Read Who I Am: A Memoir Online
Authors: Pete Townshend
The Who were the final act of the Closing Ceremony of the London Olympics, 12 August 2012. (Patrick Semansky/AP/Press Association Images)
With Rachel, c. 2005. Met in 1996, still together in 2012. (Terry McGough/Rex Features)
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AC/DC, 298, 315
‘Acid Queen’, 158, 180, 263, 269, 277
Adam and The Ants, 339
Adams, Bryan, 382
Adams, Jack, 215–17
Adamski, George, 110
Adderley, Cannonball, 117
Adderley, Nat, 117
‘After the Fire’, 391
Ahmednagar Queen
, 294
Alcock, John, 201, 247
‘Alice’ (counselling subject), 483–84, 487
Alison (John’s fiancée), 505
‘All Along the Watchtower’, 108
Allison, Mose, 56, 57, 75, 85, 158
‘All My Life’, 10
‘All Shall Be Well’, 380, 391
Almond, Mark, 339
Altham, Keith, 120, 489
‘Amazing Grace’, 212
‘Amazing Journey’, 158, 188, 207
‘Amoureuse’, 267
‘And I Moved’, 437
Angela (Dawson’s girlfriend), 4
Animals, 135
Anna (Merchan’s partner), 380, 394
Anne (fan), 505–6
Ann-Margret, 262–63, 268, 269
Another Scoop
, 390, 471
‘Another Tricky Day’, 343
Appleton, Mike, 263
Appleyard, Bryan, 371
Appointment in Samarra
(O’Hara), 368
Aquaye, Speedy, 243
Arfur, 161
Arfur: Teenage Pinball Queen
(Cohn), 161
‘Armenia’, 132
Armone, John, 427
Armstrong, Louis, 108, 386
Arthur
, 164
Artist’s Way
,
The
(Cameron), 465, 466
Ascott, Roy, 49, 56, 202
Asher, Jane, 116
Ashton, Sir Freddy, 360
Assange, Julian, 493
Association, 135
Astley, Edwin, 151, 379, 481
Astley, Florence, 392
Astley, Jon, 302, 303, 471
Astley, Ted, 294, 296, 348, 463
Astley, Virginia, 392
Astor, David, 368, 372, 476
Atkins, Chet, 54
Atlas, Charles, 132
Baba, Meher, 110, 138–41, 144, 146, 148, 160–63, 175, 178, 192, 200, 201, 226–27, 233, 236, 248, 278, 280, 288, 291–92, 295, 303, 315, 317, 324, 344, 356, 421, 492
Babajan, Hazrat, 139
‘Baba O’Riley’, 215, 306, 323, 337, 474, 497
‘Baby Don’t You Do It’, 333
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 167, 474
Bacon, Francis, 95
Bad Timing
, 325, 329
Baepler, Greg, 405
Baez, Joan, 56, 294, 382, 470
Bailey, David, 349, 374
‘Bali Hai’, 26
Ball, Lawrence, 497
‘Ball and Chain’, 179
Ballard, Hank, 408
Band, The, 307
‘Barefooting’, 380
‘Bargain’, 215
Barnes, Richard ‘Barney’, 52–53, 56, 59, 60, 65–66, 68, 71, 77, 82, 86, 232, 248, 254, 270, 271, 292, 297, 302, 320–21, 324, 352, 419, 421–23, 427
Baron, Nancy, 172
Baron, Steve, 172, 215
Barrett, Syd, 106
Barsalona, Frank, 113, 174–75, 398, 400
Bart, Lionel, 101
Bartlett, Nick, 53, 55
Bassey, Shirley, 23
Baverstock, Jack, 66
Bayliss, Fran, 440
BBC Dance Orchestra, 25
Beach Boys, 76, 107, 123, 129
Beachcombers, 51, 67
Beaky, 191
Beard, Fred, 37–38
Beard, Jimpy, 13, 14, 20–21, 22–23, 24–25, 26, 35, 36, 37–38, 102, 214
Beatles, 53, 54, 58, 62, 73, 74, 94, 100, 112, 113, 116, 118, 123, 125, 136, 155, 191, 196, 268, 345, 379
Beat Room
, 79
Beautiful Boy
(Sheff), 431
n
Beck, Jeff, 60, 96, 124
‘Beck’s Bolero’, 96
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, 310
n
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, 498
n
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