Re: The 1st Time I Saw The Who

[Doug Ciceri <dciceri@credit.erin.utoronto.ca>]

Tina Louis or Tina Louise?

At 07:59 PM 6/2/96 -0400, you wrote:
>I remember as if it were yesterday.................
>
>Peter O'Toole called my parents in May of '76 and said that he had
>commisioned The Who for a private show at the Briar Patch Club in South,
>West Haven Idaho. My parents said they could only come if they brought
>little 12 year old Scotty. Peter graciuosly agreed. 
>
>When we got to the Briar Patch Club I was awestruck by the famous people I
>saw. Here are some of the people I remember:
>
>Sid Ceaser
>Buddy Ebsen
>Sir Lawrence Olivier
>John Housman
>Liza Minnelli
>Mike Wallace
>Brenda Vaccarro
>Colonel Sanders
>Ray Milland
>Jimmy Dean (The sausage guy)
>Raymond Chandler
>Tina Louis
>Shields and Yarnell
>Roddy Macdowell
>John Hurt
>Dom Deluise
>Glen Campbell
> 
>
>The list goes on.....
>
>Anyway, my parents and I get in the door and Richard Widmark comes up and
>asks if I'll be good enough to watch some of the younger children. So I get
>stuck with Crispin Glover, Lenny Kravitz, Judd Nelson, and Naomi Campbell.
>They're all pretty bratty and quite a nuisance especially since I wanted to
>look cool in front of Pete.
>
>The Who took the stage at about 9:00 and started with "Young Man Blues". the
>show was awesome!! Keith was wearing only a grain sack for some reason which
>was real entertaining. They played some songs that have never been heard
>done by The Who other than that night. I was not aware that Keith Moon wrote
>"Achy Breaky Heart", I must say I like their version better though. 
>
>The people at the show were quite entertaining too. I saw my 1st mosh pit
>with Buddy Ebsen and Colonel Sanders doing the most damage. Liza Minelli and
>Tina Louis got into a fight over the affections of Jimmy Dean. Jimmy Stewart
>made an appearance and sang "My Generation" with the band.
>
>It was the most exciting night of my life. Were any of you there?
>
>Mommy is here with my sedative. Oh Boy!!!! Gotta go bye bye now.
>
>
>Love and Too Much Acid,
>Scott Curtis
>
>
>
Douglas L. Ciceri

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