S4E6: Peter Asher
Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt
Rhino UK
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2022
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
This week on Rockonteurs Guy and Gary chat with Peter Asher.
Singer, songwriter, manager, and producer, he is another gentleman of the swinging 60s.
Half of Peter and Gordon, he was very close to The Beatles and Peter and Gordon’s debut single was even a Lennon and McCartney number.
As a record executive, Peter helped shape the careers of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt to name but two. He is full of fascinating stories, and this is another genuine rockonteur.
Rockonteurs is produced by Ben Jones for Gimme Sugar Productions.
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| 0:32.0 | Hi Guy. |
| 0:33.0 | Hello Gary. |
| 0:35.0 | I wanted to tell you a story because I saw Tim Rice this week, a rock on tour as well from the past. |
| 0:42.0 | Yes, a sound and fine rock on tour as well from the past. Yes, a sound and fine rock on tour. |
| 0:45.0 | What a showbiz life you lead? |
| 0:47.0 | I know, I do. |
| 0:48.0 | Was it in London's fashionable West End? |
| 0:51.0 | Well, not after we've done that obviously. And we were talking about |
| 0:57.4 | Angie Lou Golden. He told me that Tim, when Tim was a young man, before I guess he saw himself as a lyricist, he saw himself as a potential singer and he made a cassette for or whatever you made in those days tapes. A demo tape, a demonstration. for |
| 1:15.0 | a demo tape, a demonstration tape. |
| 1:16.0 | For Andrew Lou Golden, which he sent to Andrew |
| 1:19.0 | in hope that you know, |
| 1:20.0 | whose Andrew was the happening young thing, |
| 1:22.0 | he'd get management or he'd get a he'd get a record contract or something. |
| 1:24.8 | Right. Immediately in fact. |
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