Legendary British band The Who has been around for more than 50 years, so you can guess that there are plenty of interesting things which happened during that time. We hope we will be able to read about some of them in the upcoming memoir of band’s singer Roger Daltrey. The 73-year old just announced that the memoir is almost wrapped up and will be released in fall of 2018.
“I’ve always resisted the urge to ‘do the memoir,'” said Daltrey in a statement, “but now, finally, I feel I’ve enough perspective. When you’ve spent more than half a century at the epicenter of a band like The Who, perspective can be a problem. Everything happened in the moment. One minute, I’m on the factory floor in Shepherd’s Bush, the next, I’m headlining Woodstock.”
Daltrey first mentioned that he is preparing his memoir in 2016, but stated that he will only release it if it turns out to be a good book, wishing to give his fans a good read. It looks like he managed to do so and that we are in for a treat.
“It’s taken three years to unpack the events of my life, to remember who did what when and why, to separate the myths from the reality, to unravel what really happened at the Holiday Inn on Keith Moon’s 21st birthday,” he said. “I hope the result is more than just another autobiography. I’ve been lucky enough to live in interesting times. I’ve witnessed society, music and culture change beyond recognition. That I’m still here to tell my tale when so many others around me didn’t make it is nothing short of a miracle.”
After the 2017 edition of The Who tour ended recently, Roger Daltrey will now embark on a solo tour where he will deliver a mix of songs from his eight solo albums and The Who hits. He also reportedly works on his first solo album since 1992’s Rocks in the Head.
