Show Notes
Ethan Fisher and Bets Crockett from The Fisher Protocol talk about the origins of their channel, why a video about ‘Slip Kid’ is their most popular, Keith Moon's capability of being a disciplined drummer, why the band had to carry on after Keith’s death, what sort of live Who show they want to see in 2025, and why making mistakes on stage is a good thing.
Plus: Paul puts forward a thought experiment around The Who of the 1980s and considers whether they would have sounded all that different with Keith on drums instead of Kenney Jones.
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RELATED LINKS:
The Fisher Protocol YouTube channel
‘Who Are You’
‘I Can’t Explain’ from The Who at Kilburn: 1977
‘905’
‘You Better You Bet’
‘Cache Cache’
‘Guitar and Pen’
‘You’
‘Dr Jimmy’
The Fisher Protocol’s ‘Who played the drums on Slip Kid’ video
‘Real Good Looking Boy’, live at the Gotham, New York, 2005
‘Who Are You’ from A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, 1994
Scott Halpin replaces Keith Moon on drums at the Cow Palace, California, 1973 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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.
Rain. Crowd violence. Counterfeit tickets. Overcrowding. People climbing up floodlights. Lasers. Keith Moon’s last gig to a paying audience in England. The final entry in The Guinness Book of Records for loudest concert ever recorded.
The final episode of Season Three will now be released on Wednesday 22nd July. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.