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Pete Townshend Declined To Produce Two Morrissey Albums

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DOVER, DE – JUNE 19: Musician Morrissey performs onstage during day 2 of the Firefly Music Festival on June 19, 2015 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Firefly)

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Pete Townshend served up some nice Morrissey shade in the latest issue of Q. According to the Who guitarist, Morrissey twice requested that Townshend produce solo albums for him:

Morrissey asked me to produce albums for him after the Smiths, twice. I've got his notes, his cards. "Will you produce an album for me? Morrissey." I did say to [the Who's manager] Bill Curbishley, I really love the Smiths -- if I could replace Johnny Marr in the picture there, we might get a really great album.

It's worth noting that Townshend kept the cards, though.

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