Nearly two years ago, we griped about the Rolls-Royce Wraith Inspired by Music, which seemed to us to be a lamentable co-opting of rock ?n? roll?s hardscrabble roots. It seems that enough well-heeled vintage-guitar collectors disagreed with us, because now the British luxury arm of BMW is soldiering forth with a series of nine Wraiths designed by U.K. music legends. Six of the nine have been announced, and four have already been built.

Two of them are Roger Daltrey?s, and the proceeds from their sale will benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust. The first of the cars celebrates the Who, the Commander of the British Empire?s 53-year-old rock band. The dashboard clock features the band?s classic mod-target roundel logo, as does the leather ?waterfall? between the two rear seats. And while lyrics from ?Join Together? and ?I Can See for Miles? find their way into the car?s design, we think the best touch is the embroidery of Keith Moon?s ?Pictures of Lily? drum set, which was blown up at the end of a famous appearance on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1967. Tom and Dick Smothers had requested that the band replicate their infamous instrument-destroying shtick on the show, so Moon, a man solidly of the excess-is-just-enough school, requested a pyro cannon be placed into one of his kick drums. The paltry cannon?s bang/poof during rehearsals wasn?t enough for the skinsman, so he requested more explosives?then added more of his own. The chaotic result, at the end of a performanc...