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The Who In September



        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.