Can anybody out there play drums?

The Who
San Francisco, Cow Palace
20.11.1973


The band crashed into the song (Won't Get Fooled Again, K.J.), but after only a few bars,
Keith Moon slumped over his drums ...The roadies carried him backstage into the dressing room, where he was placed in a cold shower and revived ...
After another half-hour's delay, the Who once more hit the stage.
Moon proclaimed himself fit, and the rest of the band tried valiantly to pick up
where they'd left off.
But Moon was too weak to continue - he didn't even get through the first song.
He was taken backstage and then to the hospital ...
Meanwhile, Townshend was enraged that the beginning of the tour was so disastrous.
'Hey,' he shouted to the crowd. 'Can anybody out there play drums? I mean good.
Any takers come up here onstage.' Scott Halpin, a nineteen-year-old ...,
fought his way over to the security guards and tried to talk his way onstage...
'It all happened really quick,' Halpin told Rolling Stone.
'I didn't have time to think about it and get nervous.' Townshend introduced him (as 'Scott'), called for Naked Eye, giving Halpin the time signature, and they were off. The Who ran through two other songs, 'Magic Bus' and 'My Generation,' before finishing.

from "The story of The Who, Dave Marsh".