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Re: More on Pete smashing his guitar/amp



Brian S Cady wrote:
> 
> On Mon,  6 Apr 1998 21:49:12, -0500 THRH79B@prodigy.com ( K D GILES I)
> wrote:
> 
> >Minor correction, for anyone trying to keep track of Pete's
> >biographical information - Pete lived with his maternal grandmother
> >when he was a very little boy, more like 4 than 14.  That same
> >grandmother moved in with the Townshend family when Pete was a teen
> >to help Pete's mum take care of her new babies, Paul and Simon.  It
> >was during this period that Pete allegedly threw a guitar, or an amp,
> >or whatever piece of musical equipment he decides it was next, at
> >Granny.
> 
> Here's what I've been able to find out about the chronology:
> 
> Pete supposedly received the cheap guitar from his Granny on Christmas
> Day of 1956.  He didn't join with John and his group The Confederates
> until 1959 around the time he turned 14.  I imagine the whole ugly
> incident happened around then.


	Thanks for the info.  And the timeline for everything states fits
perfectly!  I can just imagine Pete tossing his guitar towards
"Granny".  I'll bet just after that incident, he saw the light of what
would later be a music career of collosal proportions!!


							Joseph