![]() I think they played for probably no more than 30 minutes, and before Pete and a cloud of smoke demolished his guitar, bashing it over and over into the floor. And his amplifier… Now the audience was filled with a significant number of teenyboppers who were waiting for “Mrs. But they had a great song, “We Ain’t Got Nothing Yet,” and they came out and they had these electric suits and when all the lights went out in the hall, the electric suits lit up and, it was high-level special effects for the time. They were at a New York City, uh, yeah,… There are a few folks who remember the Blues Magoos out there? I don’t believe you. So, I scrambled to my seat, which seemed like the cavernous Convention Hall and I waited for the rumble to start. The first band out, I think was a band called the Blues Magoos. They were on this tour, of all things, opening for Herman’s Hermits. Pete and the Who were young pimply-faced teenagers with a record contract, a tour and a rude, aggressive magic. I was a young, pimply-faced teenager who managed to scrap enough together to go see my first rock concert ever. And I’m in a long line snaking out of Convention Hall down the boardwalk and the billboard read, in big type, Herman’s Hermits, then The Who. It’s the summer of ’66 or ’67, I’m not sure which one, but it was the first American tour that the Who were on. I could go on and tell you much more about what Pete and the Who have done for others, but I think I’ll tell you a little bit about what Pete’s done for me. I wouldn’t be windmilling a Fender Telecaster if it weren’t for Pete Townshend. Fox Foundation, the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation for Underprivileged Children, the Robin Hood Foundation which funds and supports innovative poverty-fighting organizations in New York City. In the past years, the Who have helped the Teenage Cancer Trust raise close to 3 million pounds to provide cancer wards and screening units. There are plans on this tour to raise funds for charities as various as the Teenage Cancer Trust, the Michael J. In 1989, the Who reconvened for an anniversary tour, generated over $8 million for children’s charities throughout the U.K. Here’s just a few: In 1986, Double ‘O’ promotions put on a Colombian Volcano relief concert. Pete’s receiving the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award this year for his dedication to helping others who struggle with drug and alcohol addiction, for his work with the Who and his Double ‘O’ charity, Pete’s got a long history of working hard and raising spirits and money for worthy causes. If your game only has 12 volt bulbs (Jersey Jack), we also carry a 12V version which has exactly the same effect.Springsteen presents Townshend with the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award for his work supporting the MusiCares MAP Fund, giving a moving and entertaining speech about Townshend, seeing The Who in Asbury Park in 1967, and his subsequent attempt at copying The Who's stage dramatics with The Castiles. No soldering and no permanent changes to your games for this pinball mod.Ĭomes with everything needed to install and detailed instructions with color pictures. Installation is very easy, about as simple as changing a bulb and replacing your shooter rod. If your shooter cover has a color powder coat, we suggest you choose a color close to the powder coat for best effect. If you have the rectangle factory shooter plate, this will fit.Įvery color looks great if your shooter plate is black or silver. Fits over 200 games, including Stern (pro, premium & LE), Bally & Williams (system 3, 9 & 11, WPC, WPC95 and older), Data East, Sega, select Spooky, Capcon and more. Works with original shooter rod or aftermarket shooter rod. ![]() The LED RGB version does a great job at recreating red, green, blue, white and variations of those colors, but if you want a true yellow, orange or purple you will want to get the single color of those.įits in your existing factory shooter plate and gets powered from a 5 or 6.3 volt bulb socket on your game. ![]() The LED RGB version will give you 16 colors as well as fades, jumps and brightness control from the remote. The solid colors (no remote) are red, green, blue, yellow, orange, purple and white. Lighted shooter rod cover plate pinball mod is available in solid colors as well as color changing RGB (red, green, blue) with remote. The Who’s Tommy Pinball Wizard lighted shooter rod cover plate pinball mod.Ī great way to enhance the front of your The Who’s Tommy Pinball Wizard pinball machine. ![]()
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