He played with reckless abandon and more than once it appeared he would break every string on the instrument if he kept playing. All of the other musicians had left the stage and the symbolism was clear: Jimmy was alone and standing on the beach looking into the surf singing "Let the tide in and set me free."

He undergoes a transformation at this point and Billy Idol returned on stage sitting on a scooter. As he stood up, he removed his trench coat and was wearing a bellboy uniform. Jimmy had gone from being a Mod, a sharp looking, smart mouthed, invincible teenager, to a lowly servant of the wealthy class "Running after someone’s bleedin’ ill."

Idol ran across stage carrying seven bags, trying not to drop them as Daltrey gave him a swift kick to get him going.

"Dr. Jimmy," the song in which we see his alter ego, is the album’s most intense and violent moment. "Mr. Jim," a Dr. Jeckyll/Mr. Hyde manifestation of Jimmy, runs around picking fights and mouthing off to anyone in his path.

Next, Jimmy attempts to escape from everything by swallowing the rest of the pills and stealing a small boat with an outboard motor.

He makes his way out to a rock far from the shore and becomes stranded there. He has lost the image of a Mod as his scooter was destroyed, his clothing was traded for a bellboy uniform and the pills he had taken had worn off and he was experiencing the "come down."

"The Rock" is another instrumental, this time permitting the Townshend brothers to battle it out on stage as Pete, for the first time, picked up an electric guitar. With a white Fender Stratocaster in hand, he gave the audience exactly what they were waiting for: An inspired display of blues riffs complete with a solo right before the song’s end.

The power of the finale, "Love, Reign O’er Me," was beautifully captured by Daltrey, as only his unique vocal qualities can. At the end of the Quadrophenia segment of the show, the audience was thanked by Pete and he mentioned that whenever they play Pittsburgh, something wonderful happens. He mentioned that he appreciated everyone sitting through their "artistic display."

Glitter and Idol returned to the stage and took their bows with the band. Even Jimmy took a bow from the film screen before the stage was vacated. The encore included three songs from The Who’s repertoire. "Won’t Get Fooled Again" was played by only the three members of the original band.

Without the accompaniment of drums or keyboards, Townshend on an acoustic, Entwistle on bass and Daltrey ripped through one of The Who’s most popular live pieces with the audience clapping and cheering through the whole song. After this, each member of the 15-piece band was individually introduced. Included in the supporting band were Jody Linscott, a percussionist who played on The Who’s 1989 tour, and Zak Starkey, the drummer who is the son of Richard Starkey (a.k.a. Ringo Starr).

Townshend made a point to let everyone in the audience know that the support band was needed to present Quadrophenia in concert and not to help out "three old men," as he referred to The Who themselves.

"I think we just showed you that!" he said of "Won’t Get Fooled Again."

They certainly did. After "Behind Blue Eyes" and "Who Are You" (with Daltrey playing an acoustic six string), the group said goodnight and the audience was left to consider what they had just seen. Many probably left still unsure of what to think of Quadrophenia, but in the end everyone who was there understood the importance of a band like The Who and what they have done for rock and roll in the past (most notably Tommy), and 35 years after their original inception (the second incarnation of Quadrophenia).

In staging an album like Quadrophenia, they have carried the art form of a live rock and roll concert to a higher level, further enhancing what is already a spectacular career full of firsts and accomplishments too numerous to mention.