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Pete smashing guitar
Finally - after approximately 35 Who concerts I got
to see Pete smash his guitar at Jones Beach (not that I was waiting for it to
happen) . Luckily, when Pete raised his guitar over his head and then cut the
microphone stand in half, the security people on my side ran up to the stage to
watch. This allowed me to run up to the side of the stage and get a great view
of the guitar hitting the stage and fragmenting into splinters. It was
incredible to watch. Yet after I saw it I wondered if it really happened or
I just imagined it - it seemed to happen that fast. I had to walk up to a friend
I met at the show and say "Pete just smashed his guitar - right?" After you see
something like that you want to commit it to memory; however, it's battling for
memory space with the butt of the blonde who was dancing in front of me all
night.
Does anyone know why he did it? Maybe it was
because Jones Beach was his favorite venue (which he mentioned during the show).
Or maybe he did it because of all the faithful who sat through the rain and
nasty winds.
Vinman