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Profiled here are the people who influenced, were influenced by, or were in some other way connected with one or more members of The Who. Readers should find a vast array of entries, ranging from musicians such as Billy Idol, who took part in live performances of ""Tommy"" and ""Quadrophenia"", and AC/DC guitarist Angus Young, who said Pete Townshend was the only guitarist ever to influence him, to behind-the-scenes people such as Glyn Johns, the English recording engineer and producer who helped create the acclaimed ""Who's Next"" (1971) and ""Quadrophenia"" (1973), and Nicky Hopkins, the much in demand pianist who was among The Who's earliest studio collaborators. Seemingly unrelated personalities such as Muppets creator Jim Henson are also included - he is believed to have modelled The Muppet Show's maniacal drummer Animal after The Who drummer Keith Moon.

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fascinating material...cleverly written --<i>ARSC Journal</i>; factoids and trivia and all kinds of stuff...quite an impressive book...reflects The Who's popularity not just in the music world but popular culture as a whole --<i>The Capital Times</i>; covers just about anything anyone would need to know...the tangled relationships amoung Brit and American rock bands come clear --<i>Isthmus</i>; a vast array of entries --<i>Rick's Cafe.</i>

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Richard Bogovich, a contributor to the Society for American Baseball Research’s Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the Nineteenth Century (2012), works for the Wendland Utz law firm in Rochester, Minnesota. Professional writer and editor Cheryl Posner lives in Orange, California and has been a Who fan since the age of thirteen, with the worn-out LPs to prove it.

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