Fact #192487
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Short story:
The Who make their American debut playing I Can't Explain (pre-recorded in London several months earlier) on pop tv show Shindig! in the USA.
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John 'Binky' Philips (fan, viewer) : I had never seen amplifiers before and Townshend had his big super Beatle with a Union Jack draped over it. I dug the Stones a lot and Daltrey really didn't really hit me because I was into Jagger so much, but Townshend's face, especially his nose, and Keith Moon really blew my head. I had only seen a drummer like Charlie Watts and here was this guy just making faces, closing his eyes, blowing his cheeks up and swinging his arms like a maniac. I really dug them.
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