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Pete Townshend Interviewed about the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.
In 1968, The Rolling Stones hosted the ambitious, pioneering concert film Rock and Roll Circus. The project was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, with LSE alumnus Mick Jagger placing a firm hand on the rudder. Although the Stones ultimately collated the landmark event, inviting the likes of Jethro Tull, The Who, Taj Mahal and Marianne Faithfull to join the bill, Pete Townshend, the guitarist and principal songwriter of The Who, claims to have had the initial idea.
This is a series of shorts from that Interview.
#thewho #petetownshend #rogerdaltrey #keithmoon #johnentwistle #mickjagger #rollingstones
Pete Townshend Interviewed about the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.
In 1968, The Rolling Stones hosted the ambitious, pioneering concert film Rock and Roll Circus. The project was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, with LSE alumnus Mick Jagger placing a firm hand on the rudder. Although the Stones ultimately collated the landmark event, inviting the likes of Jethro Tull, The Who, Taj Mahal and Marianne Faithfull to join the bill, Pete Townshend, the guitarist and principal songwriter of The Who, claims to have had the initial idea.
This is a series of shorts from that Interview.
#thewho #petetownshend #rogerdaltrey #keithmoon #johnentwistle #mickjagger #rollingstones
