The Who : Tommy Demos

TOMMY CAN YOU HEAR ME ?

THE WHO

THE TOMMY DEMOS

Tommy

 is a 

double album

 and an early

rock opera

 that tells the story

 of the fictional

 Tommy Walker 

and his path to

 becoming a

 spiritual leader

 and messianic figure.

Townshend came up with

 the concept of 

Tommy 

after being introduced 

to the work of 

Indian spiritual teacher 

Meher Baba, 

and he attempted

 to translate 

Baba's ideas into music. 

Recording of the album

 began in

 September 1968, 

but took six months

to complete as

 material needed to

 be arranged

 and

 re-recorded

 in the studio.

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