Rupert Orton
Presents Pink Lemonade
on Totally Wired Radio
Monthly, Friday 4-6pm - totallywiredradio.com
Friday 9 August 2024, 4-6pm
with special guest
SWAMP DOGG
Rupert & Swamp chat about how his astonishing new album Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St came together, working as an A&R man for Atlantic in the 60’s, the birth of Swamp Dogg in 1970 and how he predated Snoop with the double GG by 20 years and a ton of fascinating stories from 7 decades in the business. There's also new music from Yee Loi, Jack White, CCAdcock, Chuck Prophet Official, Beachwood Sparks plus show & tour previews for The Courettes , Terry Reid , The Hanging Stars and Cedric Burnside and lots more.
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with special guest
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08.04.22
with special guest
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with special guest
Allan Jones
Author of
Can't Stand Up for Falling Down: Rock'n'Roll War Stories
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Red Rooster Festival preview
with special guests
Richard Hawley
And lots more...
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with special guest
Paul Gorman
Author of The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren
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Rupert Orton
Rupert Orton is a life long music obsessive and the creative force behind PRB Presents – a promotion agency that specialises in bringing over US roots artists to tour in Europe. Rupert is also the Music Director of Red Rooster Festival, promoter of The Gunton Festival and manages a number of artists including Daddy Long Legs from Brooklyn, New York.
Prior to PRB Presents Rupert was founder member and guitarist of The Jim Jones Revue who had worldwide success before splitting in 2014. Before The JJR Rupert was the music programmer for sorely missed East End venue The Spitz in Spitalfields Market which was the home for his legendary Not The Same Old Blues Crap nights.
