Leo Sayer has met everyone – rock legends, sport superstars, future presidents …

Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:22 - First gig: Lonnie Donegan 03:44 - Designing Catch A Fire's sleeve 07:08 - The harmonica years 09:20 - Writing for other artists 14:30 - Adam Faith's Fortnum & Mason office 16:51 - Sharing a plane with Muhammad Ali 19:51 - The most impressive person 24:03 - Top-of-the-world 28:16 - Essential songs ---- Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock going:   / wordinyourear   ----- Leo Sayer burst onto national telly in 1973 dressed as a Pierrot with the Show Must Go On launching a 50-year career in colourful company – songwriters, boxing legends, swindling managers, scurrilous socialites – and learning a great deal in the process. “Don’t underestimate the idiots!” is the hard-won advice. He’s touring in October and joins us here from Australia to look back at … … how he and Linda Ronstadt escaped from Trump’s gruesome penthouse … walking through Memphis dressed as a clown … seeing Lonnie Donegan invent skiffle, Dylan at the Albert Hall and Bob Marley at the Lyceum from the side of the stage … when Paul Kossoff asked him to audition for Free … designing record sleeves for Marley, Roger Daltrey, Humble Pie and Quintessence … “I’m the Forrest Gump of the music industry – nearly there!” … “working with Adam Faith was like having Marlon Brando as your acting coach” … the advice Paul McCartney gave him in 1973 … “Do you mind if I vomit in your shoe?” … and a week in a training camp with Muhammad Ali. Order Leo Sayer tickets here: https://tix.to/LeoLive26 Order the ‘Leothology’ box-set here: https://www.roughtrade.com/product/le...