re: Pete's Hearing

Gary M. writes:
 -  My theory: for some reason there isn't a form of hearing protection (or 
PT has
 -  concluded there is none) which will allow Pete to stay on a rock stage 
for
 -  more than a few minutes at a time let alone allow him to play electric as 

 -  loud as you'd have to in an open venue like Hyde Park or a shed....

That sounds reasonable, but doesn't explain the 89 tour when he brought the 
other guitarist (I forget his name), saying he couldn't do it without him, 
etc.  He was on stage the whole long show every night, did play some (great) 
electric, and so on.

Also, another part of my question was unanswered, or rather unspeculated 
upon:  What is the difference who is playing as far as his hearing goes?  If 
it's him and two or three other guys playing at once someone's sound has to 
be emanating from  behind him.  I think the reasons for the current Pete may 
have their roots in another source.

Keith Richard once said that "Pete thinks too much", and I'm wondering if 
maybe that has something to do with it.  He's put so much time and effort at 
various points in the past into evolving or erasing parts of the past and 
some basic agonizing over whatever that maybe he's just decided that since 
everyone expects and wants A I'll give them B.  He's done it before and may 
again.  I wouldn't be shocked to see at some point in the future him doing 
something electric and loud if it occurs to him that we've gotten 
comfortable with the "quiet" Pete.

That didn't come out quite as eloquently as I originally thought it up, but 
it is close.

Later,

MikeF

PS.  Today is my birthday so if someone was planning on surprising me with 
plane tickets to NYC, and tickets and backstage passes to MSG, this would be 
the time.