Show Notes
Dan Epstein talks about co-writing the autobiography of cult band Redd Kross, jamming with Roger Daltrey at the Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp in Las Vegas and leaving in a wheelchair (the two things aren't connected!), the effect that first seeing The Kids Are Alright had on him, seeing spiritual elements within ‘A Quick One, While He’s Away’, attempting to be an edgy music journalist and writing negatively about the band for Ugly Things magazine in his early 20s, and how FM radio was the ideal platform for increasing The Who’s popularity in America.
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In 1983, Paul Bearman was three years old, hyperactive, and rarely slept. One evening, he defied his parents' expectations by sitting completely transfixed as BBC Two aired a documentary about Jimi Hendrix as part of its Rock Around the Clock programming… and his life was changed forever. Soon afterwards, he developed a love for The Who, watching The Kids Are Alright and The Who Rocks America on repeat, receiving albums and books for birthdays and at Christmas, and playing toy guitars while pretending to be Pete Townshend.
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