The Who Take on US and Win, 1967-69
About this episode
The episode discusses The Who's impact and early performances in the US during the late 1960s.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit tonyfletcher.substack.com Welcome to the 19th episode of the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast — a.k.a. the podcast in which music journalists/obsessives Dan Epstein (the Yank) and Tony Fletcher (the Brit) clash and connect over music from either side of the pond. After making an appearance in our previous episode on The Beach Boys and their influence upon the UK pop scene, The Who finally make their long-overdue appearance on this podcast. The band has loomed exceedingly large for both Dan and Tony — the latter of whom authored the best-selling biography Dear Boy : The Life of Keith Moon , published in the US as Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend — and now they are about to embark on their North American Farewell Tour , a 17-date trek with stops at such massive venues as Boston’s Fenway Park, Chicago’s United Center and New York’s Madison Square Garden. But in this episode of CROSSED CHANNELS , we flash back to 1967, the year The Who played their first North American gigs. The band’s inaugural US performance took place on March 26, 1967, where they promoted “Happy Jack” — their first real US hit — with a brief but…
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