# Slade drummer Don Powell joins Rockonteurs Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/rockonteurs-with-gary-kemp-and-guy-pratt-6426963/slade-drummer-don-powell-joins-rockonteurs Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/rockonteurs-with-gary-kemp-and-guy-pratt-6426963/slade-drummer-don-powell-joins-rockonteurs.md Podcast: [Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rockonteurs-with-gary-kemp-and-guy-pratt-6426963) Published: 2026-02-08T00:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://rockonteurs.com/ Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/rockonteurs-with-gary-kemp-and-guy-pratt/e/6985b08a45f62cfe94d5e33a/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rockonteurs-with-gary-kemp-and-guy-pratt-6426963/episodes/slade-drummer-don-powell-joins-rockonteurs Duration seconds: 4712 ## Resource This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we are joined by Slade drummer Don Powell.  Gary is very excited as Slade are one of the first bands he ever saw on stage and their live shows remain utterly legendary. Don was and remains a childhood hero! In this episode Don chats to Guy and Gary about how the band got together, his musical influences, the huge success the band enjoyed in the 70s, and a remarkable tale about the devastating accident that changed his life in 1973. Instagram @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @thedonpowellband @gimmesugarproductions    Listen to the podcast and watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel. YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteurs Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Rockonteurs TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@therockonteurs Produced for WMG UK by Ben Jones at Gimme Sugar Productions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rockonteurs-with-gary-kemp-and-guy-pratt-6426963/episodes/slade-drummer-don-powell-joins-rockonteurs/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/rockonteurs-with-gary-kemp-and-guy-pratt-6426963/slade-drummer-don-powell-joins-rockonteurs.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.