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Max Ker-Seymer – long-serving Who fan
Season 3
Episode 3
Published 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Description
Max Ker-Seymer talks about:
- Accidentally stumbling across The Detours supporting The Rolling Stones in Putney in 1963
- Being a first-generation Mod – and why present-day perception of the movement may be wrong
- Seeing The Who at the Marquee and the Goldhawk Club in 1965
- Why their mid-sixties harmonies and choice of cover songs set them apart from their peers
- Moving from London to America in 1975, and the subsequent struggle to follow the band live
- How Pete Townshend has improved as a guitarist over the years
- Appearing as an extra in Michelangelo Antonioni’s film Blow Up – and watching Jeff Beck struggle to replicate Townshend’s guitar destruction
- And The Who exceeding his expectations on their North American farewell tour
Interview recorded September 2025
Music by The Garage
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RELATED LINKS
Max’s interview with Tony Fletcher Substack
Martha & The Vandellas – ‘Motoring’
The Who at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire, 23rd December 1999 Audio
The Yardbirds scene in Blow Up
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