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Who I Am
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Long acknowledged as one of rock music’s most intelligent and literary performers, Pete Townshend—guitarist, songwriter, singer and founding member of The Who—at last tells his wild story in this candid and immersive autobiography. Raised in west London by an eccentric grandmother, while his... read more

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It's extraordinary, magical, watching them all dance to my feedback guitar solos; in the audiance my art-school chums stand straight-backed among the slouching West and North London Mods, that army of teenagers who have arrived astride their fabulous scooters in short hair and good shoes, hopped up on pills.

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1. I WAS THERE
2. IT'S A BOY
3. YOU DIDN'T SEE IT
4. A TEENAGE KIND OF VENGEANCE
5. THE DETOURS
6. THE WHO
7. I CAN'T EXPLAIN
8. SUBSTITOOT
9. ACID IN THE AIR
10. GOD CHECKS IN TO A HOLIDAY INN
11. AMAZING JOURNEY
12. TOMMY: THE MYTHS, THE MUSIC, THE MUD
13. LIFEHOUSE AND LONELINESS
14. THE LAND BETWEEN
15. CARRIERS
16. A BEGGAR, A HYPOCRITE
17. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PRAY FOR
18. THE UNDERTAKER
19. GROWING INTO MY SKIN
20. ROCK STAR FUCKUP
21. THE LAST DRINK
22. STILL LOONY
23. IRON MAN
24. PSYCHODERELICT
25.RELAPSE
26. NOODLING
27. A NEW HOME
28. LETTER TO MY EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SELF
29. BLACK DAYS, WHITE KNIGHTS
30. TRIBLY'S PIANO
31. INTERMEZZO
32. WHO I AM

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  1. Pete Townshend (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 9780062127242
Page Count: 516

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