Richard Butchins's Blog: Angels stand corrected... - Posts Tagged "the-who"

Once upon a time I met Pete Townshend from the Who. He played an acoustic gig at the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford to launch a exhibition by a friend of his. There were about 50 people present and he played some of his famous songs. It was an amazing event to be present at. After he finished the show a friend and I walked him and his girlfriend to his car because he couldn't remember exactly where he had parked it - we located the car - a fabulous Jaguar sports car.

He opened the doors to the car which had only tiny little seats in the back. I went to put his guitar in the back and he stopped me and told his girlfriend to get in the back because he wanted to strap the guitar in the front passenger seat. She had to climb into the back - the guitar took the passenger seat. In they clambered and drove away. I was left thinking that it was pointed that the guitar got the front seat and the person was put in the cramped back seat.

Presumably they drove all the way to London like that. I was not impressed. To tell the truth I have never been impressed by the famous and the great when I have met them (and I have met a lot of them) they always let you down - it's the human condition I suppose.