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From	Mark London <mrl@psfc.mit.edu>
Subject	The Who "OPENED" for the Herman Hermits, 1967, New Jersey.
Date	Sat, 14 Aug 2021 23:58:34 -0400

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"On August 12th, in 1967, a piece of enduring Rock and Roll lore took 
place in Asbury Park, NJ. It was just after the Who performed at 
Convention Hall on their first U.S. tour opening for the band Herman’s 
Hermits. After the requisite instrument smashing ritual that usually 
closed their performances, the story goes that madman drummer Keith Moon 
jumped off the back of the building into the ocean in an attempt to 
evade throngs of adoring fans that had swarmed the stage."   The rest of 
the story is here:

https://weirdnj.com/stories/keith-moon-convention-hall/

I have read the newspaper review of the concert, and there was no 
mention of this at all.   They did mention the crowd was small.  And the 
first group was the Blues Magoos

I grew up on 60s music, listening to the radio constantly.   But I was 
too young to have actually experienced the 60s.

- Mark

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