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Re: new Rabbit interview



At 10:59 18-7-01 -0400, Jason wrote:
> >I hadn't realized that Rabbit was hired before Keith died.  Guess Pete had
> >started his campaign for less noise and more texture with Moon still in
> >the drummer's seat.  They didn't play any live shows with Rabbit, though,
> >did they?
>
>No, because of this; I once had a chat with Rabbit, and he told me he was
>supposed to do that (or something), but after coming back from a party at
>Keith's house, he fell out of the cab and broke his hand (which prohibited
>him from playing).>>
>
>That's pretty much what the interview says.  He did play on Who Are You, 
>didn't he?
>
>The interview is actually very interesting.  My favorite part is "and of 
>course there's the day that I auditioned for 'The Who', in which we all 
>got together and just jammed for hours, me, Pete, John, Roger, and Keith. 
>Just the 4 of us."
>
>Sounds like Texas fuzzy math...

I remember how Pete told how he and Rabbit met. At the recording of "Rough 
Mix". Pete said that Rabbit was hanging around the studio's looking for 
"women, drugs and booze". Rabbit shouted: "AND I GOT 'EM ALL!!!"... "AND SO 
DID YOU!!!". :-)

Cheers,

Bjørn Ciggaar
http://www.warande.net/~ciggaar

"You're all fucking stupid!"
- Pete Townshend (MSG, 7th of October)