The time The Who’s Keith Moon played a drum solo with a bunch of fish

September 9, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Friday (September 7) was the 40th anniversary of the death of The Who’s Keith Moon. He was one of kind.

In honour of the anniversary of his death is this drum solo filmed on October 8, 1974, for a show called Wide World in Concert: Midnight Special.

Two things to note: (a) The fish inside one of the toms (remember Ludwig’s acrylic kits?): and (b) the dudes dancing to it.

Here’s Keith’s last-ever TV interview, recorded about a month before he died.

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