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Who I am : a memoir

Title
Who I am : a memoir / Pete Townshend.
Author
Townshend, Pete.
Publication
New York : Harper, [2012], ©2012.

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538 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
Summary
The legendary lead guitarist and principal songwriter for The Who, one of the most influential rock-and-roll bands of all time, pens his own story.
Subject
  • Townshend, Pete
  • Who (Musical group)
  • Rock musicians > England > Biography
Note
  • "Published in a slightly different form in Great Britain in 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers"--T.p. verso.
  • Includes index.
Contents
Pt. 1. War music. I was there ; It's a boy! ; You didn't see it ; A teenage kind of vengeance ; The Detours ; The Who ; I can't explain ; Substitoot ; Acid in the air ; God checks in to a Holiday Inn ; Amazing journey ; Tommy : the myths, the music, the mud -- pt. 2. A really desperate man. Lifehouse and loneiness ; The land between ; Carriers ; A beggar, a hypocrite ; Be careful what you pray for ; The undertaker ; Growing into my skin ; Rock star fuckup -- pt. 3. Playing to the gods. The last drink ; Still loony ; Iron man ; Psychoderelict ; Relapse ; Noodling ; A new home ; Letter to my eight-year-old self ; Black days, white knights ; Trilby's piano ; Intermezzo ; Who I am.
ISBN
  • 9780062127242 (hbk.)
  • 0062127241 (hbk.)
LCCN
  • 2012032303
  • 40021430560
OCLC
  • ocn808316438
  • 808316438
  • SCSB-14466105
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Columbia University Libraries