This Channel 4 music programme was hosted by Rick Wakeman and session musician Tony Ashton – in a pub setting with an atmosphere of boozy affability – and featured a mix of interviews with “non-current” (ie: ageing) rock stars and impromptu jam sessions.
The guest artists joined Rick and Tony with their house band to play versions of their classic songs, or new pieces created for the show, in a loving homage to old-fashioned rock musicianship.
While the clumsy interviews conducted over a drink at the bar were rather endearing, the jamming was uniformly dire – reducing even Gene Vincent to a funereal pace.
