Read Who I Am: A Memoir Online
Authors: Pete Townshend
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, 500
n
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, 380
n
, 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’, 380
n
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, Richard, 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’, 112
n
‘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
Iron Man, 388, 397, 407, 433
Iron Man, The
, 381–82, 384, 387, 390–91, 393–97, 402–3, 411, 415, 418–19, 422, 424, 432, 434, 435, 438, 440, 442, 467, 494
It’s Hard
, 358, 497
‘It’s In You’, 351
‘It Was You’, 58
I Used to Be an Animal—But I’m All Right Now
(Burdon), 369
Ivy League, The, 76
‘I Want to Take You Higher’, 179
Jagger, Bianca, 228
Jagger, Mick, 53, 59, 60, 88, 109, 116, 152–54, 228, 281, 304, 306, 347, 349, 446, 469, 476, 489
Jailhouse Rock
, 36
Jam, The, 339, 344
James, Dick, 58
James, P. D., 369
James (Emma’s boyfriend), 402
James Gang, 199, 201, 348
Jan (Barney’s girlfriend), 53, 68, 71, 254
Jarrett, Keith, 107, 111
Jason (driver), 270
Jefferson Airplane, 148
‘Jenny’ (counselling subject), 484–86
Jethro Tull, 153
Jimmy (char.), 241, 246, 250, 253, 342, 375, 376, 450
Jimmy Smith Organ Grinder’s Swing, 89
Joanne (Joss’s secretary), 367
John, Elton, 263, 264, 352, 354, 404, 455, 467, 476
Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, 54, 112
Johns, Glyn, 54, 59, 153, 220–22, 247, 292, 302, 319, 357, 359
‘Join My Gang’, 103, 380
Jones, Brian, 53, 59, 91, 153–54, 176
Jones, Jan, 320
Jones, Kenney, 263, 310, 312–13, 316, 318, 320, 322, 340, 345–46, 357
Jones, Mick, 316
Jones, Paul, 142
Jones, Tom, 302
‘Jools and Jim’, 319
Joplin, Janis, 177, 179
Josh (char.), 471
Joss, Nicola, 365, 367, 413, 423, 427, 436, 478
Joys and Sorrows
(Casals), 344
Kalchuri, Bhau, 492
Kamen, Michael, 437, 467
Kameron, Pete, 210, 214, 300–301
Kander and Ebb, 427
Kathy (friend), 285–87
Katie (Lane’s partner), 244
Kawakubo, Rei, 447–48
Keegan, Shelagh, 433
Keen, Speedy, 132, 176
Kelley, Mike, 263
Kent, Matt, 464, 468
Khan, Inayat, 204, 207
Kick Horns, 378
Kidd, Johnny, 54
Kids Are Alright, The
, 304, 305, 313
‘Kids Are Alright, The’, 83, 445
King, David, 132
King Crimson, 201
Kinks, 60, 62, 73, 75, 76, 112, 164, 191, 283, 370, 408
Kirk, Robert, 429
Kirk, Roland, 169–70, 501
Kisoon, Katie, 428
Kiss of the Spider Woman
, 426
Kitaj, Ron, 345
Kitt, Eartha, 23
Klein, Allen, 95, 97, 98, 113, 154, 300–301, 302
Kooper, Al, 125
Korner, Alexis, 53
Kraftwerk, 339
Kramer, Eddie, 109
Krieger, Marilyn, 486
n
Krishna, Hare, 266
Kunz, Greg, 405
Kurzweil, Ray, 379
Labanowski, John, 428
LaBelle, Patti, 216, 404
Lambert, Constant, 73, 348
Lambert, Kit, 72–73, 75–78, 79, 81–82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94–95, 96, 98, 100, 101, 103, 110, 117, 126, 130, 132–34, 144, 146, 151, 156–58, 160–61, 165, 191, 195–96, 202, 210–12, 214–18, 220, 225–26, 228, 249, 252
n
, 253–54, 259–60, 262, 268
n
, 275, 279, 293, 300–301, 304, 347–48, 360, 398
Lambert, Terence, 73
Lamia, Mary, 486
n
Lane, Ronnie, 138, 141, 152, 160, 201, 244, 247, 276, 292, 296–97, 309, 477
Lane, Susie, 160
Langford, Bonnie, 349
Langston, Cy, 131
Langtry, Lily, 110
‘Larry the Lonely Cowboy’, 380
Lasley, David, 348
Lateef, Yusef, 112
Launderettes, 362
Laura, 457–58
Laurel, Stan, 13
Laurel and Hardy, 13
Law, Don, 169
Law, Roger, 132
‘Layla’, 244, 265
Leadbelly, 56
Led Zeppelin, 96, 173, 183, 188, 398
Leibovitz, Annie, 300
Leigh, Vivien, 472
Lemper, Ute, 452, 453
Lennon, John, 136, 153–54, 335, 348
Lennon, Julian, 335
Lennon, Sean, 335
Lennox, Annie, 381
Lesley (Mod fan), 145
‘Let My Love Open the Door’, 315, 319, 331
‘Let’s See Action’, 215
Levison, Charles, 365
Lewis, Andre, 216
Lewis, Harry, 9
Leyla (char.), 471
Life
, 140
Lifehouse
, 202–4, 206–7, 210–11, 213–14, 216, 217, 220–22, 225, 229, 235, 242, 253, 307, 325, 329, 375, 385, 389, 411, 418, 422, 442, 462, 463, 466–67, 469, 471–72, 483, 500
Lifehouse Chronicles
, 471
‘Life to Life’, 377
Lightnin’ Hopkins, 56
‘Limousine, The’ (Townshend), 389
Linda (Mod fan), 145
Linscott, Jody, 348, 351, 378
Lion King, The
, 467
Lister, David, 469
Lisztomania
, 273, 277
Little, Carlo, 67
‘Little Is Enough, A’, 315, 319
Little Richard, 400
Live at Leeds
, 187, 188, 192, 194–95, 199, 224–25
Lloyd, Charles, 107
Locke, Patricia, 86
Logan, Nick, 347
London, Julie, 56
London Symphony Orchestra, 234
Lone Ranger
, 341
Long, Bob, 489
n
Looney-Tunes
, 13
Lord of the Flies
(Golding), 371
Loss, Joe, 26
‘Love Ain’t for Keeping’, 215
‘Love Hurts’, 86, 403
‘Love in Limbo Land’, 380
‘Love Is an Emergency’, 380
‘Love Is Strange’, 86
‘Love Me Tender’, 36
Low, Andy Fairweather, 357, 428
Lowenstein, Richard, 374–75
Lowenthal, Sara, 471
Lucas, George, 406
Lulu, 73–74
Lumkin, Tony, 379
Lynn, Vera, 9
Lyons, Jack, 80
McAnuff, Des, 416, 418–19, 426, 427, 434, 437–38, 442–43, 445, 462, 467
McAnuff, Susie, 426
Macauley, Mark, 349
McCartney, Heather, 475
McCartney, Linda, 463
McCartney, Paul, 49, 99, 109, 116, 318, 374, 463, 475
McCollom, Kevin, 454–55
McCrum, Robert, 364, 368, 370–71, 390, 411, 462
McDevitt, Chas, 38
McDonald, Ken, 368
McGhee, Brownie, 56
McInnerney, Katie, 110, 139, 160, 304
McInnerney, Mike, 110, 138–39, 140, 160–61, 162, 165, 202, 304
Mackintosh, Cameron, 307
McLagan, Ian (Mac), 254
McLaughlin, John, 52
Macmillan, Harold, 340
Madness, 339, 350
Madonna, 404, 432
Magical Mystery Tour
, 127, 136
Magic Bus: The Who on Tour
, 184
‘Magic Bus’, 88, 89, 148, 429
Malone, Will, 234, 348
Mamas and Papas, 119