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Re: Why no Kenney in '89?



On Mon, 22 Jul 1996 dbowler@MGDESTMX01.ERIN.GOV.AU wrote:

> I just picked up the June '96 Q magazine with the Pete interview and noticed 
> a photo with Kenney circa '88.  What WAS Kenney doing around this period?  
> He obviously was able to do some promo stuff for the "Who's Better Who's 
> Best" LP. 
> 
> My recollection from a comment Pete made at a press conference prior to the 
> '89 tour was that he (Kenney) was sick of waiting for them to go on the 
> road again. > Pete of course added that he wasn't unhappy about that.
> 
> Regards,
> Denis.
> 

Don't forget that The Who played at the 1988 BPI (British Phonographic
Industry) award ceremony with Kenny, and I would imagine that this was the 
last time they all played together. Unfortunately I didn't have a video 
recorder at that time, but if memory serves they played My Gen, Who Are 
You and Substitute. I could be wrong, so if anyone remembers better, 
please let me know. What I do remember is that they sounded pretty 
awful....they had a cheesy synth backing tape to Substitute, Townshend 
looked really unhappy and totally fluffed the solo on WAY, and to cap it 
all off the program ran over it's scheduled time and they were faded out 
mid-song.

Cheers,

Dave