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Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

Best of... Guitar Heroes

Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

Rhino UK

Pop, Interviews, Music, Rock

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Ahead of the return of Gary and Guy with more brand-new episodes of Rockonteurs, here is the first of a few ‘Best Of’ episodes. Starting with ‘Guitar Heroes’ – featuring the likes of Johnny Marr, Scott Gorham, Steve Van Zandt, Noel Gallagher, Nile Rodgers, Mike Campbell, Phil Manzanera, and Joan Armatrading.

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This episode was produced by Ian Callaghan for Gimme Sugar Productions.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello Guy. It's been a while. It's been a while, but so we've compiled or we haven't. We haven't been sitting here with

0:09.7

we've done nothing. We've done nothing go. We've had our feet up on a sun lounger somewhere haven't we?

0:15.6

I wish. Not together by the way I have to say we don't share a sun lounger do we?

0:19.6

No we do I like that I think our listeners should imagine us as this sort of more come and wise

0:25.4

couple holidaying in Eastbourne

0:28.2

exactly staying in Mrs Muggin's B and B sharing a bed with a record player and a few vinyl records were taken down with us.

0:36.2

Exactly, and then just scouring the local flea markets for kind of rare stack ridge.

0:54.0

So our lovely producer Ian has compiled a few episodes which we're going to be playing, you'll be able to get over the next few weeks. Yeah, to fill in. And we're starting off with guitar heroes.

0:58.2

Yeah, yeah, we are. And we're going to have a few clips from the various guitar heroes that we've had on.

1:03.0

Who are we going to be listening to today? We got Mike Campbell from Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac,

1:07.7

Joan Arma Trading, Johnny Ma, Noel Rogers, and Phil Manzanera.

1:14.3

Mansanera, yeah, good friend of yours, yeah.

1:16.3

I had the most amazing, sorry, the one little little tip bit I do want to put in was the other

1:22.4

week I had the incredible honor of

1:24.8

playing in a super group at John Wetens memorial and all three of them were

1:30.8

alumni of rock on turs It was Phil Manzanera, Chris Difford, and the man who hasn't played drums for 20 years, Bill Bruford.

1:41.5

And you played with Bill, didn't you? Yeah we played let's stick together. Wow. I mean people have been

1:46.7

freaking out about that on the internet saying you know about time this is something we've always

1:50.8

wanted you know Guy Pratt and Bill Bruford rhythm section,

1:54.4

I don't remember anybody ever wanting that.

1:57.0

Yeah, yeah, said no one person did say.

2:00.6

Someone said, well, in all of my fantasy band lineups, I never had kind of Guy Pratt and Bill Brufford on my bingo card.

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