Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by the legendary percussionist Ray Cooper. Ray has performed with so many of our favourite artists over the years but is forever synonymous as being part of Elton John's band since 1972. In a fascinating conversation with Guy and Gary, Ray talks about a life with Elton and recording classic albums like 'Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy', a masterpiece that recently turned 50. You can but the 50th anniversary edition of that album here: https://eltonjohn.lnk.to/CF50 Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @raycooperofficial @eltonjohn @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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by drummer, DJ, musical trendsetter and co-founder of the Blitz Club in London. Gary and Guy chat to their pal Rusty Egan about his days with Rich Kids, Visage and helping set the British club scene at the Blitz. His stories come thick and fast but his impact on the music of the late 70s and 80s is undeniable. Rusty has a book out, 'Rusty Egan - The Autobiography’ which chronicles those wonderfully influential days. Find out more here: https://linktr.ee/rustyegan Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @rustyegan @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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Guy and Gary talk to a legendary British blues man. Paul Jones talks about finding the blues in the record stores of Portsmouth in the late 50s. He discusses his relationship with Brian Jones and his undeniable influence, the hits of Manfred Man, his solo career and continuing to tour in his 80s. Plus, Guy and Gary find out about some of their favourite films of Paul’s from the late 60s. Find out more and see their live dates here: https://www.themanfreds.com/ 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by Slade drummer Don Powell. Gary is very excited as Slade are one of the first bands he ever saw on stage and their live shows remain utterly legendary. Don was and remains a childhood hero! In this episode Don chats to Guy and Gary about how the band got together, his musical influences, the huge success the band enjoyed in the 70s, and a remarkable tale about the devastating accident that changed his life in 1973. Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @thedonpowellband @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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are delighted to welcome our good friend Jill Furmanovsky to the pod Jill is one of the world’s leading photographers and has spent her career photographing the great and the good from Rock N’Roll In this episode she chats to Guy and Gary about getting her first break and some of the amazing artists she has worked with that include The Who, Pink Floyd, Blondie, and The Stones You can see more of her tremendous work here: https://www.jillfurmanovsky.com/ Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @jillfurmanovsky @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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are back! Guy and Gary welcome John Power to the show. John talks about the new Cast album ‘Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’ out on January 30th and looks back at a wonderful year last year for Cast that included the Oasis tour and 30 years of ‘All Change’. He also talks about his days in The La's and the evolution to Cast. The new album is available to preorder now here: https://shop.castband.co.uk/ Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @castbandofficial @johnpowermusic @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 Produc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. https://lnk.to/rockonteurs @garyjkemp @guypratt @macleodlewis @GimmeSugarProductions #rockonteurs #newepisode #lewismacleod #rockonteurs #newepisode #music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. www.Virgin.com 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a wonderful partnership of band mates and best friends. Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill join Gary and Guy to discuss their new shared memoir ‘Our Secrets are the Same’ - which is out on October 2nd. It’s a candid, moving, and funny set of stories about how they have managed to stay so close and still continue to lead the creative charge of Simple Minds, a band who have sold over 60 million records. Find out more about the book here: https://www.simpleminds.com/our-secrets-are-the-same-memoir-book-by-jim-kerr-charlie-burchill/ Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @gimmesugarproductions @simplemindsmusic 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are back after the summer break and we head to the Design Museum in London. Opening in September is a fascinating exhibition that celebrates the iconic and influential Blitz - "the club that shaped the 80s". It was a hotbed of music, fashion, and culture in the late 70s and early 80s that helped influence the entire decade. We meet up with Boy George to talk about the club, the scene it shaped and its lasting impact, that is still felt today. The Design Museum exhibition on the Blitz Club opens on September 20th and runs until the spring of 2026. Find out more at: www.designmuseum.org Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @gimmesugarproductions @boygeorgeofficial 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a surprise bonus episode, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt discuss the incredible reaction to the Oasis Live 25 reunion shows. Rockonteurs will return in September for a new season with some incredible guests. In the meantime, watch some of the best episodes on our YouTube page. Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @oasis @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 www.gimmesugar.co.uk Email the show at rockonteurschannel@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt take a look back at this most recent season and discuss some of their highlights. Rockonteurs will return in September for a new season with some incredible guests. In the meantime, watch some of the best episodes on our YouTube page. 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 www.gimmesugar.co.uk Email the show at rockonteurschannel@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.