RE: Random Questions

[Tim Herrlinger <herrlingert@cofc.edu>]

On Wed, 20 Dec 1995 13:00:53 -0500 (EST)  Larry Lawthers wrote:
>Hello There You Fellow Who Nuts,
>
>The following are random questions/thoughts I would like your 
comments/answers
>on:
>
>1) Is it true that Entwistle played with Pete in 1993, possibly California, 
for
>one show, in a very impromptu way.  If so, what do you know about how it 
went
>down and how the show was?

     Yes, it happened at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, July 1993.  It 
was a GREAT show!  I also went to the San Diego show a few days later 
because it was advertised as Townshend Live, Unplugged, and Unpredictable.  
I payed $35 for the L.A. show and $100 for the S.D. benefit.  The L.A. show 
was much better.  The two were basically identical except for a surprise 
guest (Michael Cervis who played Tommy on Broadway) at S.D.  Pete decided at 
the last minute that he wanted to bring his whole band along for the S.D. 
show.  I read into that that Pete might have been tired or just didn't feel 
like being original after having played at Berkeley the day before (I 
think).  I had envisioned dreams of seeing him ala "The Secret Policemen's 
Ball."
     As for John playing with Pete at the Wiltern, about halfway through the 
concert (after they finished Psychoderelict) he said that there was someone 
special watching from the side of the stage.  We had a feeling it was John 
and hoped Pete would ask him.  Pete went offstage for a couple of minutes 
and the crowd waited.  As Alan McKendree has stated before, it didn't take 
much convincing to get John to play.  John took the bass player's guitar and 
tried adjusting it to him.  It took a while as John was messing with the 
knobs, a pick, and having a heck of a time.  Then he just said fuck it, 
threw away the pick, and blazed away with his fingers.  The energy was 
fantastic!  The whole band played many Who songs and it was obvious that 
Pete and John were having a great time together.  Pete had said that it was 
about a week or two since they had played Chicago (their previous PD 
concert).  When Pete's excited and into the evening, it can be tremendous.

Tim Herrlinger