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Split Ends: Dr Feelgood

Singer-songwriter Kitty Perrin attempts to analyse the reasons behind why bands split.

Singer-songwriter and BBC Introducing presenter Kitty Perrin charts the stories of band splits and what really happened in the break ups of some of history's best loved bands.

Singer-songwriter and BBC Introducing presenter Kitty Perrin charts the stories of band splits and looks at what really happened in the break ups of some of history's best loved bands. With new interviews with band members and music professionals, academics, and writers she attempts to analyse the reasons behind why bands split.

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Split Ends: 1. Dr. Feelgood

1. Dr. Feelgood

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Singer-songwriter Kitty Perrin analyses the splits and resurrections of band Dr Feelgood.

Singer-songwriter Kitty Perrin analyses the career of Dr Feelgood. With the help of music professionals, she looks at the reasons why some bands split while others continue.

Singer-songwriter and BBC Introducing presenter Kitty Perrin charts the stories of band splits, looks at what really happened in the break ups of some of history's best loved bands. With new interviews with band members and music professionals, academics, and writers she attempts to analyse the reasons behind why bands split.
 
In this first episode, she looks at the splits and re-incarnations of 1970s Canvey Island pub rock band Dr Feelgood, charting how, through creative differences, deaths, and rigours of touring#, the current line-up of the band has none of the original members. Yet they are still Dr Feelgood, they still tour and have a huge international fanbase. Kitty speaks with original drummer ‘The Big Figure’, manager Chris Fenwick and current band members, Gordon Russell, Phil Mitchell, Kevin Morris and Robert Kane.

She hears from Jodi Milstein an LA based psychotherapist who runs Rockstar Therapy – akin to marriage guidance for bands - as well as from Tamsin Embleton, editor of band touring bible Touring And Mental Health.  And Ryan Dusick, original drummer with the American Band Maroon 5, talks about how touring took its toll on his mental health.

Presented by Kitty Perrin

Produced by Julian Mayers and Chris Wilson
Music by Gordon Russell

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