Music Pete Townshend’s Windmill: The Loudest “Rhythm Trick” in Rock History Townshend’s windmill strum began as a practical weapon for tiny clubs: volume, attack, and rhythm that cut like drums.
Music Pete Townshend on Jimi Hendrix: The Lyrical Genius Who Made Guitar a Full-Body Illusion Townshend’s quote nails Hendrix’s secret: blues truth plus modern noise, amplified by stagecraft that made the guitar feel supernatural.