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The Who’s Pete Townshend says that Roger Daltrey was absent for some of the studio sessions for their band’s third album, The Who Sell Out, as the vocalist was nervous about the possibility of Jimi Hendrix seducing his girlfriend, later wife, Heather Taylor. 

Speaking in the new issue of Classic Rock magazine, which is on sale now, Townshend addresses the fact that he sings lead vocals on a number of songs on the album - Odorono, Our Love Was, Sunrise and Can’t Reach You - and reveals that this wasn’t a deliberate artistic choice by the band, but rather a necessity because Daltrey was often absent from the studio when vocals were being tracked.

While he concedes, “I’ve never spoken to Roger about what really happened”, the guitarist has his own theory as to why his band’s frontman stayed a How Worry Over Losing Girlfriend Impacted ‘Who Sell Out’ Sessions WEW