Chapter 3 Historical Background “It’s a boy, Mr. Townshend”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction “I want nothing to do with it” 1
5. Chapter 1 The Plot 5
6. Chapter 2 “California, Here I Come” 9
7. Chapter 3 Historical Background “It’s a boy, Mr. Townshend” 13
8. Chapter 4 1967 Toward the Rock Opera 21
9. Chapter 5 1967 Finding Baba 29
10. Chapter 6 Making Tommy 35
11. Chapter 7 The Album: Childhood, Cure, Fame 49
12. Chapter 8 Tommy Lives 61
13. Chapter 9 Tommy Reborn 69
14. Conclusion: To the Lifehouse 83
15. Postscript: What Happened to Pete 87
16. Notes 91
17. Index 101