Violinist David Arbus with East Of Eden
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“I WAS in East Of Eden and we used to play all-nighters at the Roundhouse and the Lyceum. Keith Moon turned up at one of them and sat in with us, right out of the blue. I didn’t know him before that. Then our roadie left us and became Keith’s chauffeur or minder. Keith even invited me to a Who gig in Leeds. We went there in his pink Rolls-Royce, which was fun. I remember The Who being so loud. Keith was a fascinating character. I’ve heard a lot of stories about the other side of his personality, but I never saw any of that. As far as our interaction was concerned, he was the perfect gentleman. He owned a hotel in the Cotswolds [the Crown & Cushion], where I stayed after the gig. Then he said, ‘Would you like to come and play on our new album?’ So I went over to Olympic and Pete Townshend asked me to play violin on the backing track of ‘Baba O’Riley’. It’s not the sort of thing that I’d normally play on, but I’d done sessions for people before and you just do what you’re asked.