The Who's Pete Townshend tells the story behind 'Tommy,' now reinvented at Chicago's Goodman Theatre
CHICAGO — In the beginning, there was no pinball wizard. “Tommy” was the fourth studio album released by the British band known as The Who and a colossal step forward when it came to rock music and narrative complexity. It was originally to be a mystical, psychological study of a traumatized post-war boy. No bumpers or flippers attached. Pete Townshend was in his early 20s when he wrote most of ...
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