Who I Am: A Memoir (50 page)

The Who performing ‘Happy Jack’ on TV, 1967. After the recording, John and I went off to see Jimi Hendrix play at the Bag O’Nails. (Ron Howard/Redferns/Getty Images)

With Keith Moon, 1967. (Andrew Maclear/Hulton Archive)

Rock and Roll Circus, December 1968. We drank brandy to keep interested. We were at it until four in the morning; even Marianne, smoking heavily, was looking the worse for wear by the end of the shoot. John, Keith, me, John Lennon, Yoko, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Eric Clapton, Marianne Faithfull. (Mirrorpix)

PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION II

Our wedding, 20 May 1968. My best man was Speedy Keen (left of Karen). My parents stood behind me, and my brothers Paul and Simon stood in front.

Standing at the record decks in my Wardour Street studio, where I was pretending to be Guy Stevens. (LFI)

The blessed Who, at a photoshoot for
Vogue
magazine, July 1969. (Jack Robinson/Getty Images)

The Who, Woodstock, August 1969. (Henry Diltz/Corbis)

With Jack Lyons aka Irish Jack, early 1970s.

In my home studio at The Embankment, Twickenham, 1969. (Chris Morphet/Redferns/Getty Images)

With Mum and my brothers Paul and Simon. (Chris Morphet)

At a party with Mike McInnerney in his back garden, 1970. (courtesy of Mike McInnerney)

On board
Babajan
, 1973. I have always loved boats and the sea, and my time sailing was like a meditation.

Rock ’n’ roll excess. On 5 October 1972 Keith and I, with some help, launched The Who’s sponsored car in the 1973 Rally of Great Britain. (LFI)

Chris Morphet shoots Richard Stanley shooting Keith and me at Belle Vue in Manchester on the
Quadrophenia
tour, November 1973. (Chris Morphet)

With Karen, Emma, Minta and Towser, outside our Twickenham house and motorhome, 1972. (Chris Morphet)

Bill Curbishley, The Who’s manager, 1972.