As the Two Ronnies used to say, "In a packed program tonight" we have three very fine guests for episode 18.

First up Angus Burchall, long time drummer in the John Farnham Band, chats about how his adventures with John started and his latest recorded work as part of Horizon. Horizon features Angus, Brett Garsed (Episode 14), the late Stuart Fraser and Lee Bradshaw. Check out the album horizonmusic.com.au

My second guest is Australian Road Crew Association (ARCA) co-founder, Ian 'Piggy' Peel, a man with a thousand stories and a mission to see that everyone involved in the music industry - front and back of stage - is looked after. Piggy talks about how and why the Desk Tape albums came to be as the 50th album is released, starring The Kevin Borich Express https://australianroadcrew.com.au/

And before it's goodnight from me and goodnight from him, Candice Night talks about her new solo CD Sea Glass. The talented singer, songwriter and instrumentalist is best known as part of Blackmore's Night with her husband Ritchie (yes THAT Ritchie Blackmore) and as backing vocalist for Rainbow. Sea Glass is Candice's third solo release. www.candicenight.com

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The British musical invasion of the sixties might have been led by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones but Manfred Mann were in the front row of that first fleet of artists that dominated the charts and became the soundtrack of a generation. Who can forget songs like Pretty Flamingo, Mighty Quinn, Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Just Like a Woman, Come Tomorrow, Fox on the Run and at least a dozen more?

Tom McGuinness was a member of Manfred Mann through those halcyon days and shares his memories of those days as the band produced hit after hit. After Manfred Mann, he enjoyed more success with McGuinness Flint and then toured and recorded extensively with The Blues Band. Even today, Tom is performing with The Manfreds across Britain. It is a musical life chock full of great stories punctuated by the biggest hits of the day and it's all here.

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It is another very entertaining episode of The H Files with guests Steve Kilbey and Gary Sandy. Kilbey is one of the most original, outspoken and refreshing performers in Australian music and is not shy with his views on the business. As he prepares for a career retrospective tour of the country, he is in good form about the past, present and future.

American actor Gary Sandy was the star of WKRP in Cincinnati, a hugely successful seventies sitcom set in a radio station. Gary has carved out a successful acting career, mostly in theatre, since the heady days of playing Andy Travis, the program director of the fictitious radio station. He recalls many great stories from a very talented ensemble cast including Howard Hesseman, Loni Anderson and Gordon Jump.

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