Glenn Wheatley’s final media interview was a neat summation of the man in 23 minutes. Speaking in early October about what he saw as his next big deal, the veteran music promoter, who died from complications related to COVID-19 this week, was engaging, answered every question, and was relentlessly upbeat in selling both the project and his most famous charge.

I was calling him to talk about a project that was, perhaps unsurprisingly, designed to further leverage the success of his old friend and greatest professional collaborator, singer John Farnham.