[drjimmy]

The Quadrophenia shows rekindled my interest in The Who. Saw them from the back of MSG in 96 and then from row 7 Pete side the following year. Looking forward to checking out their new album.

[Mr. Mojo]

I gotta Who story for ya. My dad was an ortho surgeon in L.A. back in the day, and one night in June of 1980 when I was 16 he came home from work and asked me if I knew who Pete Townshend was. I nodded expectedly. He then broke out a couple tickets and said “He just gave me these for tonight’s show at the Sports Arena.”

Pete came into his office with a broken hand from a misplaced windmill motion that landed on the side of his Telecaster. Dad put on a cast that would allow him to play out the rest of the tour, which lasted another month or so. Didn’t stop him from windmilling either.

Here’s a pic of him wearing it from that tour:

Helluva good show too. But unfortunately I never got to see them with Moonie on drums.