Radio host, writer and researcher Mike Williams, known as The Sage of Quay, features in this two-hour return to the replacement of the real James Paul McCartney back in 1966 with a double who has been impersonating him ever since. This individual is William Shepherd, (not Campbell, as frequently claimed,) a trained musician, actor and freemason also known by the nickname 'Billy Shears.' Mike gives his observations on the book 'The Memoirs Of Billy Shears', which purports to be the confessional auto-biography of Shepherd, but embellished with enough fictional elements for it to be passed off as a 'novel' to avoid the legal minefield that would occur were the replacement to go on the official record. Mike's comments build on those he put forward in an equally comprehensive podcast interview with Sofia Smallstorm recently, and it's recommended that listeners really wanting to understand this subject area fully, listen to that interview first in order to get the full background. It's available here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV39RmErX14 Mike observes that the level of knowledge of The Beatles' world in the 1960s, and the breaking-down of the real meaning behind so many of their ambiguous lyrics, can only have come from someone on the inside, giving credibility to many of the book's claims. The Beatles deliberately placed hundreds of symbolic clues into their music and imagery, giving the public the opportunity to understand the nature of the switch all along. While all doubt has now been removed that the person the world has thought of as 'Paul McCartney' for the past half a century is really William Shepherd, one highly pertinent question remains; what happened to the real Paul, and was his death on September 11th of 1966 really a tragic accident that nobody could have foreseen, or something altogether more sinister? And what further revelations might we expect upon the death of Billy Shears, now aged 79? This interview is split into two parts for the convenience of those who like to burn the audio to CD, like myself. Be sure to check out Part 2, which can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/mark-devlin/good-vibrations-podcast-vol-96-mike-williams-re-pid-p2 All of Mike's work resides at www.sageofquay.com Audio versions of this podcast can be downloaded here: P1: https://soundcloud.com/mark-devlin/good-vibrations-podcast-vol-96-mike-williams-re-pid-p1 P2: https://soundcloud.com/mark-devlin/good-vibrations-podcast-vol-96-mike-williams-re-pid-p2 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p3kYhlnk9I

16th March 2020 It is with huge regret and disappointment that I have had to take the difficult decision not to embark on my planned speaking tour to Australia. I had been resilient in the face of all the fearmongering right up until the news broke over the weekend of the Australian government’s intent to force all new international arrivals into the country to ‘self-isolate’ for 14 days, with huge fines and even prison sentences for those who refuse to comply. Please see following articles for reference: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/15/all-overseas-arrivals-in-australia-must-self-isolate-for-14-days-amid-new-coronavirus-rules https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8113433/International-arrivals-self-isolate-arriving-Australia-stop-spread-coronavirus.html?ito=facebook_share_fbia-top&fbclid=IwAR00GQpg4orIuv4KDMECFvm64F0iYGcw7-UwjhNyp7P-FwqiqI1wFSrE-_k It’s unclear exactly how they intend to enforce this in the case of visitors from overseas, but you can be sure the machine-minded order-followers working at airport security and immigration will have bought fully into the hype and hysteria that’s been created over this Coronavirus madness, (aka the common cold,) and will not be in the mood for any kind of calm and sensible discussion on the subject. With a young family to get back to at home, and being in the middle of a house move and needing to be around to sign a contract any week now, I just couldn’t take the risk of being forcibly detained halfway around the world in the midst of all this insanity. In addition, I was due to transit through Singapore, where the authorities are apparently enforcing random screening, with fines or deportation for those who refuse to co-operate. The only sensible and responsible decision, therefore, has been not to travel. It’s my hope that each of the three events I was due to speak at can still go ahead. Now, more than ever, like-minded folk need to be able to network and converse with each other before even small-scale meet-ups like these get banned by the despotic criminals and tyrants currently running the world. I will now be pre-recording a video of the presentation I had planned to give, therefore. in the hope this can be screened at the event as the next best thing to me being there in person. Each of my books will be available to purchase from Amanda McLeod at the Brisbane event. I had these specially shipped out in advance at some cost, and those nice people in Australian Customs then charged me an extra fee in ‘import duty.’ The only method I now have of recouping even the smallest fraction of my costs, therefore, is through book sales, so I’d be extremely appreciative of any purchases that anyone would like to make to support me and my work. I hope that, once th ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAzhH1VG_54