Pete Townshend - Who Am I: A Memoir

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collin
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Pete Townshend - Who Am I: A Memoir

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Finally! Townshend is publishing his autobiography/memoirs.

http://www.amazon.com/Who-I-Am-A-Memoir ... ef=lh_ni_t

Official Book Description (brilliant..) :
From the voice of a generation: The most highly anticipated autobiography of the year, and the story of a man who... is a Londoner and a Mod.... wanted The Who to be called The Hair.... loved The Everly Brothers, but not that "drawling dope" Elvis.... wanted to be a sculptor, a journalist, a dancer and a graphic designer.... became a musician, composer, librettist, fiction writer, literary editor, sailor.... smashed his first guitar onstage, in 1964, by accident.... heard the voice of God on a vibrating bed in rural Illinois.... invented the Marshall stack, feedback and the concept album.... once speared Abbie Hoffman in the neck with the head of his guitar.... inspired Jimi Hendrix's pyrotechnical stagecraft.... is partially deaf in his left ear.... stole his windmill guitar playing from Keith Richards.... followed Keith Moon off a hotel balcony into a pool and nearly died.... did too much cocaine and nearly died.... drank too much and nearly died.... detached from his body in an airplane, on LSD, and nearly died.... helped rescue Eric Clapton from heroin.... is banned for life from Holiday Inns.... was embroiled in a tabloid scandal that has dogged him ever since.... has some explaining to do.... is the most literary and literate musician of the last 50 years.... planned to write his memoir when he was 21.... published this book at 67.
I can't wait! :)
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Indeed.. this is an eagerly anticipated book for my library as well.
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Cool ! 8)
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There is a really nice sneak preview in this Issue of Rolling Stone.
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I'm excited, too. It's a book I hope to get along with Ray Davies' X-Ray. I'd like Dave Davies' Kink, but from what I've read it gets too adult, raunchy and graphic. I have Life by Keef Richards, but I think Townshend's may trump Keef's. I also have Conversations With Tom Petty, Bill Wyman's Rolling With The Stones and The Beatles' Anthology
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JakeK wrote:I'd like Dave Davies' Kink, but from what I've read it gets too adult, raunchy and graphic.
Thanks for the tip, I'll be picking that one up. :)
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JakeK wrote: too adult,

pssst... you ARE one now... it's okay :wink:
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JakeK wrote:I'm excited, too. It's a book I hope to get along with Ray Davies' X-Ray. I'd like Dave Davies' Kink...]

Yep, all roads lead back to the Kinks.

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"is banned for life from Holiday Inns." .... is this one of the positive things that happened in Townsend's life?? :lol:
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manta wrote:"is banned for life from Holiday Inns." .... is this one of the positive things that happened in Townsend's life?? :lol:
Nope, but infamy is a double-edged sword. ;)

Besides, that whole thing was Moonie's fault. Big misunderstanding..
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