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A New Who Book



fyi...Long time Who fans Rich Bogovich with Cheryl Posner have just gotten
their book, The Who: A Who's Who published by McFarland
(www.mcfarlandpub.com).
It is also listed at Amazon if you prefer. Here is how the website describes
it:

"The British rock band The Who has been hailed as the worldbs greatest live
rock and roll act, if not the greatest rock band, period. In the bandbs
prime,
its membersbRoger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon and Peter
Townshendb
frequently clashed, but their conflicts also resulted in ten years of
remarkable
music. In 1990, The Who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Profiled here are the people who influenced, were influenced by, or were in
some other way connected with one or more members of The Who. Readers will
find
a vast array of entries, ranging from musicians such as Billy Idol, who took
part in live performances of Tommy and Quadrophenia, and AC/DC guitarist Angus
Young, who said Pete Townshend was the only guitarist ever to influence him,
to behind-the-scenes people such as Glyn Johns, the English recording engineer
and producer who helped create the acclaimed bWhobs Nextb (1971) and
b
Quadropheniab (1973), and Nicky Hopkins, the much in-demand pianist who was
among
The Whobs earliest studio collaborators. Seemingly unrelated personalities
such
as Muppets creator Jim Henson are inbhe is believed to have modeled The
Muppet Showbs maniacal drummer Animal after The Who drummer Keith Moon."

Check it out, it's a fun book.

-Bill