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From Digest #264:
>He was probably just having an off day.
>I met the band on the 1982 tour when they were in Oakland, Ca. Roger
>was gracious, funny, personable and quite happy to pose for a photo
>with his arm around my friend. This was quite in contrast to Mr.
>Townshend's behavior at the time...
Perhaps Roger and Pete have this "good cop/bad cop" arrangement
going... When I met them in 1989 in Houston and Dallas, Roger was
always nice and signed and took pictures for everyone (even the huge
mob outside the back of the Cotton Bowl in Dallas) He even took the
time to draw a little microphone swinging from the end of his
signature (every time). Pete, on the other hand, was dodging
everyone. This year, in Florida, Pete signed for everyone, and Roger
was avoiding people (I think he was weary of the autograph dealers,
the few he did sign, he personalized...). John was always very
cool...
I would say that they are all rather nice though, generally
speaking... (I guess you can't be ON all the time).
Regarding
>"the question of an artist selling material to the bootleggers on the
sly ..."
(I always kind of figured that if my band became famous, I would do
that). I vaguely remember reading an old interview with Pete were he
indicated that he knew who was supplying some of his tapes to the
bootleggers, but did not really care...that is until "Theresa" got out
(prototype for "Athena") which he regarded as very personal. He sued
the guilty parties on that one. (I'm a bit sketchy on the details, but
I think that's fairly accurate...anyone?)