‘Rollin’ Man’, 30
Ron Cavendish Orchestra, 48
Rooney, Mickey, 129
Rose (Emma’s friend), 424
Rose (great-aunt), 8, 16
Rose (Sandom’s sister-in-law), 66
Rosenberg, Robert, 500
Rosenfeld, Michael, 297
Rosie (Baba follower), 141, 143
Rosten, David, 275
Rotten, Johnny, 281, 302, 310
Rough Mix, 296, 297, 309, 418
Roxy, 380
Roy Rogers, 13
Roza, Lita, 23
Rudd, Raphael, 379
Rudge, Peter, 199, 254, 257, 262
Ruffy, Dave, 471
Russell, Ethan, 247–48
Russell, Ken, 260–61, 262, 264–65, 269, 276, 277, 390
Russell, Theresa, 325–28, 356, 392, 456
Ruts, 471
S., Peter, 27
Sade, 373
Sally (cocker spaniel), 470
‘Sally Simpson’, 148, 241
Sandom, Doug, 48, 52, 54, 57, 65, 67, 68
Savage, Jon, 370
Savage Messiah, 260
‘Save it for Later’, 380
Scala, Ralph, 110
Scarlet, 494
Schecter, Aaron, 299
Scher, John, 454
Scoop, 361, 471
Scoop 2, see Another Scoop
Scoop 3, 462, 474
Scorsese, Marty, 285
Scott, Ridley, 350
Scott, Ronnie, 166, 169–70
Screaming Lord Sutch, 67
Scruffy (John’s dog), 496
‘Sea and Sand’, 251
Seamen, Phil, 303
‘Sean’s Boogie’, 351
Searchers, 112
‘Sea Refuses No River, The’, 351
Searle, Roger, 372
Sebastian, John, 196, 197–98
Secombe, Harry, 29
Secret Policeman’s Ball, The, 314
Secret Policeman’s Other Ball, The, 377
Seeger, Pete, 127
‘Seeker, The’, 189, 193
‘See My Friend’, 112
‘See My Way’, 100, 131
Sellers, Peter, 29
‘Sensation’, 141, 175, 177
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 123, 127, 345
Sewell, Anna, 16
Sex Pistols, 302, 339
SF Sorrow, 164
Shadows, 42, 47, 345
Sham 69, 447
‘Shame, Shame, Shame’, 56
Shankar, Ravi, 119
Sharp, Martin, 108
Sharp, Sammy and Leah, 10
Sharpe, Bernie, 38
Shaw, Damon Lyon, 165
Shaw, Mike, 77, 82, 86, 93, 96, 257, 406
Shearing, George, 10
Sheff, David, 431
Sheff, Nic, 431n
Sherwin, Chris, 38–39, 40, 43
Shrieve, Michael, 347
‘Silas Stingy’, 130–31
Silverman, Ethan, 460, 498
Simenon, Paul, 316
Simon, Paul, 402, 444–45
Simon and Garfunkel, 114, 408
Simone, Nina, 89, 395, 397
Sims, Bill, 289–91, 437
Sinatra, Frank, 45, 57, 87, 131
Sinclair, John, 163, 180
Sink the Belgrano! (Berkoff), 364
Siouxsie and the Banshees, 339
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, 344
‘Sister Disco’, 302, 304
16, 409
Sketches of Spain, 85
Skydell, Barbara, 398, 400
Sly and the Family Stone, 177, 179
Small Faces, 138, 140, 191, 310, 471
‘Smash the Mirror’, 269
Smile, 127
Smiley Smile, 144
Smith, Alan, 372
Smith, Jimmy, 56, 57
Smith, Tony, 378
‘Smokestack Lightning’, 3
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The, 129, 135, 289
‘Someone’s Coming’, 130
‘Something in the Air’, 176
‘Song is Over, The’, 215
Sonic Seasonings, 246
‘Sound City’, 103
Sounds Incorporated, 263
South Bank Show, 373
South Pacific, 26
Space Dragon, 388, 390, 397
Spandau Ballet, 339
Specials, 339
Spitting Image, 132
Spooky Tooth, 263
Springfield, Dusty, 73
Springsteen, Bruce, 281, 298, 316, 340, 351, 430
Springtime for Hitler, 305
Spritzler, Florence (Floss), 500
Squadronaires, 10, 11–12, 15, 22, 29, 181
‘Squeeze Box’, 276
Stainton, Chris, 351
Stamp, Chris, 72–73, 75–78, 79, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 103, 117, 130, 132, 136, 151, 157, 161, 175, 187, 191, 206–7, 210, 212, 214, 220, 225, 228, 252n, 253–54, 259–60, 262, 275–76, 279, 293, 300, 301, 349, 408
Stanley, Owsley, 120, 121
Stanley, Richard, 144, 145, 198, 202, 341
Stanshall, Vivian, 344
Stardust, 263, 281
‘Star Eyes’, 10
Starkey, Zak, 344, 450, 451
Starlight, 370
Starlight Express, 369
Starr, Ringo, 304, 344
Status Quo, 339
Stein, Jeff, 304, 305–6
Stella, 471, 495
Stevens, Cat, 112n
Stevens, Guy, 70, 94–95
Stewart, Dave, 381
Stewart, Rod, 93, 226, 292, 432
Stigwood, Robert ‘Stiggy’, 93, 103, 117, 260, 262, 263–64, 277
Stilgoe, Richard, 370
‘Still Life’, 380
Stills, Stephen, 225
Sting, 382, 489
Stipe, Michael, 450
Stockhausen, Karlheinz, 85
‘Stop Hurting People’, 351
Stoppard, Tom, 369, 433
Story of Tommy, The (Barnes and Townshend), 302
Stranger in a Strange Land (Heinlein), 127
Streeting, Ruth (char.), 422, 428
‘Street in the City’, 296
Strick, Joseph, 222, 259
Strikebound, 374
Strummer, Joe, 316
Stuart (friend), 42
‘Stuttering Blues’, 85
‘Substitute’, 92, 93
Sumlin, Hubert, 57
‘Summertime Blues’, 126, 130
Sun, 469
Sunday Times, 364
‘Sunrise’, 132
‘Surfing USA’, 129
Susie (Lane’s girlfriend), 138
‘Sweet Sound’, 365
Sylvester, Sam, 275–76, 300–301, 437, 445
‘Sympathy for the Devil’, 191
Szymczyk, Bill, 333, 345
Talmy, Shel, 75–76, 88, 93–94, 97, 98, 220
Tarbuck, Jimmy, 302
‘Tattoo’, 129, 130
Taylor, Derek, 118, 119
Taylor, Elizabeth, 299
Taylor, James, 348, 476
Taylor, Mick, 176
‘Teddy Bear’s Picnic, The’, 25
‘Teenage Wasteland’, 215
‘Tengo Tango’, 112, 117
Terry, Sonny, 56
Thacker, David, 424, 432–33
That’ll Be the Day, 263
‘That’s All Right Mama’, 380
‘That’s Alright Mama’, 36
Then and Now, 477
Thomas, Chris, 318, 319, 325, 352, 354, 396
Thomas, Jeremy, 324–25
Three Stooges, The, 13
Thunderbirds, 58
Thunderclap Newman, 176, 201, 254, 471
‘Time is Passing’, 215
Tom (great-uncle), 15
Tommy, 138, 142, 144, 146–50, 152, 156–67, 169–71, 173–76, 180–82, 184, 186–88, 192–93, 195, 198, 202–3, 207–8, 214, 217, 222, 224–26, 231, 233–34, 237–38, 241, 250, 251,
253, 257–58, 259–61, 263–69, 271–73, 275–76, 280, 282, 307, 310, 347, 348, 358, 372, 390–91, 403–5, 416–19, 421, 422–24, 425, 427, 429, 434, 437–40, 442–43, 447–49, 455, 462, 475, 491
Tommy (char.), 424
‘Too Late the Hero’, 403
‘Too Much’, 215
Torch, Sidney, 26
‘Touring Inside US’, 129
Townshend, Clifford Blandford, 4–5, 6–10, 11, 12, 15, 20–22, 24, 25, 28–29, 30, 32–33, 35, 37–38, 39, 40, 41, 48, 74, 84, 102, 108, 144, 181, 221, 232–33, 240, 270–71, 289, 294, 319, 321, 352, 354, 366, 379, 382, 383, 384, 386, 398, 452
Townshend, Dorothy ‘Dot’, 7, 33, 232
Townshend, Emma, 165, 167, 175, 177, 222, 231, 238, 280, 343, 362, 384, 387, 392, 401–2, 424, 440, 462, 488
Townshend, Horace ‘Horry’, 7, 33
Townshend, Jack, 7–8, 232, 379, 385, 464–65
Townshend, Janie, 248
Townshend, Joseph, 406, 410, 412, 417, 425–26, 431, 432, 435, 437–39, 440–41, 443, 451–53, 456–57, 458, 462, 474
Townshend, Karen Astley, 82, 88, 93, 95, 98, 99, 105–7, 110, 116–18, 120, 121–22, 129, 133, 136, 137, 138, 141, 143–44, 145–46, 149, 160, 165, 167, 168, 170, 173–75, 177, 192–93, 200, 208–9, 213, 222, 224, 225, 231, 234, 238, 240, 248, 258, 266, 280, 294–95, 296, 303, 310–11, 313–14, 315–16, 321, 326, 328–29, 333, 343, 350, 353, 355–57, 361, 365–66, 368, 372, 375, 376–78, 384, 392–94, 396, 398, 399–402, 404, 406, 409–10, 412, 413, 415, 417, 423–26, 428, 431, 435, 437–39, 440, 445–46, 447, 451–53, 456, 458, 459–60, 463, 469, 506
Townshend, Minta, 200, 221, 222, 231, 238, 280, 343, 344, 362–63, 366, 384, 393, 398, 400–402, 424, 440, 462
Townshend, Mrs Clifford Blandford, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18–19, 20, 21–28, 30, 32, 36–37, 40, 41, 43, 51, 65, 66, 102, 132, 145, 232, 240, 294, 352, 354, 383, 384–86, 404, 452, 465
Townshend, Paul, 24, 36, 40, 144, 248, 385, 418
Townshend, Simon, 40, 144, 176, 177, 248, 351, 365, 385, 418, 494
Towser (spaniel puppy), 146, 200
‘Tracks of My Tears’, 92
Traffic, 111, 129, 243, 267
‘Tragedy’, 463
Traveling Wilburys, 476
Tremeloes, 129
Trident, 60
Trilby (great-aunt), 33–34, 292, 388, 441, 495
‘Trilby’s Piano’, 495, 497
Trisha (nanny), 231, 234
Troggs, 148
Tubular Bells, 382
Turner, Tina, 263, 269, 277
U2, 316, 382
Ultravox, 339
Ulysses, 222
‘Unchained Melody’, 29
Uncle Ernie (char.), 159–60
Val (fan), 506
Val (Karen’s friend), 122
Valentino, Rudy, 88
Vanilla Fudge, 134
van Zandt, Little Stevie, 351
Vaughan, Frankie, 23
Vedder, Eddie, 431, 463, 469
Vickers, Cathy, 318, 321
Vickers, Jacqueline, 318–19, 321–22, 324, 328, 344
Vickers, Mike, 317, 318–19, 321
Vickers, Sue, 317, 318–19, 321
Visage, 339
‘Vivienne’, 354
von Strunckel, Shelley, 439
‘Voodoo Chile’, 108
Wadleigh, Michael, 180, 182, 183
Wagner, Richard, 85
Wah!, 362
Wainwright, Martha, 494
Waiting Children, The, 460
Walker, Patrick, 439
Walker Brothers, 91
‘Walkin’ ’, 380
Wall, Brian, 49
Wall, Max, 385–86
Wall, The, 326
Walsh, Joe, 199, 201, 255, 348, 397
Walter, Little, 56
Walter-Lax, Annette, 273
Walton, Sir William, 133
Waring, Judi, 268n, 365
Waters, Roger, 106, 326–27, 433, 496
Wattis, Nigel, 373
Watts, Charlie, 153, 296, 310
Webber, Andrew Lloyd, 369
Weinstein, Bob, 377
Weinstein, Harvey, 377
‘Welcome’, 144
Welles, Orson, 131
Wenner, Jann, 148–49, 162, 167, 202, 394, 408, 427
Wesker, Arnold, 83
West, Carinthia, 304
West, Keith, 164
Westbrook, Darren, 471
Wexler, Jerry, 347
‘When the Saints Go Marching In’, 39
Whiskey, Nancy, 38
‘Whiskey Man’, 100
White City, 374–78, 381
White Knight Syndrome, The (Lamia), 486n
Whiteson, Adrian, 448
Who, The, 2, 3, 7, 52, 60, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72–74, 76–77, 79–80, 84, 87–89, 91–94, 96–101, 103, 105, 107, 110, 112–14, 117–20, 123–26, 129, 131–36, 137, 140, 144–45, 146, 147, 149, 151, 152, 154, 155, 160–61, 162, 164, 166, 169, 173–77, 181–83, 186, 188, 191–95, 201–2, 204, 206, 209,
Who, The (cont.)
213–15, 220–24, 228–30, 232, 235–36, 239–41, 244–48, 250, 252, 255, 258, 261–62, 265, 267, 272–74, 275–78, 280, 285, 287, 293, 297–99, 302–6, 309–11, 312–13, 315–16, 320, 329, 335, 339–46, 350–53, 357–59, 361, 365–68, 372–74, 378, 382–83, 391, 395–402, 406–7, 408, 415–16, 424, 427–30, 436, 439, 443, 445, 450, 452, 456, 463, 464, 468, 470, 472, 474–78, 480–81, 494, 496–98, 505–6
Who Are You, 305, 307, 309, 343, 397
‘Who Are You’, 226, 325, 437
Who by Numbers, The, 279, 288, 294, 343
‘Who Exhibition’, 307
Who Sell Out, The, 132, 135, 136, 144
Who’s Next, 222, 224, 247, 255, 450
Wickham, Vicky, 79
‘Wild Horses’, 476
Wild One, The, 51
‘Wild Thing’, 148
Wilkins, Helen ‘Spike’, 361, 390, 462, 471
Williams, Robin, 349
Williamson, Sonny Boy, Jr, 85, 158
Wilson, Brian, 125, 127, 144, 167
Wilson, Harry, 47, 48
Wilson, Pete, 42
Wiltshire, Billy, 9
Winterland, 462
Winwood, Stevie, 111, 243, 244, 404, 450
‘Wired to the Moon’, 453
Wistle (Yorkshire terrier), 496
Withers, Bill, 239
Witness, 450
Wodehouse, P. G., 271
Wolf, Howlin’, 57
Wolff, John ‘Wiggy’, 140, 147, 178, 223, 227, 246–48, 250, 252, 284, 330–31, 458
Womack, Bobby, 449
Wonder, Stevie, 89, 91, 264, 379
Wong, Dr, 288, 289
‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, 215, 221, 306, 341, 376
Wood, Jessie, 352
Wood, Krissy, 244, 352–53
Wood, Ronnie, 243–44, 277, 352, 434, 446, 449–50, 472
Woods, Donald, 368, 376
Wright, Rick, 496
Wright, Tom, 56, 58–59, 65, 126, 148, 169, 199
Wylie, Pete, 362
Wyman, Bill, 153, 308
Yardbirds, 60
Yetnikoff, Walter, 311
‘You Are You’, 302
‘You Better You Bet’, 343–45
Youel, Jo, 494
Young, Jeff, 467
Young, Neil, 430
‘Young Man Blues’, 85, 158, 188
Young Rascals, 114
‘You Really Got Me’, 75
‘Your Kiss Is an Echo’, 380
‘You Stand By Me’, 497
Zappa, Frank, 125
Zazel (Karen’s friend), 122–23
Ziggy Stardust, 231
‘Zoot Suit’, 70
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This book has taken me such a long time to write. There are so many people to thank, and to acknowledge not only for their encouragement, but also for their friendship. I’m not very good at friendship, not very sociable, and this is a chance for me to reach out to some of the important people
in my life, especially those who have had some part to play in the book. If you are not mentioned, and you think you should be, let me know. I always like to be reminded who my friends really are.
Firstly I want to thank my agent, Ed Victor: he’s stayed with me through several major hiccups, and been a joy to work with. I also feel grateful to my publisher in the UK, Carole Tonkinson, and her entire team, including the intrepid Simon Gerratt who coordinated everything at HarperCollins UK. Their enthusiasm and support from the very beginning has kept me going when the empty pages taunted me. Jonathan Burnham, my US publisher, has been forthright and meticulous, keeping me alert to the fact that he and I both want this book to entertain, but also to convince. My US editor David Hirshey, and his associate editor Barry Harbaugh, have enjoyed some great brainstorming sessions that reminded me of my own days as an editor. Working with words on the page sometimes leads to fine conversation – words leading to more words. My first editor when I started was Robert McCrum, and I am still grateful to my publisher Michael Pietsch of Little, Brown for believing in me back in 1995, but also for permitting me to give up two years on when I found it too hard.
My personal assistant, Nicola Joss, has been invaluable to me on this project, creating a chronological boxed archive for me that I have been able to access on a whim. My long-time friend and aide-de-camp Paul Bonnick has also been essential, helping organise storage systems, shelving, moving weighty collateral back and forth – indeed many of my staff have put in hundreds of hours helping me with this book in the past year, but like Ed Victor, Nicola and Paul have stayed with me working or waiting for seventeen years.
My first webmaster, Matt Kent, came to the rescue to gather, date and credit photographs, and there is no one better qualified – his own photographs are wonderful and he is a guardian of Who history.
Martin Noble, yet another cherished new Jewish buddy for me, has been my hands-on editor here in the UK, and has connected wonderfully with us all. He is to me now like an angel, leading a seventh cavalry to rescue me from the complexities that arise when you try to cut 1,000 pages down to 500. He has worked like a demon, eighteen hours a day sometimes. I fear for his health, and for his marriage – but if his wife loves him as much as I do today he should get the right kind of chicken soup. If not, I will make it for him. Martin, let’s get that photograph together.
Roger Daltrey has been lovingly concerned about this book, wanting most of all to protect me from myself and my big mouth. I hope he doesn’t mind me giving my side of the Who story. He is one of the most important men in my life, and obviously the most important in my career. One day I hope he will write his own story. Meanwhile he has to sing the stories I write for him. No one does it better.
Another beloved and vitally important man in my life is our surviving manager, Chris Stamp, seriously ill at the time of writing. He doesn’t get perfect press from me about the early days in this book, but in the past twenty-five years, away from The Who’s affairs, we have been fellow music publishers and loving friends, and Chris is a shining and spiritual man. He is now a psychodrama therapist. I’ve learned by watching Chris learn. He calls these confusing days of getting older ‘The Gravy’.
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