1963 – The Detours play Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – Roger marries his four-months pregnant 16-year old girlfriend Jacqueline Rickman at Wandsworth Registry Office. Johnny Kidd and The Pirates are guests at the reception. News of Roger’s marriage will not be shared with The Who’s fans until 1968 when Jacqueline files for divorce. In… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/28/2019
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: 3/27/2019
From http://twitter.com/BrianInAtlanta ..I still live in the family home, the house I was born in. Apparently, in the room where my grandson Teddy lives, my brother Pete and his best mate Barney poured concrete on the floor an inch thick for soundproofing. It didn’t work. They left & dad cleaned up the mess.150❤️4mor — Simon… Read More »Today’s News – March 22, 2019 at 07:19PM
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: 3/22/2019
From http://twitter.com/BrianInAtlanta "a tour of the Netherlands in 1966 had to be cancelled as they failed to gain work permits." https://t.co/YedNyb1rog — The Who This Month (@BrianInAtlanta) March 21, 2019
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: 3/19/2019
1963 – The Detours play the White Hart Hotel in Acton 1965 – Excerpts from six numbers performed by The Who at The Marquee Club in February 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 of… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/18/2019
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: 3/15/2019
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: 3/14/2019
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: 3/12/2019