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Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.

Presented by Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, who wrote and performed megahits like ‘Gold’ and ‘True’, and Guy Pratt, a bass player who shaped songs for the likes of Madonna and Pink Floyd, you’ll hear exclusive stories of life on the road, in the studio and what really happened behind the scenes from artists who wrote, performed and produced the some of the biggest classic rock and pop tracks of all time.

Guests include Sir Bob Geldof, Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera, super-producer Trevor Horn, Chris Difford of Squeeze and their bandmate from A Saucerful of Secrets, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason

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Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary and Guy quiz each other on great songs that were denied a No.1 and we welcome back our dear friend, the legendary record producer Steve Lillywhite to the show. 

Steve has worked with some of the biggest and best artists on the planet - and produced the nation’s favourite Christmas song ‘Fairytale of New York’.

In this special end of season episode, Steve talks about the song, the recording in summer 1987, the new live version he has mixed recorded at the Glasgow Barrowland in Dec 1987 and its enduring legacy. 

The new EP is out now and you can find out more here: http://thepogues.lnk.to/FONYZoetrope

Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @gimmesugarproductions 

 

Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteurs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rockonteurs

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therockonteurs

Produced for WMG UK by Ben Jones at Gimme Sugar Productions

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S10E12: Steve Lillywhite joins Gary and Guy to celebrate 'Fairytale of New York'

We welcome Lewis MacLeod on the podcast for a special pre-Christmas show! Known for his work on BBC Radio 4's Dead Ringers (and many more) and for voicing various characters in various TV shows. 

Tune in to hear all the fantastic impressions.

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@garyjkemp @guypratt @macleodlewis @GimmeSugarProductions 

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S10E11: Lewis MacLeod joins Gary and Guy for a fun Christmas special

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt welcome the brilliant Steve Lukather to the podcast. 

Luke, as we call him, is the very definition of an artist. He’s a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer. He’s recorded on literally 1000’s of tracks for 100s of artists from Boz Scaggs to Ringo Starr and Michael Jackson. He is also the last founding member of Toto and he talks to Guy and Gary about his influences, his experiences and his passion for music that continues to drive him daily. 

Find out more about Steve here: http://www.stevelukather.com/

Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @stevelukatherofficial @totothemselves @gimmesugarproductions 

 

Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteurs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rockonteurs

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therockonteurs

Produced for WMG UK by Ben Jones at Gimme Sugar Productions

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S10E10: Steve Lukather joins the Rockonteurs

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt welcome KT Tunstall to the show. 

KT talks about her early musical influences having moved to an America as a young child, growing up adopted in a house where very little music was listened to but discovering that her biological parents were music obsessives. KT also talks about her breakout appearance on ‘Later’ with Jools Holland and the 20th anniversary of her multi-million selling debut album ‘Eye to the Telescope’ that is re-released on October 31st and includes 3 new tracks. 

You can buy the album and find out more here: https://www.kttunstall.com/

Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @KTTunstall @gimmesugarproductions 

 

Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteurs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rockonteurs

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therockonteurs

Produced for WMG UK by Ben Jones at Gimme Sugar Productions

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S10E9: KT Tunstall joins the Rockonteurs

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome Blur drummer Dave Rowntree to the show. 

Dave has recently released a beautiful book of intimate, candid, and never before seen photographs from the very early days of Blur. ‘No One You Know’ is out now and chronicles the band’s first adventures. 

Dave chats to Gary and Guy about those early days, his life with and without Blur, and shares stories of flying the band around, early trips to Japan with his Olympus OM10 camera, and Blur’s triumphant 2023 shows at Wembley. 

You can buy the book here: https://www.diggersfactory.com/merch/326845/david-rowntree-no-one-you-know-early-blur-photos

Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @davidrowntree @blurofficial @gimmesugarproductions 

 

Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteurs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rockonteurs

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therockonteurs

Produced for WMG UK by Ben Jones at Gimme Sugar Productions

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S10E8: Dave Rowntree from Blur joins the Rockonteurs

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome another bassist to the show. But Mani is NOT just any old bass player, he’s the bass player from the Stone Roses.

Mani joins Guy and Gary to talk about his musical journey that took him from the Roses to Primal Scream and back to the Roses, and while doing so managed to influence almost every kid that picked up a guitar or started a band since! 

It’s an open, honest and typically Mancunian account of life at the forefront of one of the most important bands of a generation. 

Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @gimmesugarproductions 

 

Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteurs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rockonteurs

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therockonteurs

Produced for WMG UK by Ben Jones at Gimme Sugar Productions

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S10E7: Mani from The Stone Roses joins the Rockonteurs

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a true visionary of the music business.

Guy and Gary welcome Richard Branson to Rockonteurs to discuss the early days of the Virgin empire, one that was built on music and culture. 

Richard shares tales of starting a small record shop in London to sell his favourite new records, to signing some of the biggest artists in the world. 

The Keith Richards story will go down as one of our all time favourites. 

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Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @gimmesugarproductions @RichardBranson

 

Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteurs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rockonteurs

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therockonteurs

Produced by Ben Jones for Gimme Sugar Productions

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S10E6: Richard Branson talks to Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a true giant of music, Robert Plant.

Guy and Gary join Robert at his house to discuss his incredible career and his new album ‘Saving Grace’ which is out now. 

The album was 6 years in the making and Robert talks about the process, the band, and the songs that make up this collection. 

He also talks about the early days of Led Zeppelin, his commitment to finding, recording and releasing music unlike anything he's made before and his UK dates in December. 

Listen to Saving Grace here: https://robertplant.lnk.to/SavingGrace

www.RobertPlant.com

Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @gimmesugarproductions @robertplantofficial

 

Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteurs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rockonteurs

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therockonteurs

Produced for WMG UK by Ben Jones at Gimme Sugar Productions

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S10E5: Robert Plant joins Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome Sean Lennon to the show. 

Sean discusses this incredible upcoming ‘Power to the People’ boxset that he has mixed and produced - out on October 10th. It is a beautiful collection of recordings from his mother’s and father’s 1972 Madison Square Garden shows. 

October 9th would also have been John Lennon’s 85th birthday and Sean discusses his father’s legacy and the duty of care he has over this very special archive. 

Find out more about the album here: https://storeuk.johnlennon.com/

Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @gimmesugarproductions @Sean_ono_Lennon @johnlennon @yokoono

 

Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteurs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rockonteurs

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therockonteurs

Produced for WMG UK by Ben Jones at Gimme Sugar Productions

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S10E4: Sean Lennon talks to Gary and Guy about 'Power to the People'.

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a true legend to the show, John Fogerty.

John reflects on his incredible career, writing songs that will forever be part of the soundtrack to our lives like 'Proud Mary', 'Fortunate Son', 'Up Around the Bend’, and many many more. 

Many of these have been recently re-recorded on a 20 track collection called 'Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years' which is out now. 

John talks about hearing The Stones for the first time, writing Proud Mary, where the name CCR came from and not appearing on the Woodstock soundtrack!

Find out more about the album here: https://www.concordrecords.com/collections/john-fogerty

Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @gimmesugarproductions @johnfogerty

 

Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteurs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rockonteurs

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therockonteurs

Produced for WMG UK by Ben Jones at Gimme Sugar Productions

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S10E3: John Fogerty talks to Gary and Guy about 'Legacy'

This week on Rockonteurs, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt chat to the charming Justin Hayward. Justin is the singer and songwriter with the Moody Blues and has written some truly stunning records over the years. He is a multiple Ivor Novello award winner and with the Moody Blues has sold over 70 million albums. In this episode, he talks about auditioning for Marty Wilde, joining the Moody Blues and writing some of their incredible hit songs like ‘Nights in White Satin’ and ‘Question’. He also reveals how he ended up recording ‘Forever Autumn’ on the Jeff Wayne’s War of The Worlds.

Rockonteurs is produced by Ben Jones for Gimme Sugar Productions

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S2E10: Justin Hayward

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