On 21 October 1976, The Who closed a brief North American tour in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens, a show that would be the last with Keith Moon before a paying audience.[6] The Whos band members then took a hiatus to pursue various individual interests. Pete Townshend had been initially contacted by Ronnie Lane to produce his next album, the project instead turning into a full-blown collaboration between the pair.[7] Lane expressed an interest in a songwriting collaboration but Townshend declared that he did not wish to split the publishing.[8] The instrumental title track is credited to both musicians, however. During the recording of Rough Mix, Lanes multiple sclerosis was diagnosed (in one instance, during a session Lane had a meltdown related to his MS that caused him and an unaware Townshend to get into a fight). Nonetheless Lane toured, wrote and recorded (with Eric Clapton among others) and in 1979 released another album, See Me, which features several songs written by Lane and Clapton. Around this time Lane travelled the highways and byways of England and lived a passing show modern nomadic life in full Gypsy traveller costume and accommodation. The album featured songs written by both principals in a vein less like that of The Who or The Faces but instead close to the folk-rock vogue of the early 1970s among various English bands.
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