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The Who In September
- Subject: The Who In September
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 08:24:20 -0400
A day late and a dollar short, but here's this month's trip down
memory lane:
1 Year Ago This Month:
On the 3rd, John ends his tour with Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band at the
MGM Grand in Las Vegas
On the 10th, Pete performs in concert for the first time in 19 months
with Paul Simon & Friends
On the 16th, Roger and John perform at the London Who convention
10 Years Ago This Month:
On the 1st, Paul McCartney's LP "Press To Play," featuring guitar
work by Pete, is released
15 Years Ago This Month:
On the 11th, MCA releases a double album Who retrospective,
"Hooligans." It reaches #52.
John's solo LP "Too Late The Hero" is released in the U.S. It
peaks at #71; the only John solo record to reach the U.S. Top One
Hundred
The Rolling Stones' LP "Tattoo You," featuring guitar work by Pete
on the song "Slave," is released.
20 Years Ago This Month
Ronnie Wood & Ronnie Lane's LP "Mahoney's Last Stand," featuring
Pete on guitar and percussion, is released
25 Years Ago This Month:
On the 18th, The Who hold a benefit concert for Bangla Desh at the
Kennington Oval Cricket Ground. The Faces, Mott The Hoople, Atomic
Rooster, and Quintessence are among those who perform. On the same
day "Who's Next" hits #1 on the British NME charts; The Who's only #1
in Britain according to the NME.
On the 21st, The Who perform again at New York's Forest Hills
Stadium.
30 Years Ago This Month:
The Who play dates throughout England during the first half of the
month.
On the 13th, The BBC's "Saturday Club" radio show features
performances by The Who of their current single "I'm A Boy" as well as
the as yet unreleased "Disguises" and "So Sad About Us."
On the 15th, The Who begin an official tour of England at Hanley with
The Merseys as support. The tour lasts only one more date, at Derby on the
16th, and then is canceled to give The Who time to record a new album and
fly to the U.S. to promote "I'm A Boy." This U.S. trip never occurs.
The Who's managers, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, form their own record
label, Track Records. Their first act signed (after The Who) is a
little-known American guitarist, Jimi Hendrix.
Count V, a San Jose garage band, release their "Psychotic Reaction" LP
with covers of "My Generation" and "Out In The Street.
On the 21st, Pete is fined 25 pounds with 26 pounds costs for dangerous
driving as a result of his May 30th auto crash.
35 Years Ago This Month:
Around this time, Pete begins to attend art college. There he makes
friends with future Who namer and biographer Richard Barnes and Tom
Wright, a student from Alabama. Tom, who has brought over his massive
record collection, will educate Pete in American blues, jazz & R&B.