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Calling it the Who without Pete...



Yellow wrote:
>I read that Pete told John and Roger that they were quite welcome to go
ahead >and call themselves and whatever drummer and guitarist they had 'The
Who'.

        Far as I'm concerned, John and Roger are just as entitled to the
name as Pete or... Mandy Moon would inherit Keith's share, I guess.  (I
don't think Kenney Jones could put a stake in - not there long enough.)
After all, EACH ONE of them hauled it around the world for close to 20 years!

>I am fairly certain of this, so I think it's safe to say that there would
be no >legal problems to CALL them the Who without Pete.

        That is, if Pete's memory is as good as yours then there won't be
any legal problems.  If he's forgotten and changed his mind, he might refuse
to let them have it....

>Of course, the debate as to whether or not it would really BE the Who still
>rages on...

        I'd go to see it (if I could) billed as "The Who", billed as "John
Entwistle and Roger Daltrey", as "Two Former Members of the Who" or "Two Old
Guys Playing Old Songs by Their Old Pal Who Won't Talk to Them Anymore".
        Wouldn't anybody?


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