- Elton John, Tommy, 1974. According to his book. Who I Am, Pete Townshend didn’t think much of the senseless notion of the blind Stevie playing a sighted pinball player versus the sighted Roger Daltrey as the titular deaf, dumb and blind kid who sure played a mean pinball. Stevie was not happy. Nor were the suits when the Gerge Lucas turned down the directing gig to develop his American Graffiti.
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