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The Who In July



The Who In July

5 Years Ago This Month (1993)

On the 2nd, Pete holds a press conference in London at the Mayfair
Theatre where he also performs an unplugged version of "Psychoderelict." 
On the 10th Pete begins his first solo tour in Toronto.  He follows in
New York City on the 12th & 13th, Philadelphia (15th), Chicago (17th) and
Los Angeles (29th and 30th).  On the 13th, he holds an autograph party in
New York for the release of the original cast album of "The Who's Tommy."
 On the 23rd, Pete is interviewed on "Good Morning, America" (ABC-TV) and
on the 30th he plays "English Boy" and "Face The Face" on "The Tonight
Show with Jay Leno" (NBC-TV).  On the 24th, "English Boy" is released as
a single.  It fails to chart.

10 Years Ago This Month (1988)

John Entwistle continues his North American tour with Steve Luongo on
drums, Tim Gorman on keyboards, Mark Adams on guitar and Henry Small on
vocals.  The dates are Philadelphia (1st), Asbury Park (2nd), Cleveland
(5th), Detroit (6th), Chicago (7th), Milwaukee (8th), Oklahoma City
(10th), Phoenix (13th), Redondo Beach (14th), Reseda (15th & 16th), San
Diego (17th), San Juan Capistrano (19th), San Rafael (21st), San
Francisco (22nd), San Jose (23rd), Santa Rosa County (25th), Ventura
(28th), Santa Cruz (29th) and Sacramento (30th).

15 Years Ago This Month (1983)

During the month, HBO runs The Who’s Toronto concert as "The Who Tour
1982: The Final Show."  It also goes on sale on video as "Who Rocks
America."

Pete gets a day job.  On the 7th, Pete holds a press conference to
announce that he has joined the publishing firm of Faber and Faber.

20 Years Ago This Month (1978)

On the 14th, The Who’s first U.K. single in 20 months, "Who Are You"/"Had
Enough" is released.  It reaches #18 in Britain and Netherlands.

Keith and Annette vacation in Mauritius.  On the way home, he gets drunk
and attacks a stewardess.  He is hospitalized in the Seychelle Islands.
The next day he returns to London on Air Kenya.

25 Years Ago This Month (1973)

On the 4th, Keith attends the Ziggy Stardust ‘retirement’ party at the
Café Royal in Regent Street.

Melody Maker runs an article: "Tune To Radio Moon!" about an upcoming
Keith comedy series on BBC Radio One.

30 Years Ago This Month (1968)

On the 6th, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown's self-titled LP, with an
associate production credit by Pete, hits the British charts.  It peaks
at #2 in Britain, #7 in the U.S.  On the same day, Disc and Music Echo
runs the article: "So I said to John Entwistle’s dog…"  It is an
interview with John about his performances, his songwriting and a lot
about his dog Jason.

The Who’s summer North American tour continues with stops in Sacramento
(8th), Regina, Alberta (9th - date questionable), Calgary (10th),
Saskatoon (11th), Monticello, Indiana (12th), Dearborn, Michigan (13th),
Cleveland (14th),  Kingston, Ontario (15th), Ottowa (16th), Montreal
(17th), Providence (18th), Virginia Beach (20th), Wallingford,
Connecticut (21st), Richmond, Virginia (23rd), Philadelphia (24th),
Chalamette, Louisiana (26th), Orlando (27th), Miami (28th), Ellenville,
New York (The Who Play The Catskills! - 29th), and Algonquin, Illinois
(31st).  Some of their opening acts include Iron Butterfly (8th), The
Psychedelic Stooges, later known as Iggy Pop and the Stooges (13th),
Orpheus, The Beacon Street Union and Cyrus Erie (14th), The Troggs (14th,
16th, 20th, 23rd and 24th), Ohio Express (16th and 28th), Blood, Sweat
and Tears (18th), Pink Floyd (24th), and The People (26th and 27th)

On the 13th, The Who stay at a circular hotel in Detroit called the
Ponchatrain.  John gets lost trying to find his room and circles around
and around the hotel.  While circling, he mentally composes the song
"Fiddle About."

Rolling Stone has an article called "Electronic roll" which contains
comments by Pete on electronic music two years before the purchase of his
synthesizer.  Also "Who does full-length opera"  where Roger talks about
plans to record a rock opera.

On the 14th, at the Cleveland show, Roger and Pete have their clothes and
passports stolen from the dressing room.  The next night they are due in
Kingston, Ontario but because of the stolen passports, their stage
equipment is held by customs until a bond is paid. The Who borrow a local
band’s equipment for the night and then get new equipment.  When their
old equipment finally clears, it is  placed under liens.  The amplifiers
stay there until sold at auction in the early 1990’s.

Bob O’Lear writes a long rave review of "The Who Sell Out" in Jazz & Pop
Magazine.  He also takes Decca to task for their handling of the group’s
releases.

On the 27th, "Magic Bus" backed with "Someone's Coming" is released in
U.S. It reaches #25 in Billboard and #10 in Cash Box.


                                     -Brian in Atlanta

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