Re: Half a whole

[Joe Lewinski <lewinski@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon wrote:

> Yes, they've diminished.  We all diminish.  But even in their diminished
state they still beat the others.  In 2002 I stood right in front of Pete 
and saw
the fingerprints on his guitar as he wailed on Sparks on electric. It was
real.  My 13 yr. old son looked at me and shook his head in disbelief and Pete
shot him a nod.  He saw Pete Townshend in TheWho.  I ain't gonna tell him it
wasn't. Pete was banging, slashing, jumping, windmilling, sweating, spitting,
giving it all he had. Pete was rocking his ass off.  He knows what The Who 
is.  He
created it. They weren't shaming their legacy.  Their bass player just died
and they were fighting to live. Soon they will be gone.

Jon:

Thanks for your post.   That's why I started coming here.  You could see
fingerprints!    Man...

I've only been that
close once.   During a Psychoderelict at the Tower in West Philadelphia, my 
wife
and I were in the front row, slightly to the right (would have been right 
in front
of Pete had it been a Who gig), but Pete was front center for most of the show.
He shook everyone's hand in the front row following the show, including ours.
Pete seemed so thankful and gracious that we were there.   To this day I 
have no
clue what the tickets cost, as my wife arranged the whole thing as a 30th
birthday gift.   What a great experience.

The gig was originally scheduled for a much larger venue (the Spectrum), and
ticket sales were soft.  I'm sure it was a cold slap for Pete not to sell out
the large venue, after pouring so much creative effort into Psycho-D.   The
smaller venue made the show so much better though.

I hope we've not seen the last of Psycho-D, because the message
is more important today in our media-crazed world than ever.

Joe in Philly