Re: QUAROPHENIA AND KEITH

[Beau McCrury <Beau.McCrury@ucop.edu>]

Thanx Brian, that would explain it then.  I was assuming that they dropped
the whole thing.
Take care,
Beau.
At 07:29 AM 7/25/97 -0400, Brian S Cady wrote:
>>Does
>>anyone have an
>>opinion as to how much Keith's embalance at the time had to do with them
>not 
>>continuing the performance of the opera?  
>>In that I have now just recently completed my reading of 'Full Moon' and
>am >left
>>wondering just how much of an effect Keith's loonesy left The Who inept
>to
>>perform such
>>a great body of work at the time it was conceived and initially brought
>to the 
>>stage?
>>
>>Beau (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous) McCrury
>
>When I saw them in Atlanta in 1973 Keith seemed perfectly okay. 
>Occassionally his headphones might slip a little and he'd have to
>straighten them, but he drummed magnificently.  Two points:
>
>1) The problems with Quadrophenia live started at the very beginning of
>the tour and related more to problems with the tapes than anything else
>(although, once again, there was no problem with them when I saw them).
>
>2) Despite what everyone says, The Who didn't drop Quadrophenia
>throughtout their 1973 and early 1974 tours.  They dropped a few songs
>such as "Quadrophenia," and "Cut My Hair" almost from the beginning, then
>dropped "The Rock."  But otherwise, the rest of "Quad" remained intact
>for the rest of the tour.
>
>			-Brian in Atlanta
>
>