Pete Townshend, The Who's Guitarist Through The Years - Who I Am Autobiography

1. TERRY REID PASSED ON JOINING THE GROUP. The then-19-year-old singer of Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers had just been signed by a producer who was looking to make Reid a solo artist. So he told Jimmy Page no, and suggested that he offer the gig to Robert Plant, who he said looked "like a Greek god."

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There are several musicians whose lives ended too soon at the age of 27 - making up the infamous 27 club. This article discusses seven rock stars who died at the age of 27.

Kieth Moon, the drummer for The Who was known to put gunpowder in his drums. Description from longliverockmusic.com. I searched for this on bing.com/images

The candid photos were taken by drummer Ringo Starr and show the Fab Four during unguarded moments in the Abbey Road Studios in London and during their 1964 tour of the US.

One of the most celebrated names in photography in the last century, Art Kane was best known for the iconic photos in which he captured the rock and roll spirit and vivid eccentricities of the era.

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