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Pete Townshend HITS Abbie Hoffman? The Who, Woodstock 1969: Mystery of Missing Footage

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Woodstock 1969. The Who's set is interrupted by founder of The Yippies, Abbie Hoffman. He hijacked Pete Townshend's microphone for an impassioned political speech while Roger Daltrey and Keith Moon watched. What happened next was a mystery... Did Pete Townshend really hit Abbie Hoffman with his guitar? And why wasn't the incident recorded? The Who's Full Set: https://youtu.be/E1Y-QKgmYYQ?si=S8CBjnBdqRROpoBr 🚨Please consider supporting me as a creator with a 'Super Thanks' or by joining the channel as a monthly member. Both found underneath the video. Some super-awesome-brilliant things you might like to buy! (I get a small commission from these if you purchase, so you get a super-awesome-brilliant thing and I get supported a bit more as a YouTube creator. Win win!) 👉Who's Next - 50th Anniversary (Blu Ray/Graphic Novel SDE): : https://amzn.to/45RiiJc 👉The record player I personally use every day: https://amzn.to/41cXDgK 👉The Who Official Vintage Faded Logo 1966 T-shirt T-Shirt: https://amzn.to/3LdL7Ya 👉30 Days Free Trial Amazon Prime (Including Prime Video): https://amzn.to/3IZ0liX Tweet the living heck out of me on Twitter: 👉https://twitter.com/Adam_English_ #TheWho #Woodstock1969 #AbbieHoffman #petetownshend --------------------------------------------

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Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, keyboardist, second lead vocalist, principal songwriter and de facto leader of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. His aggressive playing style, poetic songwriting techniques and authorship of two rock operas with the Who, as well as other projects, have earned him critical acclaim. Townshend has written more than 100 songs for 12 of the Who's studio ...

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