The Kids Are Alright? Townshend vs. Daltery…
The Who, Shout! Shimmy, National Jazz and Blues Festival, Richmond Athletic Grounds, Surrey -1965.
You can find this mint-in-the-box clip on the 1979 Who doc, The Kids Are Alright. If it’s been a while since you’ve seen Kids, it’s absolutely worth a place in your NetFilx queue. The footage of Keith Moon being completely awesome and completely drunk at all times warms my boozy, black heart. At any rate, I had to post this vid from The Kids Are Alright to remind me that the two surviving members of The Who used to like each other. Mostly, anyway. With that said, what remains of The Who is getting ready to head out on a “mini-tour” starting on October 21st in Detroit. The tour will hit Boston and Philly before it ends up in LA for two shows in November. Unless Pete decides to windmill his old friend from Hammersmith.
Daltrey and Townshend smile for the cameras…
After the VH1 Rock Honors this year, Townshend abruptly left the stage as Daltrey was thanking the audience. When Daltrey realized Pete had already left the stage, he shrugged his shoulders at the audience and quickly made his own exit. It’s also been reported that Townshend and Daltrey are no longer on speaking terms, and have specified that their dressing rooms be located as far away as possible at each venue they play. Surprised? Nah, me either.
Anyways, sorry about the links in this post. I’m working on an old-as-fuck Mac that I travel with. Also, it’s been raining for two days here and if one more person makes a joke about me bringing the Seattle weather here, well, you’ll read about that in the papers. It’ll go something like “Woman with pink hair kills bartender over dispute regarding origins of rain.” Man, I always thought that when I made it into the papers, it would sound way cooler. Something like, “Woman kills bartender after bartender served her something from the bottom shelf” or, “Woman kills bartender with surfboard after mistaking bar for beach”. No matter. I’m still on vacation. On vacation from what I’m really not sure, but whatever it is, it sure beats working.
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