{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ff0586154e2a73589267809/68d182da1215b9b4f6c37aee?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Van and Fairport make the perfect send-off, Robert Redford & the best-looking rock stars","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ff0586154e2a73589267809/1758560674373-06a932cd-6749-42bf-93bd-37c1dbe02731.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On the menu at the rock and roll state banquet …</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Into the Mystic, Meet On The Ledge, In My Life, Tom Waits’ Take It With Me and other perfect songs for a last farewell</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the day we joined the world’s best band</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Robert Redford’s blinding handsomeness and the greatest moment – all three seconds of it – in Butch Cassidy And the Sundance Kid</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… best-looking rock stars</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… were the Shadows really a UK Eurovision entry?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… “very special guests” and the new age of the stadium rock “bring-on”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… how John Prine and Iris DeMent won the big door prize</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… “the movie camera is the biggest lie-detector in the world”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… strange double bills of our time - the Foo Fighters and Rick Astley, Bo Diddley and the Clash</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Plus Cary Grant smoking, watching Brad Pitt do ordinary things and birthday guest Steven Way on the subtle billing of support acts.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: </strong><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear</a></p>","author_name":"Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold"}