Lester,
Yep - but remember that it was written when his marriage to Alison was failing around 1970. Even though he always dedicated "My Wife" in a fairly disparaging way, John and Alison remained VERY close friends - the amazing thing is that no one ever truly appreciated what Alison went through with John (and Karen with Pete to an even greater extent).
I think "When I Was A Boy" is more an admission of guilt.
Doesn't stop it from probably being one of my favorite Entwistle songs, along with 'Trick Of The Light' and '905'.
And, here's another thing, "Eminence Front" is actually an Entwistle riff that Pete stole - it was planned for the Sci-Fi album that he was working on and played a demo to the band sometime in '77 - that got rejected from the material that made up Who Are You and Pete then came up with it for the song that was on Face Dances.
There's a wealth of unreleased Entwistle material in the vaults - his own demos for Who and solo material, plus vast quantities of stuff from the JE Band. HOPEFULLY, there will be a sries of archive releases along the lines of Pete's Scoop collections.
Also, the manuscript for John's autobiography remains sitting there unfinished - what state it's in is anyone's guess, but I'm hoping that a few words in the right ears might just get it pushed along. John was always writing - be it songs or his (faded) memories - and much of it reflected his unique sense of humor.
