Tag Archives: The Who

The Who Pic 1967

26/8/14 – The Who – I Can See For Miles/My Generation – The Smothers Brother’s TV Show – 1967/ Pop Goes The Sixties – 1969

When it came to ownership of the singles in our house in 1967, the lines were a little blurred. The Who’s I Can See For Miles probably belonged to my brother – in the end it didn’t really matter as we both got to play all the singles we had on our new Garrard deck, although […]

The-Who-Photo-1966

30/5/14 – The Who – I’m A Boy – 1966/67

Once whilst taking a magic bus in a time now forgotten to a place unknown with company lost in the mists of history – I met an old lady and she said that she was Pete Townshend’s nanny. She also said that they used to dress him as a girl. Then there’s this song? It’s […]

Pete Townshend B:W

15/3/14 – Pete Townshend – Magic Bus – Live On Later – 1996 – Anthology – 2005

Whilst executing a finely tuned Skype guitar lesson this evening, it came to pass that the fast rock rhythm might be succinctly illustrated by this performance of Pete Townshend on Jools Holland’s Later from 1996. Although the songwriting and even Townshend’s singing are a fine example of the man’s talent and the 1952 Fender Telecaster’s […]