corbyn is not a socialist. He's a communist.|work=The Independent|access-date=18 December 2018}}

Daltrey supported Britain leaving the European Union.{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/whos-roger-daltrey-slams-donald-trump-discusses-brexti-2029845|title=The Who's Roger Daltrey discusses Donald Trump and says 'Brexit is the right thing for the country to do'|first=Andrew|last=Trendell|date=29 March 2017|work=NME}} He wrote in The Mirror: "Whatever happens, our country should never fear the consequences of leaving. We went into the Common Market in 1973. Do you know what was going on before we went in? It was the 1960s. The most exciting time ever – Britain was Swinging. Films, Theatre, Fashion, Art and Music.... Britain was the centre of the world. You got that because Britain was doing its own thing. It was independent. Not sure we'll ever get that again when we're ruled by bureaucrats in the European Union."{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-brexit-remain-who-do-celebrities-support-david-beckham-jk-rowling-a7094751.html|title=The celebrities that support Brexit (and the ones backing Remain)|work=The Independent|first=Roisin|last=O'Connor|access-date=27 November 2018}} He again criticised the EU in 2019, saying, "If you want to be signed up to be ruled by a fucking mafia, you do it. Like being governed by FIFA".{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-whos-roger-daltry-says-brexit-wont-affect-british-musicians-as-if-we-didnt-tour-europe-before-the-f-eu-2462954|title=The Who's Roger Daltrey says Brexit won't affect British musicians: "As if we didn't tour Europe before the f****** EU"|first=Samantha|last=Maine|website=NME|date=17 March 2019}}

In 2017, Daltrey opined that a "dead dog" could have defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/politics/7744296/the-who-roger-daltrey-hillary-clinton-us-presidential-election|title=The Who's Roger Daltrey: A 'Dead Dog' Would Have Beaten Hillary Clinton in U.S. Presidential Election|magazine=Billboard}} In 2018, he denounced the MeToo movement, saying: "I find this whole thing so obnoxious. It's always allegations and it's just salacious crap."{{cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/roger-daltrey-criticizes-metoo-movement/|title=Roger Daltrey Criticizes #MeToo Movement|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=20 May 2018 }}

In 2021, Daltrey criticised "the woke generation" in an interview with Zane Lowe's Apple Music 1 podcast, arguing that younger generations are limiting themselves by stifling and undoing creative freedoms that had emerged through the artistic revolutions of the 1960s. He elaborated by saying "It's terrifying, the miserable world they're going to create for themselves. I mean, anyone who's lived a life and you see what they're doing, you just know that it's a route to nowhere."{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/roger-daltrey-pop-woke-generation-141459417.html|title = Roger Daltrey: 'Woke generation' is creating a 'miserable world'| date=30 April 2021 |publisher=Yahoo! News}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kmjnow.com/news/the-whos-roger-daltrey-schools-the-woke-generation/|title=The Who's Roger Daltrey Schools the 'Woke' Generation|website=Kmjnow.com|access-date=23 May 2021|archive-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523205326/https://www.kmjnow.com/news/the-whos-roger-daltrey-schools-the-woke-generation/|url-status=dead}}

Daltrey has been married twice. In 1964 he married Jacqueline "Jackie" Rickman, and later that year their son, Simon, was born. They divorced in 1968. In 1967, another son, Mathias, was born, the result of an affair with Swedish model Elisabeth Aronsson. In 1968 he met Heather Taylor, a UK-born model living with her grandmother at the time, who supposedly was the subject of the 1967 Jimi Hendrix song "Foxy Lady".{{cite news |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4556082/roger-daltrey-kids/ |title=Roger Daltrey of The Who reveals 3 secret children he never knew about |first1=Adam |last1=Wallis |work=Global News |date=16 October 2018 |access-date=16 October 2018 }} Daltrey and Taylor have been married since 1971, and have three children: daughters Rosie Lea (born 1972) and Willow Amber (born 1975),{{cite web|url=http://brandy_and.tripod.com/oo/roghea.html |title=Pure And Easy – The Who |publisher=Brandy_and.tripod.com |access-date=15 August 2011}} and son Jamie (born 1981), who runs Daltrey's trout farm near Burwash Common.{{cite web | url=https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-1854721/jamie-daltrey-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419182241/https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-1854721/jamie-daltrey-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people | archive-date=19 April 2023 | title=Jamie Daltrey - Biographical Summaries of Notable People - MyHeritage }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19229563.roger-daltrey-gets-permission-open-taproom-trout-farm/|title=Roger Daltrey from The Who gets permission to open brewery taproom at trout farm|website=The Argus |date=21 April 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021}}

On 1 March 1994, his 50th birthday, Daltrey received a letter from a woman who claimed to be his daughter from a brief relationship in the interval between his marriages.{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/roger-daltrey-discovered-father-three-13417217 |title=Roger Daltrey discovers he is father of three more children he knew nothing about |first=Julie |last=McCaffrey |work=Daily Mirror |date=14 October 2018 |access-date=16 October 2018}} Daltrey later met two more daughters who were born during this period in the late 1960s. All three had been adopted, and had grown to adulthood before meeting their biological father. Daltrey stated that Heather had joined him in welcoming them to their extended family. As well as his eight children, Daltrey has fifteen grandchildren.{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/sex-and-no-drugs-and-rocknroll-typical-honesty-in-roger-daltreys-memoir-882666.html|title=Sex and (no) drugs and rock'n'roll: Typical honesty in Roger Daltrey's memoir|work=Irish Examiner|date=2 November 2018|access-date=2 November 2018}}

In 1971, Daltrey bought a farm at Holmshurst Manor, near Burwash, Sussex.

Daltrey announced onstage in 2018 that he had suffered hearing loss as a result of exposure to loud noise levels during performances and was now "very, very deaf". He urged audience members to use earplugs.

In 1978, during the recording of the Who's album Who Are You, Daltrey had throat surgery to remove nodules.{{cite web |url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may05/articles/classictracks.htm|title='Who Are You' title track|author=Buskin, Richard|access-date=7 December 2011}} During a solo tour in 2009 he began finding it harder to reach the high notes. In December 2010 he was diagnosed with vocal cord dysplasia and consulted Steven M. Zeitels, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Voice Center and professor at Harvard Medical School. Zeitels performed laser surgery to remove a possibly pre-cancerous growth.{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_whos_roger_daltrey_reveals_cancer_scare.html|title=The Who's Roger Daltrey Reveals Cancer Scare|access-date=7 December 2011}} Both surgeries were considered successful, and Daltrey has regular checks to monitor his condition.{{Cite magazine | last = Colapinto | first = John | author-link= John Colapinto | title = Giving Voice : A Surgeon Pioneers Methods to Help Singers Sing Again | magazine = The New Yorker | pages = 48 to 57 |date = 4 March 2013 | url =https://www.newyorker.com}}

Daltrey has an allergy to cannabis that affects his singing voice. When second-hand marijuana smoke from an audience has affected his performance, he has occasionally interrupted the concert to request that people not smoke it.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2015/05/21/roger-daltrey-the-who-no-smoking-video/|title=The Who -- Puff, Puff ... Shove That Weed Up Your Ass! (VIDEO)|website=TMZ|date=21 May 2015 }}{{cite web|last1=Gamboa|first1=Glenn|title=The Who Hits 50 at Nassau Coliseum: Smoke Impacts Roger Daltrey's Voice|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/the-who-hits-50-at-nassau-coliseum-smoke-impacts-roger-daltrey-s-voice-1.10457387|work=Newsday|access-date=23 April 2017|date=21 May 2015|quote=Daltrey has a well-known allergy to marijuana smoke that affects his throat and singing voice, a condition the band even emphasized during the informational slides it projected before its set.}} Daltrey has stated that he has never taken hard drugs.{{Cite web|date=15 October 2018|title=Roger Daltrey says Keith Moon attacked him with a tambourine after he flushed The Who drummer's pills down the toilet|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/roger-daltrey-keith-moon-the-who-drummer-drugs-pete-townsend-pills-toilet-a8584801.html|access-date=7 May 2021|website=The Independent}}{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001gvj | title = Johnnie Walker's Sounds of the 70s | date = 9 December 2018 | publisher= BBC Radio 2 | access-date = 9 December 2018}}

Daltrey is a supporter of Arsenal F.C.{{cite web|url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/community-news/daltrey-wows-the-crowd-at-youth-ball-launch|title=Daltrey wows the crowd at Youth Ball launch|access-date=29 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017171106/http://www.arsenal.com/news/community-news/daltrey-wows-the-crowd-at-youth-ball-launch|archive-date=17 October 2012}}

In a 2019 interview with The Times, bandmate Townshend revealed that Daltrey is an atheist, "I believe in God, he doesn't."{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/the-who-new-album-pete-townshend-roger-daltrey-interview-6wh7gzltz|title=The Who on a new album, ageing and artistic differences|first=Will|last=Hodgkinson|website=The Times}}

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Solo

• Daltrey (1973)
• Ride a Rock Horse (1975)
• One of the Boys (1977)
• McVicar (1980)
• Parting Should Be Painless (1984)
• Under a Raging Moon (1985)
• Can't Wait to See the Movie (1987)
• Rocks in the Head (1992)
• As Long as I Have You (2018)
• The Who's Tommy Orchestral (2019)

Collaborations with other artists

• An Irish Evening by The Chieftains (1992)
• Lys And Love by Laurent Voulzy (2011) – Vocals on Ma seule amour
• Going Back Home (2014) (with former Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson)

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Other recordings

• Tommy (1972) (LSO version)
• Tommy (1975) (soundtrack)
• Lisztomania (1975) (soundtrack)
• The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend by Peter Townshend (1989)

The RD Crusaders

• At Ronnie Scott's On Sunday October 19, 2003 – DVD
• The Concert Monday 18th October 2004 – DVD
• Old Billingsgate 09.05.06
• Old Billingsgate 08.05.08

(Formed by Desmond and Roger Daltrey in 2003 to raise money for charitable causes. Aitch McRobbie, Allan Rogers, Gary Brooker, Gary Moore, Greg Lake, Lulu, Margo Buchanan, Nick Newall, Nikki Lamborn, Richard Desmond, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, Russ Ballard, Sam Brown, Simon Townshend, Steve Balsamo, Steve Smith, Zoot Money.)

https://www.discogs.com/artist/12350440-The-RD-Crusaders

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• Roger Daltrey, 2018. Thanks A Lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story, Blink Publishing; Henry Holt & Co {{ISBN|978-1-788700-28-3}}

• Steve Huey, Roger Daltrey – Biography, [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4018/biography|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic.com]
• David M. Barling, Biography of Roger Daltrey, [https://web.archive.org/web/20100611222550/http://thewho.net/Content/Biographies/Roger_Daltrey.html Archived extract] at Wayback MachinegeExternal links

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