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Fact #104165

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Short story:

The Who, billed as The High Numbers, play at The Trade Union Hall, Watford, Hertfordshire, UK. On this night they are seen for the first time by future co-manager Chris Stamp.

Full article:

Keith Moon (drummer, The Who) : He's Hampton Court Maze on two legs. (speaking of Chris Stamp)
(Source : interview with Keith Altham in NME, October 6, 1966)

Barrie Marshall (promoter) : I started organising gigs in a pub in Hertfordshire for acts such as The Barron Knights, Tony Rivers and The Castaways and The High Numbers ... who later became The Who.

It happened by default really because I was training to be a civil engineer and had a career in local government already mapped out. In those days, most promoters