Stanshall, Viv
Stargroves
Starkey, Zak
Starr, Ringo
Stern, Howard
Stewart, Rod
Stigwood, Robert
Stuckle, Billy
“Substitute”
Sunday Times
Sundown Theatre
Sundquist, Gerry
Sun Life Stadium
Super Bowl halftime show
Sussex
Switzerland
Sydney
Sydney Entertainment Centre
Sydney Stadium
Talmy, Shel
Tampa
tape machines
“Tea & Theatre”
Teddy Boys
Teenage Cancer Trust
television
“That’ll Be the Day”
three-track recordings
Thunderclap Newman
Tommy
film of
1969 tour
recording of
Top of the Pops
Who on
Top Ten
Tottenham Court Road
Townshend, Betty
Townshend, Cliff
Townshend, Karen
Townshend, Paul
Townshend, Pete
arrests of
at art school
breakup of The Who
child pornography charges
criticism of The Who
Daltrey Sings Townshend concert
death of Moon
in the Detours
Endless Wire tour
fiftieth anniversary Who tour
finances
guitar smashed by
guitar style of
hearing loss
in the High Numbers
joins the band
Lifehouse project
marriage of
mean streak of
mod phase
1964–65 with The Who
1975–76 Who tour
1979–80 Who tours
1989 Who tour
physical appearance of
Quadrophenia and
re-formation of The Who
relationship with Daltrey
as singer
solo career
as songwriter
substance abuse
Tommy and
2012–13 Quadrophenia tour
U.S. tours
windmilling arms
at Woodstock
Townshend, Simon
Track Records
Turner, Tina
“Tutti Frutti”
“Twist and Shout”
Under a Raging Moon
United States
1967 Who tour
1968 Who tours
1969 Tommy tour
1973 Quadrophenia tour
1979–80 Who tour
vans
Vedder, Eddie
Victoria Junior Boys’ School
Vietnam War
Warhol, Andy
Weller, Paul
Wembley (Stadium and Arena)
West London
White Hart Hotel
Who, The
album covers
blues influences
breakup of
on the charts
Daltrey kicked out of
death of Entwistle
death of Moon
debut LP
as the Detours
Endless Wire tour
fiftieth anniversary tour
fights and fallings-out
finances
first European tour
first international tour
as the High Numbers
image of
instruments destroyed by
at Leeds
legal disputes
Lifehouse project
management of
mod phase
at Monterey Pop Festival
Moon joins the band
name change to
of 1964–65
of 1967
1967 U.S. tour
1968 Australian tour
1968 U.S. tours
1969 Tommy tour
1972 sabbatical
1973 Quadrophenia tour
1975–76 tour
1979–80 tours
1982 farewell tour
1989 tour
of 1990s
1996 Quadrophenia stage version
paranoia of
performing style
pranks on tour
publishing
Quadrophenia and
recording studio debut
re-formation of
September 11 concert
substance abuse
success of
Super Bowl halftime show
Tommy and
Tommy film
Townshend joins the band
2002 tour
2012–13 Quadrophenia tour
vans
at Woodstock
see also specific songs and albums
Who Are You
“Who Are You”
Who by Numbers, The
Who Sell Out, The
album cover
recording of
Who’s Next
recording of
Who’s Quadrophenia, The
Williams, Hank
Williamson, Sonny Boy
Wilson, Harold
Wilson, Harry
Wilson, Mandy
Winstone, Ray
Wolff, John
“Won’t Get Fooled Again”
Woodstock
World War II
Young, Neil
Young, Vic
“You Stand By Me”
youth revolution
Zenith, Paris
Zeppelinfeld stadium, Nuremberg
“Zoot Suit”
About the Author
ROGER DALTREY is the founder and singer of The Who. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and nominated for a Golden Globe and has received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2003 he was named a European Hero by Time magazine for his work with the Teenage Cancer Trust and other charities and in 2004 was awarded a CBE for services to Music, the Entertainment Industry and Charity. He lives in England with his wife and family. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
one The Flannel Shirt
two School’s Out
three The Skiffle Years
four The Detours
five The High Numbers
six The Who, Innit?
seven Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
eight Dippity-Don’t
nine Tommy
ten Escape to the Country
eleven Who’s Next
twelve Under New Management
thirteen Family
fourteen And Action …
fifteen By Numbers
sixteen The End, a Beginning, and Another End
seventeen Life After
eighteen The Re-formation
nineteen Brothers
twenty I Hoped I’d Die
Photographs
Illustration Credits
Index
About the Author
Copyright
UNTITLED ROGER DALTREY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Copyright © 2018 by Roger Daltrey. All rights reserved. For information, address Henry Holt and Co., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Names: Daltrey, Roger.
Title: Thanks a lot Mr. Kibblewhite: my life / Roger Daltrey.
Description: First US edition. | New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018018623 | ISBN 9781250296030 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Daltrey, Roger. | Singers—England—Biography. | Rock musicians— England—Biography. | Who (Musical group)
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