How did Pete come up with his “windmill” guitar style? When did he start smashing his guitar?
Pete adapted the windmill from a move Keith Richard was using to open The Rolling Stones stage act which Pete saw when The Detours opened for them in 1963. Pete’s first public guitar smashing occurred in early 1964 when he cracked his guitar on a low ceiling and smashed it in disgust. When he played there again, the crowd expected him to smash it again and so he did.
