Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt talk to founding member of both the Pretty Things and the Rolling Stones Dick Taylor.

Dick talks about the very early days of the Stones and his relationship with Brian, Mick and Keith.

The Pretty Things have a brilliant and comprehensive box set of 5 decades of tracks out on November 20th called ‘Pretty Rare’.

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt talk to the brilliant Nicko McBrain about his incredible career with Iron Maiden.

Nicko powered Maiden through their golden era, joining in 1982 and touring the world with the band at the peak of their powers.

Nicko has just released his book ‘Hello Boys and Girls’ which is out now and published by Harper Collins.

Find out more here: https://www.nickomcbrain.co.uk/

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt talk to the delightfully dapper BP Fallon.

BP is a photographer, author, and musician. He was also a publicist and press agent for Marc Bolan, T.Rex, Led Zeppelin and U2 and was close friends with John and Yoko.

Find out more at https://linktr.ee/bpfallon

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt talk to the ever excellent Marco Pirroni.

Marco talks about the punk explosion in the mid 70s and how he was in that Kings Road gang of likeminded kids, through to meeting Adam Ant and the series of Number 1 records that relationship created.

We can’t recommend his new book enough, it’s called ‘Your Money or Your Life’ and is out now!

Find out more here: https://linktr.ee/marco.pirroni

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt talk to the legendary Earl Slick.

What a guitarist, what a storyteller and what a career. In this episode he talks about working alongside David Bowie and John Lennon. It’s a classic Rockonteurs that’s for sure!

Find out more at: https://earlslick.net/

Plus, Guy got his hands on Gary's new book and gives us an overview of '1967, The World of Brian Epstein and the Beatles' which is out on October13th.

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt talk to Gerry Beckley about his career as a founding member of America and his solo years.

America formed in 1970 and gave us timeless classics like ‘A Horse with No Name’, ‘Ventura Highway’ and ‘I Need You’. Winning a Grammy in 1973 and receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012. Horse is a billion streamer and Gerry recently released a solo album ‘Merciful’ in August.

He is a great storyteller, and as you will hear is a link to so many other guests and stories we have featured over the years on Rockonteurs.

Buy the album: https://www.gerrybeckley.com/

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt talk to the wonderful Kim Carnes about a lifetime making music.

On October 23rd Kim releases a stunning Box Set entitled ‘Kim Carnes - Universal Songs: The A&M, EMI America & MCA Years’. It is a 10 CD box set that includes some of her most loved tracks, bonus material and new mixes.

Kim talks to Guy and Gary about knowing she wanted to write songs from a really young age to writing with and recording with some of the all time greats. She’s a great storyteller and a true rockonteur.

Pre-Order Link https://kimcarnesmusic.lnk.to/universalsongs

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Rockonteurs returns with a BRAND NEW series. Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt are back behind the mic with the UK's No.1 music podcast and this week we are joined by an artist who has one of the most incredible voices.

We welcome the lovely Paul Carrack to the show. Paul is an English singer, songwriter and musician, known for his distinctive, soulful voice.

He has performed with bands including Ace, Squeeze and Mike + The Mechanics, as well as enjoying a successful solo career.

His catalogue of tracks include classics such as “How Long,” “Tempted” and “Over My Shoulder'.”

'The Country Side of Paul Carrack - Vol 2' is Out Now

Find out more at https://paulcarrack.net/

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It’s the last in the current series of Rockonteurs, and this one is something to ‘Shout’ about as we are joined by national treasure Lulu.

What a career, from the swinging 60s, to working with Bowie, endless touring with the very best, her own TV shows, and continued respect from across today’s younger artists - Lulu is a total tour de force!

Find out more about her upcoming live dates: www.luluofficial.com

Her new album ‘Let The Girl Sing’ is out on 4th September. Pre-order it here: https://lulu.tmstor.es/

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are a man down, as Guy is off sick, so Gary is flying solo with Deep Purple legends Ian Paice and Ian Gillan joining the podcast. It is a fascinating in-depth conversation about their career to date and the new brilliant album ‘Splat!’.

From the early days, to an evolving line up over the years through to this new, incredibly prolific period, Gary finds the Ian's in fine form and this new album is a career high. Watch the interview too on our YouTube page.

Find out more: http://www.deeppurple.com/

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome artist, DJ, A&R executive and the man that put the ‘M’ in M People - Mike Pickering to the podcast.

Mike talks to Gary and Guy about a life in music from seeing the Beatles aged just 8, to the early days of the Manchester music scene, the Hacienda, Factory Records and then starting M People.

This episode is a great companion to his new book which is out now called ‘Manchester Must Dance’ - which is getting rave reviews…if you pardon the pun.

Order the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manchester-Must-Dance-Madness-Moving/dp/1526190567

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome the acclaimed music video director Tim Pope to the show.

Tim has spent a lifetime directing music videos for some of the greatest artists of all time such as Hall and Oates, Iggy Pop, Paul Weller, David Bowie and of course, The Cure. In fact Tim has shot over 37 music videos for The Cure over the years and continues to work with the band. He has a book out later in the summer called ‘I Shoot Rock Stars: The Wild Adventures of a Music Video Director.

You can pre-order the book here: linktr.ee/IShootRockStars

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome Go Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine to the show.

She talks to Gary and Guy about her own career in music and also the new book from Blondie drummer Clem Burke that Kathy helped finish after his passing last year. Clem and Kathy were great friends for many decades and the book is a joyous and fascinating story that he started over 20 years ago. ‘The Other Side of the Dream’ is out now.

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This week we are joined by Foo Fighters lead guitarist Chris Shiflett. Chris joined the band in 1999 and talks to Gary and Guy about growing up a punk and rock fan, picking up the guitar, and how he found himself in one of the biggest rock bands in the world. He’s down the earth, a passionate music fan and, as we find out a fellow Gooner with Gary and they talk about Arsenal’s recent success.

Listen to Chris's solo work here: linktr.ee/chrisshiflettmusic

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, and as requested by Noel Gallagher, we welcome Dave Hill from Slade to the show.

With a range of tales from days on the road with Slade to his continued close relationship with Noddy, and we hear about his new record due out in the autumn. 'Dirty Foot Lane' is Dave's first ever solo LP and is produced by Noddy’s son Django Holder.

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This week performance poet John Cooper Clarke joins Gary and Guy to talk about his career, from his discovery of the powers of poetry at school to his status today as something of a national treasure. Always a fan of music, and galvanised by the Beatles and The Stones, he tried his hand playing bass in a band, but soon found he wanted to work with words, and began writing and performing his own poetry. In this episode he discusses Dylan, Ronnie Wood as a style icon and how being covered by the Arctic Monkeys has brought his work to the attention of billions.

John is touring the UK in October and November 2026 - find out more at linktr.ee/johncooperclarke

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a hugely talented artist and (another) bassist to the show, it’s Colin Greenwood of Radiohead.

Colin is the very definition of a Rockonteur, as he talks about his early influences, the “make or break” early days of his band, a working with Nick Cave. He also talks to Gary and Guy about the recent live dates from Radiohead that were so well received, reminding us all of the unique position Radiohead have created as the best alternative rock act in the world.

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are BACK and joined by founding member of Duran Duran, Nick Rhodes.

In a fascinating and utterly original conversation he talks to Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt about his early influences, starting the band in Birmingham and he tells a great story about hanging out with Andy Warhol in New York in the 80s.

Nick also talks about Duran Duran’s live show in Hyde Park this summer and the new music from the band that continues with the latest single ‘Free to Love’ featuring Nile Rodgers out on the 23rd April.

Listen to the new track here: https://orcd.co/freetolove

See Duran Duran live in London this summer and get tickets here: https://duranduran.com/

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by Japan and Porcupine Tree’s Richard Barbieri. Richard has one of music’s most distinctive voices and was a key architect of the late 80s/80s synthesiser revolution.

Richard talks to Guy and Gary about his eclectic and wide ranging influences and his new record ‘Hauntings’ which is his first album since 2021 - out on April 10th.

Find out more about the album and order it here:https://richardbarbieri.lnk.to/Hauntings

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This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by Greg Phillinganes. Greg is an incredible artist, keyboardist, vocalist, arranger and, as you’ll hear he can tell a pretty good story too! In this episode he talks to his good friends Guy Pratt and Gary Kemp about his work with Stevie Wonder, The Jacksons, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour to name but a few.

The stories come thick and fast and Greg is one of our favourites. This is a must listen from a good friend of the Rockonteurs.

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