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["Mike Nelson"<mike_nelson@tradeonemktg-aus.com>]

     From Digest #264:
     
     >He was probably just having an off day.
     
     >I met the band on the 1982 tour when they were in Oakland, Ca.  Roger 
     >was gracious, funny, personable and quite happy to pose for a photo 
     >with his arm around my friend.  This was quite in contrast to Mr. 
     >Townshend's behavior at the time...
     
     Perhaps Roger and Pete have this "good cop/bad cop" arrangement 
     going... When I met them in 1989 in Houston and Dallas, Roger was 
     always nice and signed and took pictures for everyone (even the huge 
     mob outside the back of the Cotton Bowl in Dallas)  He even took the 
     time to draw a little microphone swinging from the end of his 
     signature (every time).  Pete, on the other hand, was dodging 
     everyone.  This year, in Florida, Pete signed for everyone, and Roger 
     was avoiding people (I think he was weary of the autograph dealers, 
     the few he did sign, he personalized...).  John was always very 
     cool...
     
     I would say that they are all rather nice though, generally 
     speaking... (I guess you can't be ON all the time).
     
     Regarding
     >"the question of an artist selling material to the bootleggers on the 
     sly ..."
     
     (I always kind of figured that if my band became famous, I would do 
     that).  I vaguely remember reading an old interview with Pete were he 
     indicated that he knew who was supplying some of his tapes to the 
     bootleggers, but did not really care...that is until "Theresa" got out 
     (prototype for "Athena") which he regarded as very personal.  He sued 
     the guilty parties on that one. (I'm a bit sketchy on the details, but 
     I think that's fairly accurate...anyone?)