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What about the boy? In 'Tommy,' new insights into Pete Townshend by Chris Jones

When, in 1975, the movie director Ken Russell turned "Tommy," an album by The Who, into a film, catapulting the Pinball Wizard to further glory, he made one particularly notable change: He switched the period of the rock opera from the years following World War I to the years following World...

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 7:00am on January 22, 2015 ☆ ⚑

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