My word the Who convention was so much fun, I grinned from ear to ear all day long, it was Who heaven. We met some absolutely delightful people, some lovely who fans as well as Irish Jack and some of Keith Moon's family. Keith's mum was very sweet, she seems such a lovely person, the whole family were so down to earth and smiley. We even asked Keith's fourteen year old nephew if he wanted to form a band, with him as our drummer and he agreed! We're called 'The Rabbits', Malcolm a friend of Irish Jack we met there too is also in them. Thats the third imaginary band I'm in now, The Rabbits, Maris Piper and The Dusty Maidens I'd better learn how to play something quickly.
I took a real shine to Irish Jack too, I wanted to take him home, he's such a star, his anecdotes were fab, really funny and he was so happy to talk to people. I also met Simon Townshend although I don't think I actually said anything to him, except perhaps hello, then I just grinned, think I was a bit overcome, he seems really lovely too. Everyone was so friendly. And of course there was Roger, he sang a couple of songs with Simon then went into the foyer for a few photos, I found a picture of him on the internet today with Mick and I stood right behind, which was pretty cool, had to send it to all my friends!
The cover bands were lots of fun, got a bit of dancing in to the Wholigans and Who's Who did a bloody good job at Quadrophenia, was pretty stunning really considering the complexity of it. I kind of missed the Casbah Club, too busy gabbing but I'm sure they'll be plenty of opportunity to see them on the Who tour.
When we got back to our hotel we spent hours people watching as what seemed like the whole of Shepherds bush walked passed our window, we had a great view as our room was overlooking the common. It was really entertaining with girls falling out of taxi cabs, and a strategically placed puddle that would splash passers by much to our amusement.
I must say though I can't believe how many people cycle on the road without lights in London, they must be absolutely insane and nobody battered an eyelid not even the taxi drivers, if you did something like that here they would run you over just to prove a point.
But anyway, I had such a great weekend I'm still smiling from it all, what a lovely bunch of people, I wish the conventions were monthly. Next time I want to see you all there!