Through the voice of the generation: Probably the most highly anticipated autobiography of the year, as well as the story of a man who… is definitely a Londoner and a Mod…. desired The Who to be called The Locks…. loved The Everly Brothers, but not that ‘drawling dope’ Elvis…. wished to be a sculptor, a journalist, a dancer and a visual developer…. became a musician, composer, librettist, fiction writer, literary editor, sailor…. smashed his first acoustic guitar onstage, in 1964, by accident…. heard the voice of God on the approximately Who I Am vibrating bed in rural Illinois…. developed the Marshall stack, feedback and the concept record…. once speared Abbie Hoffman in the neck with the top of his guitar…. motivated Jimi Hendrix’s pyrotechnical stagecraft…. is definitely partly deaf in his remaining ear canal…. stole his windmill acoustic guitar playing from Keith Richards…. followed Keith Moon away a hotel balcony into a pool and nearly died…. did an excessive amount of cocaine and almost died…. drank an excessive amount of and almost passed away…. detached from his body in an airplane, on LSD, and nearly died…. helped rescue Eric Clapton from heroin…. is banned for life from Holiday Inns…. was embroiled in a tabloid scandal that has dogged him since…. offers some explaining to do…. may be the most literary and literate musician of the last 50 years…. prepared to create his memoir when he was 21…. published this publication at 67.