Roger daltrey biography book
In Daltrey's brief autobiography ( pages), Roger tells you all the details of his childhood that shaped him, literally, into the man he is today.
Roger Daltrey's extraordinary life is detailed here from start to finish: from being expelled from school and written off as a violent thug before he ever made....
Formed in 1964, The Who almost didn't make it to the recording of their debut album, owing to a fallout between Roger Daltrey and his bandmates (Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon) over their drug use.
The group broke up briefly, then reached a detente: no drugs before a show or onstage.
In this excerpt from his new memoir, "Thanks a Lot Mr. Kibblewhite: My Story" (published by Henry Holt and Co.), Daltrey writes about recording the title track of 1965's "My Generation," named by Rolling Stone magazine as the 11th greatest song of all time.
Read the excerpt below (you can listen along to an excerpt from Roger Daltrey's audio book recording), and don't miss Jim Axelrod's interview with Daltrey on "CBS Sunday Morning" November 11!
Roger Daltrey reads from "Thanks a Lot Mr.
Kibblewhite"
On October 13, 1965, two weeks after we split up, two days before we got back together again, we arrived at IBC studios in Portland Place to finish our much-delayed debut LP. I