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1977-05-28

    Part 15 of Tony Palmer’s history of popular music All You Need Is Love airs with several Who clips and scenes of Keith recording “Do Me Good” for a follow-up solo LP. What he manages to record ultimately turns up as bonus tracks on CD reissues of Two Sides Of The Moon starting in the… Read More »1977-05-28

    1977-05-25

      In honour of Paul Weller’s birthday, he, The Jam and staffers at New Musical Express try but fail to track down Pete in Twickenham and Richmond. The magazine also reports that Pete has written 50 songs for the upcoming Who album

      1977-05-11

        Who manager Bill Curbishley presents a contract to producer Sydney Rose and director Tony Klinger to make a documentary about The Who. Unbeknownst to the two signers, the contract is part of an unsuccessful backdoor attempt to remove Jeff Stein as director of the already planned film. Tony eventually joins Sydney as co-producer.

        1977-05-04

          Roger appears on Capital Radio’s Your Mother Wouldn’t Like It

          1977-04-29

            Pete plays “Layla” and “Crossroads” with Eric Clapton at The Rainbow in Finsbury Park, London.

            1977-04-22

              Keith checks back into Cedars-Sinai for further treatment for his alcoholism and drug abuse

              1977-04-21

                A promotional film of the title song for Roger’s solo album One Of The Boys is shot this day and the next around West London, directed by Tony Klinger. Roger plays a Teddy Boy, a Hell’s Angel, a skinhead, and a punk rocker. It is shown that summer in the U.S. before certain showings of… Read More »1977-04-21

                1977-04-19

                  On or about this date, the day after Keith leaves Cedars-Sinai Hospital where he had been undergoing treatment for his alcoholism and drug abuse, he is kicked out of Ye Olde King’s Head pub in Santa Monica after “simulating the act of intercourse” with a girl on the barroom floor. Prior to this he had… Read More »1977-04-19

                  1977-03-30

                    Pete demos “Never Ask Me” at Eel Pie Studios. It is intended but rejected for the next Who album. Pete later sends it to Quincy Jones for the next Frank Sinatra album, but Jones also rejects it. It ultimately ends up on Another Scoop. You can listen to it on YouTube here