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    Did Pete Townshend bash someone over the head with his guitar at Woodstock?

    Question #112873. Asked by serpa. (Feb 15 10 1:16 PM)


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    		Yes, allegedly Abbie Hoffman.

    Now, the Who, who had just released the album Tommy, were performing right after midnight. Abbie Hoffman, head of the Yippies, and Michael Lang, sat on the side of the stage as the Who played. They had been taking acid all night, trying to stay awake. At the end of "Pinball Wizard", Hoffman stormed the stage, taking a mic, proclaiming "I think this is a pile of shit, while John Sinclair rots in prison!"

    John Sinclair had been busted for being in the possession of two marijuana joints. Pete Townshend, the Who's guitarist, not knowing who Hoffman was, proceeded to yell "F**K OFF my f**king stage!" and hit him in the head with his guitar. Following Hoffman's departure, Townshend remarked "I can dig it."

    http://everything2.com/title/Woodstock+Music+and+Art+Fair


    Feb 15 10, 3:29 PM

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