Looking back ...
This week in Rock and Roll History ...
(or would that be Rocktober???)
The Who did their final concert of their farewell tour Wednesday Night (10/1) at Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms, California.
After performing their final song (an acoustic rendering of “Tea and Theatre” featuring just Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend), Townshend told the crowd:
“I suppose, you know, it’s goodbye. That’s what it is. To what we know as the Who, it’s goodbye. What Roger and I will get up to next, who knows? If we last any longer, I’m sure we’ll get up to all kinds of mischief. We’ll do stuff together, I’m sure sharing some stuff, all kinds of bits and pieces. But for this kind of thing, it’s goodbye. And you were last!”
Daltrey added: “Thank you so much for coming out, thank you so much for your support over all the years, it means so much to us. It was every band’s dream in the ’60s to make it in America, and thanks to you guys, you made it happen for us. Thank you so much!”
It truly sounded like their last goodbye. (kk)
Here is their final set list:
I Can’t Explain
Substitute
Who Are You
The Seeker
I Can See for Miles
Long Live Rock
Pinball Wizard
See Me, Feel Me
Another Tricky Day
Behind Blue Eyes
Eminence Front
My Generation
Cry If You Want
You Better You Bet
Going Mobile (Simon Townshend on lead vocals)
The Real Me
I’m One
5:15
Love, Reign O’er Me
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Baba O’Riley
The Song Is Over
Tea & Theatre
CBS airs A Grammy Salute To Cyndi Lauper tonight (10/5) at 7 pm. Hot on the heels of their recent Earth, Wind And Fire salute, this one should be interesting if only to see how they're going to present her catalog. (Has Cyndi Lauper ever even won a Grammy???)
Actually, yes she has ... TWO of them, in fact (1985 and 2014) along with an Emmy and a Tony!
Lauper won the Best New Artist Grammy in 1985 ... and then the Best Musical Theater Album (for "Kinky Boots") in 2014. She also won two MTV Music Video Awards (for "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" and for her participation in/on "We Are The World.")
Her list of other awards is actually quite impressive ... and this year she's being inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Not bad for a Betty Boop reincarnated start to her career! (kk)
Micky Dolenz joined in with photographer Henry Diltz and journalists Edna Gudnerson and Rona Elliot for the launch of the Genesis book, “Buddy Holly - Words Of Love” in LA at The Fairmont in Santa Monica.
L-R: Edna Gunderson; Rona Elliot; Micky Dolenz; and Henry Diltz. [© Copyright 2025, Dove Shore]
Look for a Micky Dolenz concert review next week in Forgotten Hits! (kk)
Chris Dreja (you may know him as "that other guitar player in The Yardbirds") has passed away. He was a founding member of the band (before Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page got all the attention for THEIR guitar contributions.) kk
Remembering Chris Dreja of The Yardbirds (1945 -2025). The legendary guitarist is seen here after a show at The House of Blues in West Hollywood.
Jim Roup
Kent,
In today's FH was mentioned goose (geese). I always did like the Johnny & the Hurricanes' ROCKIN' GOOSE. It reminded me of two things. Number one was the record that Frankie Laine had in 1950, THE CRY OF THE WILD GOOSE. Now I'm sure the great majority of your readers probably don't remember that when it was being played on the radio. I know I don't. But I do remember him singing it later on in years on variety shows like Ed Sullivan. And the second thing was that in the 1960's here in OKC on WKY-AM 930 was a DJ who worked nights named Jim "Goose" Bowman. Also worked one time for KOMA-AM 1520. Whatever became of him I do not know.
Larry
Well, here in Chicago, we remember “Goose” Gossage, of course … he was a top relief pitcher for The Chicago White Sox for several years. In 1976, they decided to convert him into a starting pitcher but, despite appearing in The All Star Game that season, he finished with a record of 9-17 … and was promptly dealt to The Pittsburgh Pirates, who returned him to his much more comfortable relief status. (In fact, he posted his best season ever that year, recording 26 saves with a 1.62 ERA and a career-high 151 strike-outs!)
Gossage is probably BEST remembered as a part of The New York Yankees, where he pitched for six seasons, many as a member of their championship teams. He would return to Chicago for one season in 1988 (as a Cub this time) And then, after several more trades, he retired after the 1994 season … and was inducted into The Baseball Hall Of Fame in 2008.
On a musical note, Howard Bedno was a noted record promoter here in Chicago … he worked with some of the biggest names in local talent (including The New Colony Six and The Buckinghams) … and also anybody else who was anybody, who just happened to be passing thru town.
Howard had a unique walk that the bands called “the goose step.” In fact, when he personally helped turn The Rivieras’ recording of “California Sun” into a National Top Five Hit, they honored him was the instrumental B-Side “H.B. Goose Step!” (kk)
Around this same time, WLS afternoon jock Dex Card opened up a string of teenage dance clubs called The Wild Goose. They were scattered all over the Chicagoland suburbs and proved to be quite successful. They provided a great showplace for all of the budding local talent that was popping up around this time. (kk)
HELPING OUT OUR READERS:
I found a copy of this 45 listed on Discogs from ten years ago, purchased by somebody also named Dennis (but I'm guessing it's you) ... so perhaps you've already found a copy? Their site shows one copy as being available ... but it looks like it's the exact same record. (Check it out below):
Are you looking for another (or perhaps better) copy of this 45?
As for charted albums by The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde, I found The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde — Quentin's Theme (From The TV Show "Dark Shadows") Ranwood 8055 [1969] listed on LP charts for radio stations WMAK, WSPT, KILT, KXOK and WSNY. (In the WMAK chart shown below ... a Top 40 station out of Nashville that was home to Scott Shannon for many years ... you'll see it listed as their All-American Feature Album of the Week.)
ARSA also shows a chart listing for the LP The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde — The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde (Ranwood 8075) [1970] but they don't have a photo of any chart to support it. Regardless, both LP's predate the one you're looking for by a couple of years. Again, if anybody out there can provide any help or more information on ANY of these items, please drop me a note so I can pass the information along. (kk)
