| Authors: |
Townshend, Pete.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Rock musicians -- England -- Biography.
Townshend, Pete.
Who (Musical group)
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Harper, c2012. |
| Description: |
538 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780062127242 (hbk.) 0062127241 (hbk.) 9780062210401 0062210408 |
| Notes: |
"Published in a slightly different form in Great Britain in 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers"--T.p. verso. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents: |
Pt. 1. War music. I was there ; It's a boy! ; You didn't see it ; A teenage kind of vengeance ; The Detours ; The Who ; I can't explain ; Substitoot ; Acid in the air ; God checks in to a Holiday Inn ; Amazing journey ; Tommy : the myths, the music, the mud -- pt. 2. A really desperate man. Lifehouse and loneliness ; The land between ; Carriers ; A beggar, a hypocrite ; Be careful what you pray for ; The undertaker ; Growing into my skin ; Rock star fuckup -- pt. 3. Playing to the gods. The last drink ; Still loony ; Iron man ; Psychoderelict ; Relapse ; Noodling ; A new home ; Letter to my eight-year-old self ; Black days, white knights ; Trilby's piano ; Intermezzo ; Who I am. |
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| Summary: |
The legendary lead guitarist and principal songwriter for The Who, one of the most influential rock-and-roll bands of all time, pens his own story. |