1963 – The Detours play Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – Two days of skirmishes break out between Mods and Rockers at Clacton. The British tabloid press leaps on it, describing it as an invasion and begins to write articles trying to understand what these Mods and their enemies the Rockers are all about. With… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/28/2020
1964 – The first pirate radio station, Radio Caroline, begins broadcasting. Situated on ships in the ocean around the U.K., pirate stations play the hard rock & roll and rhythm & blues that are not played on the BBC. 1964 – The Who play the Goldhawk Social Club 1965 – The Who play the Rhodes… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/27/2020
1963 – The Detours play the Grand Ballroom in Broadstairs 1965 – Manager Kit Lambert receives a letter stating that their April 15, 1965 gig at the Locarno Ballroom, Swindon has been canceled because the Promoter has had a lot of trouble lately and he feels that THE WHO are not the type of Group… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/22/2020
1964 – The Who play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1965 – The Who play the Public Baths in Royston 1965 – The Who are scheduled to return to IBC Studios for another bit of recording but there is no record of any tracks recorded at this time. 1966 – The Who play King’s Hall… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/19/2020
1963 – The Detours play the White Hart Hotel in Acton 1965 – Excerpts from six numbers performed by The Who at The Marquee Club on February 16 appear on a French Television programme called Seize Millions de Jeunes on ORTF TV 2. It is part of documentary about Mods shot by two French acquaintances… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/18/2020
1964 – The Who play the White Hart Hotel in Acton 1965 – The Who appear live on Gadzooks! It’s All Happening! on BBC2 playing “Shout and Shimmy” and “I Can’t Explain”. 1965 – A promo film assembled by Who managers and budding filmmakers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp appears on the TV programme That’s For… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/15/2020
1963 – The Detours play Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – Melody Maker cites The Who in an article about the burgeoning R&B scene. The same issue has an ad for Marshall Amps citing The Who as clients. 1965 – The Who play Starlite Ballroom in Greenford 1969 – The Who play the Corn Exchange… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/14/2020
1965 – The Who play The Goldhawk Social Club in Shepherd’s Bush 1966 – The Who play The Birdcage in Portsmouth 1966 – Pete and the battle of the Who singles is the cover story in Melody Maker 1973 – Roger is back in London taping an appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC-2)… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/12/2020
From http://twitter.com/BrianInAtlanta 11 Mar 1981 @TheWho host a party for all the great British painters who supplied work for the cover of "Face Dances". https://t.co/J5qsw9bEcs — The Who This Month (@BrianInAtlanta) March 11, 2020
1963 – The Detours play Douglas House in Bayswater 1966 – The Who play The RamJam Club in Brixton, London 1966 – Talmy brings his call for an injunction against further sales of “Instant Party” by the Reaction label to the High Court. Talmy’s QC tells Mr. Justice Cross, “The group of young men who… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/10/2020