Fact #168691
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Short story:
The Who play at the Memorial Centre, Kingston, Canada, supported by The Fifth Column – whose amps they borrow.Full article:
Bill Joslin (guitarist, Fifth Column) : I can remember going up to Peter Townshend before the show and saying that amps were all we owned and could they not wreck them because we couldn't afford to replace them.
I'll never forget what he said. He had one guitar that he brought with him and he said, 'The only thing thatís going tonight is this guitar.' Sure enough, as soon as the band played the last chords of My Generation, Townshend raised the perfectly good guitar over his head and smashed it to bits on the stage.
Garry Parr (deejay, Radio CKLC) : I went out grabbed the guitar that Townshend had just pulverized. I thought it would make a great giveaway for the station, so I picked it up and had everyone sign it.
Doug McClement (audience) : The first thing they did was open the amplifiers right up. That sounds strange to say now because everybody plays loud, but back then nobody turned their amps up to 10. The Who did.
It was a really exciting show. Here's The Who in a small town at the end of a long day, and most bands probably wouldn't have felt like playing at all, but they put on this amazing, incredible show.
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I'll never forget what he said. He had one guitar that he brought with him and he said, 'The only thing thatís going tonight is this guitar.' Sure enough, as soon as the band played the last chords of My Generation, Townshend raised the perfectly good guitar over his head and smashed it to bits on the stage.
Garry Parr (deejay, Radio CKLC) : I went out grabbed the guitar that Townshend had just pulverized. I thought it would make a great giveaway for the station, so I picked it up and had everyone sign it.
Doug McClement (audience) : The first thing they did was open the amplifiers right up. That sounds strange to say now because everybody plays loud, but back then nobody turned their amps up to 10. The Who did.
It was a really exciting show. Here's The Who in a small town at the end of a long day, and most bands probably wouldn't have felt like playing at all, but they put on this amazing, incredible show.
(Source : not known)