Is that also him 'signing off' on the sheet - P. TO?? Or is that at P.T.6, I can't make out if it's a O or a 6 or what that means....
I read it as P. TO. too. If it is a 6, it's very different from the 6 before "Little Billy", at least.
The 1989-tour was their 4-month long David Letterman house band-audition. Bill Curbishley got the rejection letter three days into the tour, but they had to finish it for contractual reasons.
Reality check: that was my first Who tour, they seemed impossibly old, and now I’m 1-2 years older than them. Pete has more hair than me and it’s been years since I’ve worn a leather jacket without a shirt in public.
What were they doing there? They appear to have zero respect for their own legacy and yet in later tours it seems they did.
The 1989 tour is my least favorite tour by the band, for so many reasons. I did, however, enjoy seeing Pete play Rickenbackers on stage for the first time since 1967, even if it wasn’t the trademark RIC sound.
The funny thing is, I can actually picture a big band arrangement of the song working...if it was Otis Redding backed by the MGs.
Amazon.it cancelled my order for Who Came First- due to a pricing error. My order for - Fillmore vinyl / cd -still valid for now.
I feel the same way! That '89 tour was my first chance to see 'em and I jumped at the chance big time, flying from Hawaii to catch shows in Tacoma, Vancouver BC, L.A. and Oakland.... I even skipped Dead shows at the Berkeley Greek in favor of The Who -- that was an agonizing choice ! .... and now I'm older than they were then, incredible... Then later ..... I somehow let myself miss the 2000 tour, my only chance (as it turned out) to see a lean 5-man Who ... Big mistake.
I was 22 and working for the money to go back for another major in college, so I was not able to see the 1989 tour, money was scarce. They played 3 shows at Alpine Valley in southern Wisconsin, and while I'm sorry I missed it and would have enjoyed it, it was exciting to finally see Pete in action again at the incredible and crazy Phsychoderelict show in Chicago in 1993. The 1989 tour recordings are hit and miss, but like said above, some of the Pete solo songs and some rarities were worth hearing. I have to say I still get chills when Roger introduces Tommy in their return to the stage at Radio City Music Hall, the big band blasting into the Overture. I listened on Westwood One, same for the last show in Dallas on Labor Day, taping both and wearing out those cassettes. Naked Eye under any circumstances is brilliant, and I even came to enjoy Boltz Bolton on guitar. From the '82 tour show I saw and loved to Live Aid to the couple BPI award show songs (not readily available pre-Internet of course) it was a long slog to 1989 for all Who fans. The big band sound was just disappointing, diluting what was once legendary. The Who's Missing and Two's Missing live tracks were a major highlight in the desert during that period, what once was from 1971. And then, Pete's solo tour, then the Quadrophenia big band tour with some signs of Pete on electric, and then our prayers were answered, that crazy Internet show in 1999. I remember almost smashing my monitor on my Gateway (remember those???) trying to see and hear that show. If that scam hadn't happened, would they have come back at all like that as a 5-man? And now these last 19 years have flown by and vindicated all the love I had during those dark non-Who years! Excited for Fillmore '68!
The ‘89 tour is much maligned and some of it is certainly justified. It was massive and celebratory, and in that sense, it was appropriate because The Who were worth celebrating. Some of the arrangements were over-the-top and Townshend’s unwillingness to play much lead electric guitar was a disappointment, but Roger was in very good form — it was perhaps the last time he ever sounded that good because his voice began to deteriorate after the 1989 tour.
I saw that tour at the Wembley Arena. I was in the cheap and distant seats and the acoustics were so bad I was hearing more of the sound bouncing off the wall behind me than what was coming from the stage. But, judging from the clip above, I didn't miss much. The previous time I had seen them was at Charlton '74 so, all in all, a big disappointment. I have seen them one time since - after Entwistle's death and in a much smaller venue (the Forum in Kentish Town, also in London) - and they were very good, not '74 good of course, but good enough.
It was major for me, these guys were (and are) my favorite rock band. It was the summer before my senior year in high school and I saw both Philly shows. Only months before I was mourning never getting to see them live, and all of a sudden I’m seeing them play most of Tommy, all the hits, Tattoo, Join Together, Too Much Of Anything, Sister Disco, and songs from Empty Glass and White City! Insane.
"Face The Face", "Give Blood" and "Secondhand Love" all happened, at least a few times .... The Who Tour 1989 - Wikipedia
