OFF: The Who are CANADIAN?!?! Eh?

[Ted Jackson jr. 6L6]

> From:          Bolts of Ungodly vision <scruto19 at POTSDAM.EDU>

> >
> >Hello, hello, The Who are MOST DEFINITLY from the UK. Now the Guess Who
> >are from the Great White North (y'know the band that gave us "American
> >Woman" and Burton Cummings and BTO). But, Pete Townshends' group was
> >originally outta Liverpool (help me out here, someone!)
> They are British, unless their accents come from one of the less populated
> Canadian provinces which has an abnormally large English population in a
> parallel universe.  After all, _Quadrophenia_ dealt with the Mods v.
> Rockers
> situation in England at the time the Who started (Weren't they  originally
> christened the High Numbers as an attempt to get in w/ the Mod scene?)
>
Not sure, but I think Daltrey was an out-and-out mod.  Certainly
dressed the part in early Who footage.  And Roger was an expert on
all the mod dance steps...

> Searching for decent American concept albums or the reason for a lack thereof.
> Jason
>
theo

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