Max Ker-Seymer – long-serving Who fan

Max Ker-Seymer talks about:

Accidentally stumbling across The Detours supporting The Rolling Stones in Putney in 1963Being a first-generation Mod – and why present-day perception of the movement may be wrongSeeing The Who at the Marquee and the Goldhawk Club in 1965Why their mid-sixties harmonies and choice of cover songs set them apart from their peersMoving from London to America in 1975, and the subsequent struggle to follow the band liveHow Pete Townshend has improved as a guitarist over the yearsAppearing as an extra in Michelangelo Antonioni’s film Blow Up – and watching Jeff Beck struggle to replicate Townshend’s guitar destructionAnd The Who exceeding his expectations on their North American farewell tour

Interview recorded September 2025

Music by The Garage

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