The Who In June

[briancady@juno.com (Brian S Cady)]

5 Years Ago This Month

On the 7th, Roger’s "Rocks In The Head" CD is released in the U.S.  On
the 12th, Roger begins several U.S. television appearances beginning
with "Live with Regis and Kathy Lee."  On the 19th, he sings "Light of
Day" and is interviewed on "Late Night With David Letterman" and on the
22nd sings "Behind Blue Eyes" on "The Tonight Show" with The Cheiftains

10 Years Ago This Month

Roger’s single "Hearts Of Fire" backed with "Lovers’ Storm" is released

On the 20th, Pete receives a £10,000 check from Paul Newman's daughter
Nell to benefit Pete's Double O Charity.

On the 30th, John performs at the North American Music Merchandisers trade show at McCormick Place in Chicago

15 Years Ago This Month

The Who record their last studio album to date "It’s Hard."

2 lengthy interviews with Pete are published this month, one with Time
Out and the other in Rolling Stone with Kurt Loder interviewing.  In
both he discusses in detail his recent bout of alcohol and drug
addiction, and the possibility that the next Who tour will be the last.

20 Years Ago This Month

Pete records his demo of "Who Are You" at his Goring Studio

On the 16th, Roger's "One Of The Boys" LP is released in U.S.  It peaks
at #46 in the Billboard charts.

On the 23rd, Keith Moon makes a surprise appearance during Led Zeppelin’s
show at the Los Angeles Forum.  It is Keith’s last performance in a U.S. concert.

25 Years Ago This Month

On the 5th, The Who record "Long Live Rock" at Olympic Studios in London 
During this month and last, The Who have recorded the remainder of the
"Lifehouse" tracks not recorded in 1971 and additional new material. 
These include "Join Together," "Relay," "Pure and Easy," "Waspman,"
"Water," and early versions of "Is It In My Head?" and "Love, Reign O’er
Me."  The Who decide that the new material is not a fit follow-up for
"Who’s Next" and plan to release the material as a series of singles.

On the 17th, the first of these singles, "Join Together" backed with a
live version of "Baby Don’t You Do It" recorded the previous December
12th at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium is released in Britain.  The
Who also film a promotional video showing them miming the song in the
midst of a large group of fans.  The single reaches #9 in the British
NME charts.

On the 24th, Track Records releases in the U.K. "Tommy (Part 2)," a
budget version of the original album containing sides 3 and 4.

Also on the 24th, Melody Maker reports that, due to the widespread
bootlegging of the 2 Meher Baba tribute albums which contain Pete
tracks, an official record of Pete solo material will soon be released. 
 On the same day, Sounds magazine prints an article by Pete in which he
describes each of the songs that will appear on his upcoming solo album.

During the month, The Flamin' Groovies, a U.S. garage band later to help found New Wave music, release their album "Slow Death" with a cover of "I
Can't Explain."

30 Years Ago This Month

On the 1st, The Who begin a 5-day Irish tour without Keith who is
recovering from pulled stomach muscles.  He is replaced by Julian Covey
of the group John's Children.

Two other U.K. dates with the recovered Moon are Douglas Palace on the
10th and Cambridge Christ's College on the 12th.  After this date, The
Who fly to the U.S. for their first headlining dates there.  They are
accompanied by Pete’s girlfriend, Karen Astley, who designs posters for
the rock acts performing at the trendy UFO Club.  They had met in art
school and had been dating for the past two years.

On the 14th, The Who perform at the Fifth Dimension Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Reportedly, the promoter is sent out to score crystal meth for
the band.  On the 15th, they play at The Cellar in Arlington Heights,
Illinois and on the 16th and 17th at the Fillmore West in San Francisco 

On the 18th, The Who go to Monterey, California for one of the most
famous performances of their career at The Monterey International Pop
Festival.  Backstage Pete, knowing that Jimi Hendrix is copying The
Who’s equipment-smashing finale, insists on going on first.  Supposedly it is decided that The Who will go on first after a coin toss.  The
borrowed equipment The Who are using throw off their performance during
the first part of their act, but their smash-up at the end of "My Generation" leaves the crowd stunned.  It is later featured in the movie of the
festival "Monterey Pop."  Their performance of "A Quick One While He’s
Away" is also later released on the "30 Years" videotape and the audio
of the entire performance is released 25 years later by Rhino in a box
set of the festival.

On the flight home from San Francisco on the 19th, Pete takes a dose of
STP and has an intensely bad painful trip.  After this he turns against
speed and psychedelic drugs but continues to drink and smoke pot.

On the 23rd, John marries his childhood sweetheart and later inspiration
for "My Wife," Alison Wise and they sail off for their honeymoon on the
QEII.

On the 24th, "Pictures Of Lily" backed with "Doctor Doctor" is released
in the U.S.  Its suggestive lyrics are blamed for the single only
reaching #51 in the Billboard charts.

On the 25th, Keith Moon appears in the studio singing along as The Beatles perform "All You Need Is Love" on an international satellite broadcast

On the 27th, Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones is convicted for illegal
possession of 4 Benzedrine tablets and is remanded to jail to await
sentencing.  The entire British rock community is stunned by the news. 
At 3am on the morning of the 28th, Pete calls John aboard the QEII to get permission for Pete to play bass on a special "jail release" single. 
That morning The Who record 2 Rolling Stones songs, "The Last Time" and
"Under My Thumb" at De Lane Studios, London while manager Kit Lambert
films them.  On the 29th, Keith Richard is convicted of allowing his
home to be used for the smoking of marijuana.  He is sentenced to a year
in jail and Jagger gets 3 months.  The Who announce their intention to release covers of Jagger/Richard songs while they are incarcerated in order
to keep the Rolling Stones’ music before the public.  On the 30th, "The
Last Time" backed with "Under My Thumb" is released.  Later that same
day Jagger and Richard are released on appeal.  Within a month their
sentences are overturned and The Who record no more Rolling Stones
singles.  The single reaches #44 on the NME charts and is not officially
released in the U.S. until it appears on the "Two’s Missing" LP 20 years later.

			-Brian in Atlanta