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Re: Half a whole
> Jon wrote:
>
> > Yes, they've diminished. We all diminish. But even in their diminished
> state they still beat the others. In 2002 I stood right in front of Pete
> and saw
> the fingerprints on his guitar as he wailed on Sparks on electric. It was
> real. My 13 yr. old son looked at me and shook his head in disbelief and Pete
> shot him a nod. He saw Pete Townshend in TheWho. I ain't gonna tell him it
> wasn't. Pete was banging, slashing, jumping, windmilling, sweating, spitting,
> giving it all he had. Pete was rocking his ass off. He knows what The Who
> is. He
> created it. They weren't shaming their legacy. Their bass player just died
> and they were fighting to live. Soon they will be gone.
>
> Jon:
>
> Thanks for your post. That's why I started coming here. You could see
> fingerprints! Man...
>
> I've only been that
> close once. During a Psychoderelict at the Tower in West Philadelphia, my
> wife
> and I were in the front row, slightly to the right (would have been right
> in front
> of Pete had it been a Who gig), but Pete was front center for most of the show.
> He shook everyone's hand in the front row following the show, including ours.
> Pete seemed so thankful and gracious that we were there. To this day I
> have no
> clue what the tickets cost, as my wife arranged the whole thing as a 30th
> birthday gift. What a great experience.
>
> The gig was originally scheduled for a much larger venue (the Spectrum), and
> ticket sales were soft. I'm sure it was a cold slap for Pete not to sell out
> the large venue, after pouring so much creative effort into Psycho-D. The
> smaller venue made the show so much better though.
>
> I hope we've not seen the last of Psycho-D, because the message
> is more important today in our media-crazed world than ever.
>
> Joe in Philly
I was at that show also,I was bummed because I had 4th row seats at the spectrum but it was a good show all the same
I think.I liked the cobwebs and strange on the snare at the beginning of the show a very nice heartfelt
tribute to moon.
Bill