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The Who's Pete Townshend, a reluctant rock star
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57527499/the-whos-pete-townshend-a-reluctant-rock-star/
(CBS News) "My Generation" was a huge hit for The Who back in 1966. Now, lead guitarist Pete Townshend is telling all about the highs and lows of life as a rock star. Here's Anthony Mason with our Sunday Profile:
It's one of the signature moves in rock & roll: Pete Townshend's windmill wind-up. But he now admits he stole it from the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards.
"We were doing a show supporting the Stones, first time I ever played with them. Anyway, as they went on the curtain got in the way of Keith Richards and he was kind of limbering up. He was kind of going like that."
It was London, late 1963. And the next time The Who played with the Stones, Richards wasn't windmilling anymore.