Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera, Ray "Gitarzan" Stevens and The Outsiders

He’s a guitarist who’s played with Roxy Music since 1972; he’s produced albums and tracks for David Gilmour, Pink Floyd and Rod Stewart as well as for New Zealand’s Split Enz. Today PHIL MANZANERA has a new solo album with Crowded House's Tim Finn and he joins me this week to talk about how he and his friend collaborated on it. Phil also chats about his time in Roxy Music; how he joined the band, what it was like and how excited he is to be heading out on tour again with the guys for Roxy Music's 50th anniversary tour. The year was 1965 and in Cleveland Ohio, a teenage band called Tom King and The Starfires pooled their meagre resources to record an original song. The tune was called  "Time Won't Let Me" and to their greatest surprise, the song began to receive radio airplay. The band became an overnight hit-sensation and with a name change, the youngsters became known as THE OUTSIDERS.  For a while they were on top of the world as a One-Hit-Wonder but as we hear from RICKY B this week, success didn't last too long. He’s a twelve-time nominated and two-time GRAMMY Award winner. He’s sold more than 40 million albums, has been making music for more than 60 years and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2019. It's my absolute pleasure this week to introduce you to Mr. 'Gitarzan' RAY STEVENS whose music I certainly grew up with –and I know you probably did too. What a treat conducting an interview with Ray. Don’t miss hearing how all of those famous comedy songs came about and what Ray is up to today. Would you like to hear from someone special? I'd love to bring a guest onto the show just for you. If there's a musician from the 60's, 70's or 80's that you'd like to catch up with, simply send me a message through the website, www.abreathoffreshair.com.au and I'll chase them up on your behalf. Maybe you'd like to say hi too? All can be arranged.  Send me a message, subscribe to the podcast and if you feel inclined, leave me a review too? It would really mean a lot to me.  Happy listening, love Sandy