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Moon the Loon

By: Dougal Butler, Chris Trengove, Peter Lawrence
Narrated by: Karl Howman
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Summary

The legendary tale of industrial strength pranking, drumming, '70’s excess, big laughs, desperation, and The Who performed with gusto by Karl Howman.

Set in London, LA, and on tour with one of the world’s greatest live rock bands, The Who.

Please note: this title contains explicit language.

©1981 Peter Butler (P)2012 Talking Music

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quality narration

quality narration , lovely old language from lovely old London Town and a right giggle

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Made me Chuckle

Brilliantly read yarns of the most prolific entertainer showman provocateur Bravo Moonie you are the legend that most self hyped protagonists fail live up to. Make mine a Brandy & Ginger dear boy!!

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None more Rock n Roll

A hilarious and sometime touching insight into a hell raising japester and his personal assistant.

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Absolutely Brilliant

Listened to this book a few times now and it still makes me laugh and shocks me at times. There's only one Keith Moon!

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A must for all fans of the loon!

A great read, made all the better because of the narration by his mate!
Also, one you can always return to when you need a lift.

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Moon the Loon

If you are expecting a biography which includes Keith Moon’s time with The Who and his relationship with the other band members as well as comment on the band’s records then you will be disappointed as there is very little coverage here. It is a book, from start to finish, about Keith Moon’s wild antics and in this respect, it is very funny - Keith Moon was a complete nutcase causing many headaches amongst the people around him. Was he a lovable clown or an aggressive madman? The answer appears to be both. His early death was inevitable and the music business lost one of its greatest characters. The stories involving hookers in an Indian restaurant; multiple deliberate car crashes; naked appearances in front of John Lennon, Mick and Bianca Jagger; the theft of chickens; collapsing on horse tranquillisers; destruction of hotel rooms including the problem of cleaning up feathers etc are all hilarious moments.

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Fantastic, funny!

Don’t miss this whatever you do. Hilarious and detailed in every respect. Great narration effortlessly well well read.
Fingers crossed HBO van make a series out of these memories.

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Entertaining and Heartbreaking

The story of two people who work together but obviously with time become such great friends, have such adventures, good and bad, it's a shame it ended sadly with a ting of bitterness from Keith Moon.

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awesome

really good book interesting and full of laughs. would recommend to anyone not just Who fans

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Loved it

Read the paperback when it first came out tells the truth about what really happened

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