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Who I Am: A Memoir

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by Peter Townshend

Bee Gees, 379, 488

  Beguines, Tangos and Love, 380

  ‘Behind Blue Eyes’, 215, 216

  Bel Airs, 51

  Ben (Karen’s friend), 313–14

  Benjamin, Anthony, 49–50

  Bennett, Cliff, 51, 112

  Berkoff, Steven, 364

  Berman, David, 365

  Bernstein, Leonard, 195

  Berry, Chuck, 53, 56, 176, 427

  Berry, Dave, 73–74

  ‘Better Get It in Your Soul’, 75

  Beyond Tolerance (Jenkins), 486

  ‘Big Boss Man’, 56, 267

  Biko, Steve, 368

  Bilder von Lily, 350

  Bill Graham Presents, 460

  Bird, Brad, 467

  Black Beauty (Sewell), 16

  Blackshirts, 8

  Blackwell, Chris, 94

  Blade Runner, 350

  Blake, Peter, 50, 307, 345, 362

  Bland, Claire, 377

  Blindfold, The (Hustvedt), 424

  Blue (Karen’s dog), 401

  Blues Magoos, 110

  Blunkett, David, 483

  Blyton, Enid, 25

  ‘Boats Are Coming In’, 129

  Body Language, 350

  Bogart, Joe, 144

  Bond, James (char.), 305

  Bono, 373

  ‘Boogie-Stop-Shuffle’, 380

  Booker T and the MGs, 53, 63

  Boorman, John, 392

  Borg, Bjorn, 440

  Borges, Jorge Luis, 124, 361

  ‘Boris the Spider’, 100, 148

  ‘Born to Run’, 351

  Bowen, Reg, 47

  Bowie, David, 103, 176, 177, 335, 344, 357, 365, 373, 381, 469, 489

  Bowman, Dennis, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24

  Boyd, Pattie, 116, 265–66

  Boy George, 339

  Boy Who Heard Music, The (Townshend), 471, 475, 476, 490, 494, 498

  Bradley, Robert, 18

  Bradley, Rosie, 15, 18, 20, 102

  Bragg, Melvyn, 307, 373

  Brando, Marlon, 51

  Branson, Richard, 171, 382

  Bratby, Mick, 295

  Brave New World (Huxley), 203

  ‘Brilliant Blues’, 362

  Brilliant Corners, 90

  Broccoli, Cubby, 305, 309

  Brooks, Mel, 305, 309

  Broonzy, Big Bill, 56

  Brown, Arthur, 254, 265, 397

  Brown, Mick, 42

  Bruce, Jack, 53

  Bruce (Springer Spaniel), 26–27

  Bryant, Boudleaux, 403

  Brzezicki, Mark, 351

  Buddy Rich Orchestra, 173

  Bundrick, John ‘Rabbit’, 296, 303–4, 312–13, 317–19, 321, 322, 331, 335, 340, 345, 352, 378, 394, 402, 428

  Burdon, Eric, 119, 135, 369

  Burgess, John, 74

  Burrell, Kenny, 64

  Burroughs, William, 368

  Bush, George W., 501

  Buss, Mr, 15, 24, 26

  Butler, Anya, 75, 78, 81, 216, 217–18

  Butler, Pete ‘Dougal’, 257, 284–85

  Butler, Tony, 351

  Byrds, 112

  Caitling, Miss, 28, 34

  Cale, J. J., 239

  Callaghan, Jim, 331, 405

  ‘Call Me Al’, 444

  Cam (Wright’s best friend), 56, 58–59, 65

  Cameron, Julia, 465

  Cammell, Donald, 154

  Campbell, Duncan, 493

  ‘Can You Really Dance’, 380

  Capaldi, Jim, 243

  Caretaker, The (Pinter), 385

  Carin, Jon, 450, 471–72

  Carla (driver’s girlfriend), 270

  Carlos, Walter, 246

  Carmina Burana, 260

  Carr, Roy, 274, 279

  Carreras, Michael, 260

  Carson, Phil, 329

  Casady, Jack, 148–49

  Casals, Pablo, 344

  Cash, Johnny, 51

  Cass, Jerry, 22, 45

  Cass, Mama, 119, 308

  Cass family, 11

  Catherine (Sebastian’s girlfriend), 197–98

  Cats, 349, 369–70

  Cecil, Malcolm, 64, 169

  ‘Certified Rose’, 47

  ‘Champagne’, 269

  Chandler, Chas, 103

  Chaplin, Charlie, 13

  Chapman, Graham, 314

  Chapman, Mark, 335

  Chapman, Rick, 144–45, 148

  Chappel, Chris, 316, 324, 350

  Charles, Ray, 56, 57, 89–90, 311, 347

  Charlesworth, Chris, 292–93

  Charlie (road crew manager), 11

  Charlie Chaplin, 13

  Chesters, Neville, 117

  Children’s Hour, 16

  Chinese Eyes, 352, 358

  Christian, Charlie, 89

  ‘Christmas’, 158

  Cigarettes and Housework, 494

  Cilento, Wayne, 427

  Clapton, Eric, 60, 106, 108, 111, 113, 115, 118, 153, 168, 188, 238–40, 243–44, 263–64, 265–66, 273, 293, 307, 348, 351, 374, 435, 441, 450, 472

  Clapton, Mia, 238–39

  ‘Clarinet Rhapsody’, 10

  Clarke, Arthur C., 33

  Clarke, Myles, 496

  Clash, 316, 339, 340, 350, 398

  Clooney, George, 479

  ‘Cobwebs and Strange’, 101

  Cocker, Joe, 169, 173, 351

  Cohn, Nik, 161–62, 188, 225, 228–29, 235–36, 241, 282

  Coleman, Ray, 200

  Collins, Judy, 212

  Collins, Phil, 310, 378, 404

  Coltrane, John, 96, 444

  Colyer, Ken, 386

  ‘Come Dancing’, 379

  ‘Comfortably Numb’, 327

  ‘Communication’, 351

  Confederates, 38–39

  Conway, Deborah, 397

  Conway, Russ, 74

  Cook, Paul, 302

  Cook, Peter, 314

  Cooke, Carrie, 497

  Cooke, Sam, 94

  ‘Cool Jerk’, 380

  Cool Walking, 450

  Cooper, Tommy, 139

  Cornfeld, Bernie, 350

  Count, the, 57

  ‘Country Shack’, 158

  ‘Cousin Kevin’, 159

  Cream, 111, 113–14, 115, 182, 191

  Creem, 163

  Critchley, Tom, 462, 474

  Crombie, Tony, 101

  Cropper, Steve, 61, 63

  Crosstown Traffic, 370

  ‘Cry If You Want’, 358

  ‘Crying Game, The’, 74

  Curbishley, Alan, 268

  Curbishley, Bill, 254, 261–62, 267, 275–76, 279, 282, 292, 310, 312, 316, 320, 330, 346, 350, 353, 367, 377–78, 391, 395–99, 400, 403, 405–6, 409, 415, 422, 443, 454, 466, 478–79, 500

  Curbishley, Jackie, 350, 367, 390

  Cusack, John, 477

  Cuthbert, Mikey, 470, 494

  ‘Cut My Hair’, 237

  Daily Mail, 451, 487

  Daily Mirror, 13, 95

  Daltrey, Carol, 49, 51, 68, 475

  Daltrey, Gillian, 51

  Daltrey, Heather, 124, 219, 408, 475

  Daltrey, Jackie, 54–55, 506

  Daltrey, Roger, 3, 4, 43–44, 46–47, 49, 51–52, 54–55, 57–60, 67–68, 71, 73, 79, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 92, 96, 98, 100–101, 112, 120, 121, 124, 131, 133, 140–41, 156, 158, 166–68, 171–74, 176–77, 180–83, 188, 191, 195–97, 212, 216, 218–19, 221, 224, 232–33, 248, 250, 252–53, 256, 257, 261, 268, 271, 273–74, 276–82, 289, 293, 295, 298, 302, 308–11, 312–13, 316, 320, 332–33, 339, 341–42, 345–46, 357–59, 363, 373, 378, 383–84, 391, 396, 399–401, 403–4, 407, 408–9, 416–17, 436–37, 445, 448, 450–51, 466, 468–69, 473, 475, 477–78, 481, 486, 491, 494–95, 497–99, 506

  Daltrey, Simon, 55

  ‘Dance It Away’, 351

  Daniels, Phil, 450–51

  Danko, Rick, 307

  David (friend), 32

  Davies, Cyril, 53

  Davies, Dave, 60

  Davies, Ray, 60, 85, 113, 283, 339,
379

  Davis, Bette, 129

  Davis, John, 212

  Davis, Miles, 85, 219, 380

  Dawson, Colin, 47–48

  ‘Deaf, Dumb and Blind Boy’, 146–47

  Dean, James, 448

  Decca, 184, 187

  Dee, Dave, 191

  Dee, Kiki, 267

  Deep End, 377–78, 380, 382, 394, 398

  Delaney, Eric, 67

  DeLeon, Aminta, 175, 177

  DeLeon, Delia, 139–40, 160, 175, 302, 421

  Delius, 260

  Dennis, Pat, 145

  Denny (grandmother), 8, 15–18, 20, 24, 26, 28, 37, 40, 42, 101–2, 159, 352, 384, 452

  Detours, 7, 44, 46–48, 50–54, 76

  ‘Devil’s Jump’, 75

  Devlin, Anne, 372

  Devo, 339

  Devon (friend), 219, 223

  Dickins, Rob, 381

  Diddley, Bo, 56, 70

  ‘Did You Steal My Money’, 333

  ‘Different Bomb, A’, 485–86, 488

  Dirty Mac Band, 154

  Disc, 505

  ‘Disguises’, 98

  Dixon of Dock Green, 32

  ‘Dogs’, 144

  ‘Do I Worry’, 10

  Dolby, Ray, 272

  Donahue, Walter, 374

  ‘Don’t Let Go the Coat’, 343

  ‘Don’t Let Them Drop that Bomb on Me’, 380

  ‘Don’t Try to Make Me Real’, 413

  Doors, 148, 183

  Double, Mick, 372

  Doug (Roger’s minder), 332–33

  Douglas, Leslie, 9, 51

  Doxtader, Walter, 500

  Dozy, 191

  Draper, Simon, 381, 395

  Drinking Life, A (Hamill), 436

  ‘Drowned’, 233, 260

  Duce, Murshida, 288

  Dudgeon, Gus, 264

  Dunlop, Frank, 210, 212

  Duran Duran, 339

  Dury, Ian, 307

  Dylan, Bob, 65, 68, 75, 195, 198, 294–95, 307, 472

  Dymond, Geoffrey, 310n

  Dynamics, 70

  Eaglin, Snooks, 56

  ‘Early Morning Cold Taxi’, 131

  ‘Eastern Journey’, 101

  Eastern Sounds, 112

  Eddy, Duane, 71

  Edmondson, Ade, 450

  Edward VII, King of England, 10

  Elaine (love interest), 36

  ‘Eleanor Rigby’, 99

  Electric Ladyland, 109

  Elephant Man, The, 335

  Elgar, 260

  Eliot, T. S., 369, 385, 392

  Eliot, Valerie, 369, 385

  Ellen (great-grandmother), 8

  Ellington, Duke, 57, 108, 170

  Ellington, Ray, 30

  ‘Eminence Front’, 337, 359, 444, 474

  ‘Empty Glass’, 319, 321, 324, 345

  Endless Wire, 496, 497, 498n

  English Patient, The, 462

  Eno, Brian, 205, 369, 370

  Entwistle, John, 3, 38–39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 47, 54, 60, 62, 67, 69, 71, 82, 84, 86, 87, 89, 92, 96, 100–101, 112, 113, 120, 121–22, 130, 132, 133, 145, 147, 148, 157, 159, 167, 168, 178–79, 180, 182, 187–88, 191, 200, 202, 206, 212, 216, 223, 224, 232, 246, 248, 250, 253, 265, 279, 282, 289, 295, 309, 312, 313, 316, 322, 342–43, 345–46, 354, 391, 396, 399–401, 403, 409, 416, 437, 450, 466, 473, 477–81, 486, 496, 505–6

  Epstein, Brian, 73, 74, 113, 134

  Ertegun, Ahmet, 304, 311, 324, 347, 408, 427, 458

  Essex, David, 281

  Eurythmics, 378, 380

  Evans, Lizzie, 371

  Evans, Mal, 116

  Evans, Matthew, 360, 365, 369, 370, 371, 381, 438

  Everly Brothers, 85–86

  Excerpt from a Teenage Opera, 164

  ‘Eyesight to the Blind’, 158, 263, 265

  Face, The, 347

  Face Dances, 333, 335, 343, 345, 350

  ‘Face Dances’, 351

  Faces, 226, 254, 263, 292, 449

  Faithfull, Marianne, 116, 153–54

  ‘Fake It’, 381

  Fame, Georgie, 243

  Family, 243, 351

  Fantasia, 272

  Farson, Daniel, 95

  Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jane, 78

  Fearnley-Whittingstall, Robert, 78

  ‘Fiddle About’, 159

  Fields, Danny, 135, 167, 409–10

  ‘Fire’, 265, 397

  Fireball XL5, 58

  Fish Shop, 307

  Fitzgerald, Ella, 45, 57, 89

  ‘5:15’, 189

  Flash (Border collie), 470

  Flash Gordon, 13

  Floss, 499, 500n

  Fontana Records, 66, 69

  Foot, Michael, 433

  ‘Foreign Languages’, 380

  Forest Flower, 107

  Forever Young (Gilbert), 198

  Formby, George, 23

  ‘For the Benefit of Mr Kite’, 123

  Four Seasons, 408

  Four Tops, 408

  Fowler, Norman, 371

  Fox, Robert, 381

  Foxwell, Lady Edith, 334

  ‘Fragments’, 497

  Francis, Connie, 45

  Franklin, Aretha, 347

  Fraser, Antonia, 385

  Fred, 368

  Fred Basset, 42

  Free, 191

  Freewheelin’, 75

  ‘Freight Train’, 38

  Freudenberg, Johanna, 222, 240

  ‘Friend Is a Friend, A’, 381, 402

  Fry, Stephen, 450

  Fuller, Rachel, 380n, 452, 456, 457–60, 462–64, 467, 469–71, 473–74, 477, 485, 488, 494, 497–99

  Furnish, David, 455

  Gabriel, Peter, 382, 450

  Gabriel (char.), 411, 416, 418, 433, 471

  Garfunkel, Art, 325

  Gaye, Marvin, 89, 333–34, 470

  Geier, Liz, 419–20, 421

  Geldof, Bob, 373–74, 489, 496

  Generations (Mercer), 82

  Genesis, 378

  Genet, Jean, 369

  George VI, King of England, 18

  Gerry and the Pacemakers, 54

  Gesang der Jünglinge, 85

  ‘Getting in Tune’, 215, 216

  ‘Ghost in Your Room’, 380n

  Gibb, Maurice, 488

  Gilbert, Doug, 198

  Gilbert, Geoff, 324

  Gilbert, Ron, 110

  Giles, Laurent, 413, 425

  Gilmour, David, 327, 378, 496

  Giltrap, Gordon, 318

  ‘Glass Household, The’, 411, 413, 415

  Glitter, Gary, 450

  ‘Glittering Girl’, 110, 130

  Goderson, Nick, 447, 464, 487, 488, 499, 500

  God Man, The (Purdom), 110, 140

  ‘Going Fishing’, 144

  ‘Going Mobile’, 215

  Goldberg, Whoopi, 405

  Golding, Anne, 371

  Golding, William, 369, 371

  Goldman, Albert, 182

  Goldsmith, Harvey, 171, 314, 450

  Goon Show, The, 29–30

  Gorden, Helmut, 66, 68, 73

  Gordian Knot Untied, 83, 348–49

  ‘Go to the Mirror’, 269

  Graduate, The, 459

  Graham, Alex, 10, 42

  Graham, Bill, 117, 118, 172, 173–74, 183, 195–97, 280, 289, 322–23, 327, 335, 343, 345

  Grant, Keith, 234

  Grateful Dead, 298

  ‘Gratis Amatis’, 101

  Gray, Barry, 58

  Grease Band, 169

  Grech, Rick, 243

  Green, Mickey, 54

  ‘Green Onions’, 53, 61, 75

  ‘Greyhound Girl’, 215

  Griffiths, Rod, 39

  Guardian, 161, 486

  Guernica, 72

  Gysin, Brion, 368

  Haft, Lionel, 428

  Hair, The 60

  Haley, Bill, 35, 36, 37

  Hall, Henry, 25

  Hall, Jerry, 349, 446, 469, 489, 496

  Hamill, Pete, 436

  Hamilton, Ric
hard, 345

  Hamlet (Shakespeare), 261

  Hamlyn, Mr, 43–44

  ‘Happy Jack’, 99–100

  Hardin, Tim, 266

  Hardy, Oliver, 13

  Harlech, Lord, 238, 243

  Harrington, Wendell, 427

  Harrison, George, 116, 265–66, 476

  Harrison, Pattie, 116, 265–66

  Hart, John, 437–38

  Havens, Richie, 125–26

  ‘Hawker, The’, 158, 265

  ‘Heartbreak Hotel’, 36

  ‘Heart Condition’, 495

  Heath, Ted, 26

  ‘Heatwave’, 101

  ‘Heavy Metal’, 381

  Heinlin, Robert, 124, 127

  Helvin, Marie, 349–50

  Hendrix, Jimi, 63, 67, 103, 108–9, 111, 113, 115–16, 118–20, 124, 134, 148, 188, 191, 254, 370, 430

  Herd, 129, 191

  Herman’s Hermits, 122, 124, 126, 129, 133, 134–35

  Hidley, Tom, 215

  High, Ray (char.), 416, 418, 422, 428

  High Numbers, 70

  Hilburn, Robert, 256

  Hilfiger, Tommy, 423

  Hockney, David, 345

  Hoffman, Abbie, 163, 180–81, 183, 252

  Hoffman, Dustin, 459

  Hogan, Peter, 317

  Hogg, Michael Lindsay, 153

  Holiday, Billie, 89

  Hollies, 112

  Holly, Buddy, 54

  Holmes, Sherlock, 333

  Hooker, John Lee, 56, 57, 75, 85, 395, 397

  Hopalong Cassidy, 13

  ‘Hope and Glory’, 392

  Hope-Evans, Peter, 351, 378, 428

  Hopkins, John ‘Hoppy’, 106, 212

  Hopkinson, Tom, 140

  Horse’s Neck (Townshend), 370, 372

  ‘Hot and Anxious’, 10

  Houison, Rod, 234–35

  ‘Hound Dog’, 36

  ‘How Can You Do It Alone’, 343

  Howlin’ Wolf, 56, 70, 294

  Hughes, Carol, 387

  Hughes, Ted, 369, 381, 385, 387–88, 390, 395, 418, 425, 433, 467

  Hunger, The, 358

  ‘Hush, Hush, Hush! Here Comes the Bogeyman’, 25

  Hustler, 454

  Hustvedt, Siri, 424

  Huxley, Aldous, 203

  Hynde, Chrissie, 319, 381

  ‘I Believe My Own Eyes’, 424

  ‘I Can See for Miles’, 93, 107, 126, 129, 130, 133, 135

  ‘I Can’t Explain’, 75, 76, 79, 80, 82, 362

  ‘I Can’t Help (Falling in Love with You)’, 477

  ‘I Can’t Reach You’, 130

  Idle, Eric, 304

  Idol, Billy, 299, 404

  Iggy Pop, 163

  Ike (friend), 355, 358

  ‘I Love My Dog’, 112n

  ‘I’m a Boy’, 99

  ‘I’m a Man’, 3

  ‘I’m Free’, 158, 181

  ‘I’m Gonna Wash that Man Right out of My Hair’, 26

  In Crowd, 89

  Independent, 469

  ‘I Need You’, 100

  In Our Lifetime, 334

  In the Attic, 494, 497

  ‘In the Ether’, 495, 497

  Irani, Adi K., 291–92, 315

  Irani, Mani, 291, 421

  Irani, Sarosh, 233

  Iron Giant, 440, 462, 467

 

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