The Who leave their Holiday Inn rooms in Jackson, Mississippi to accompany Pete’s friend and now official band photographer Tom Wright for a promotional shoot. Garbed in their stage outfits, the band strikes poses while Tom sets off smoke bombs for atmosphere.
Pete reunites with his old art school buddy Tom Wright, now a photographer at Silver Springs. Tom comes aboard to be The Who’s official photographer for the rest of the tour. His introduction to life with The Who comes aboard the tour plane as it takes off from St. Petersburg. The father of a girl… Read More »1967-07-31
The Herman’s Hermits tour were scheduled to play the Miami Beach Exhibition Hall in Miami, Florida
The Dutch TV show Hoopla airs an interview with Pete they had recorded the previous month
The BBC launches a new legal radio station, Radio One, seeking to take the place of the pirates.
The Who stop into the bar the Green Turtle in Baton Rouge and get on stage to jam a version of “My Generation” with a local band who were just out of high school. The band gives their New Orleans Saints jerseys to The Who
The Happy Jack LP reaches its U.S. peak at #67 in the Billboard charts
“Under My Thumb” by The Who peaks at #14 on the Radio London Top 40.
Melody Maker’s “Blind Date” features Graham Nash and his opinion on The Who’s “Last Time”
Billboard reports that “Pictures of Lily” has reached #3 in the Australian charts. In the Netherlands, the song also reaches #3 in Muziek Expres’s charts.