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CLASSIC CORNER: BACKTRACK
CLASSIC CORNER: BACKTRACK
We were fooling around. I see Keith Moon sitting
at the organ like he’s the Phantom of the Opera.
He’s doing these dramatic hand lifts. He’s playing
the organ. God knows what he’s playing because
we were in the control room. You couldn’t hear it.
And I said to Pete, “Ha, it looks like he’s having
a grand old time out there.” And Pete looks
at me with a straight face and says, “Leslie,
quite frankly, he is being totally serious at this
moment.”
That’s why he let me do that because we
didn’t rehearse. It goes on for a while – the
guitar solo in the longer “Baby Don’t Do
It”. He just let me play over those changes.
And I think, I hope this is right. I hope this
works. He let me do my thing and I guess
he was impressed enough with it – that
it was exciting. Because we got all the
way through. I remember one time while
we were going over the song Kit Lambert
comes running out into the studio with a
sign that he wrote that said, “Good Work.
Keep It Up.” Townshend stops and starts
screaming at Kit. “Why the fuck would you
interrupt us?” He was putting the sign in
everybody’s face. Townshend almost hit
him with the guitar. I was so hysterical.
I’m a fat kid from Forrest Hills. What do I
know? ■
Do you remember what guitar you used?
A ‘56 Les Paul Jr. Sunburst. I gave it to Pete after
we finished the session.
Too often when great musicians get
together it’s a good photo and fair music.
This was great music and nobody has to be
told you are on there. You are doing what
you do best within their live recording.
Love Ain’t for Keeping – The Who with Leslie West
Baby Don’t Do It – The Who with Leslie West
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