Pete Townshend – Pinball Wizard – Live from the MMaRchives
Pete Townshend of The Who played the Tower Theater as part of the Psychoderelict Tour in the summer of 1993. He was supposed to visit John DeBella’s show on MMR that afternoon, but had been running late, so instead he came to the studio after the concert at the Tower. The interview lasted until almost 2am. Debella and Townshend met again in 2016 while The Who were doing their Quadrophenia tour; Townshend told him it that the conversation from ‘93 was the best interview he was ever a part of! This version of “Pinball Wizard” begins with Townshend talking about why he loves this song – and the reason might surprise you…
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