Full Moon: The Amazing Rock and Roll Life of Keith Moon

"the only Keith Moon book!" according to Lovblad. This was probably the first rock biography that I read. I bought it when it came out based on a review either in MM or NME. I was a big fan of the Who and at the time there were few first account books on a performer. The book was very fresh ans presented a special new way of dealing with rock biographies. Indeed, it was one of the first first pes. Essential Reading for the true blue fan of The Who. P. Schleck With the performance just this month of Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and Co. at the closing ceremonies of the London Olympics, it is clear that The Who remains a timeless engine of musical inspiration. One needs only to attend a Who concert in the past decade to see fathers and mothers attending with their sons and daughters. Even grandchildren.. ""MEDICINE." Keith. And crash that Grand Rapids party cuz we are hours from Detroit!" according to Mr. D. This is what taught us all in school what "medicine" meant.

In the years immediately thereafter Butler worked with film and TV writers (and long-time collaborators) Peter Lawrence and Chris Trengove to produce Full Moon, a widely admired memoir of his experiences with Moon. . Peter 'Dougal' Butler grew up in the same 1960s London milieu as the founding members (Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon) of the band that became The Who. Butler carried out these functions for a tumultuous ten years, following Moon to

The ride lasted a tumultuous ten years, ending just prior to Moon's untimely death in 1978. Soon he would be Moon's personal assistant, chauffeur, and all-purpose wingman. Full Moon is Butler's memoir of that ride: essential reading for Who fans, and a masterclass in the mayhem caused by rock 'n' roll excess.. With Chris Trengove and Peter Lawrence In 1967 Peter 'Dougal' Butler became a roadie for The Who and their mercurial genius drummer Keith Moon

About the Author Peter 'Dougal' Butler grew up in the same 1960s London milieu as the founding members (Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon) of the band that became The Who. Butler carried out these functions for a tumultuous ten years, following Moon to live in Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, but leaving the Who's employ in the year prior to Moon's untimely death by overdose in September 1978. In the years immediately thereafter Butler worked with film and TV writers (and long-time collaborators) Peter Lawrence and Chris Trengove to produce Full Moon, a widely admired memoir of his experiences with Moon. Leaving school aged 15, Butler was first employed by HM Customs & Excise, but after finding his way into The Who's inner circle he became personal assistant, chauffeur, bodyguard, and minder to the band's drummer, Keith Moon.