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The Who - Abbie Hoffman incident - Woodstock 1969 (pummeling of a hippie
YouTube ^ | August 12, 2008 | easyrider1991

Posted on 07/20/2018 7:30:52 PM PDT by DoodleBob

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To: neverevergiveup

And say what you will, but Peter Cetera was no slouch on the bass. I just wish he stuck to playing it and not singing David Foster written dreck.


61 posted on 07/20/2018 9:02:32 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: henkster

Your wife owes you..


62 posted on 07/20/2018 9:03:19 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: henkster; Frank_2001
If you go to this page it seems the Woodstock SG was auctioned Sept. 1998 for £5,750, probably because it wasn't billed as the Woodstock SG.
63 posted on 07/20/2018 9:03:35 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: neverevergiveup

Steve Howe is incredible. A lot of Yes fans don’t care for the “Drama” album, but it’s some of Steve’s best work.


64 posted on 07/20/2018 9:03:39 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

And always remember to credit Pete Townsend for “Something in the Air” by “Thunderclap Newman”.


65 posted on 07/20/2018 9:10:38 PM PDT by HandyDandy (This space intentionally left blank.)
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To: dfwgator

Steve Howe gets mega-props for composing AND playing Mood For a Day. But oh my, he looks like Mr. Burns nowadays.


66 posted on 07/20/2018 9:11:11 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

It seems the guy who caught the guitar didn’t get to keep it very long.

http://www.thisisull.com/music08/misc/1938434226_malcommthewho16feb1970.html

I wonder what “retrieved by a roadie” means exactly.


67 posted on 07/20/2018 9:20:19 PM PDT by henkster (Monsters from the Id.)
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To: dfwgator

Like the Moody Blues it took far too long for Yes to be inducted to the Rock N Roll HOF.


68 posted on 07/20/2018 9:22:50 PM PDT by henkster (Monsters from the Id.)
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To: henkster

“If you watch the Who’s performance to the end, the last thing Townshend does is toss the guitar to a fan in the crowd before he leaves the stage”

Watch closely, I’m pretty sure you see a Roadie with said Guitar come up from the crowd onto the Stage as the Who are exiting.


69 posted on 07/20/2018 9:36:49 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: DoodleBob

I’m Selling Out

My rarest Who Collectible. Priced at an “I’m not sure I really want to sell it price”

Never seen this complete Press Kit before.

https://m.ebay.com/itm/The-Who-7-Young-Man-Blues-USA-Promo-As-Part-of-Impossibly-Rare-Press-Kit/232600579623?_mwBanner=1&_rdt=1


70 posted on 07/20/2018 9:42:29 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: dfwgator

And The Ox was wearing that skeleton outfit looking completely bad ass.


71 posted on 07/20/2018 10:06:16 PM PDT by Finatic (Sometimes I think it would be nice to just get it on and get it over with. Once and for all.)
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To: DoodleBob

I always thought Townsend was rather cool for doing that.


72 posted on 07/20/2018 10:06:31 PM PDT by pallmallman
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To: Yo-Yo

lol! Anyone know what time it is?


73 posted on 07/20/2018 10:11:22 PM PDT by blu (WWG1WGA)
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To: HandyDandy
a song that brings me back to that time like few others...
74 posted on 07/20/2018 10:25:14 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: HandyDandy
And always remember to credit Pete Townsend for “Something in the Air” by “Thunderclap Newman”.

I think that's the same lead singer that sang "Armenia City In the Sky" on "Sell Out".

75 posted on 07/20/2018 10:29:18 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Although, his use of the tremolo bar recently annoys me, it doesn’t sound like the classic Townshend guitar sound.

You'd be cautious too. When tremolos attack:

Doesn’t Pete Townshend hurt his hand when he does that windmill thing on the guitar?

Even worse than you think. During a 1989 Who concert in Tacoma, Washington, Townshend missed the encore when he sliced open his hand on his guitar strings and was rushed to the hospital. During another show that year, Townshend actually impaled his right palm on the guitar’s whammy bar.

Rule Forty Two.com

76 posted on 07/20/2018 11:11:58 PM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: DoodleBob

#29. Sinclair was a “Huey Newton wannabe” but not as smart, just crazy.

If it weren’t for this post, nobody would have ever remembered him.


77 posted on 07/21/2018 2:11:22 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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“(The) Who was a better stage band”

I saw the Stones at RFK, Stevie Wonder saved the day. The Stones were terrible. I saw them in the 80s for a 2nd time... they were still really bad. They put out some good studio work tho.

Saw The Who, which was much better live.


78 posted on 07/21/2018 3:40:52 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: neverevergiveup

I’m going to see Howe with Yes in a week. Saw them a few years ago, when Chris Squire was still alive, and they were performing all of both Close to the Edge and Fragile. It was fantastic.


79 posted on 07/21/2018 4:08:03 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: DoodleBob

If anyone would have braced Hoffman, I would have thought it would be Roger Daltry. He was known to be a bit of a rounder.


80 posted on 07/21/2018 4:55:42 AM PDT by IronJack
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