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Stuart Epps - After Dinner Speaker & Legendary Record Producer

Few after-dinner speakers can say they were there as Elton John took his first steps towards superstardom, toured America at his side, witnessed John Lennon’s historic final live appearance, worked inside the studio with Led Zeppelin and George Harrison, and later found themselves recording with the stars of the Britpop era.

Stuart Epps can.

A renowned British record producer, engineer and music industry insider, Stuart has spent more than five decades behind the scenes with some of the most influential names in popular music. Today, he brings that extraordinary career to the stage, giving audiences a genuinely first-hand journey through rock ’n’ roll history.

This isn’t somebody retelling stories they’ve researched. Stuart was in the room.

Working With Elton John & Other Legends

Stuart’s signature talks take audiences behind the records, tours, studios and personalities that shaped modern popular music.

Combining wonderfully candid storytelling with rare photographs, music, video and archive material, Stuart creates something closer to a live, backstage scrapbook than a traditional after-dinner speech. His presentations can feature more than 170 photographs and videos gathered across an extraordinary career.

Expect stories of Elton John, John Lennon, George Harrison, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Chris Rea, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Robbie Williams, Mark Owen, Oasis and many more - told by someone who knew and worked alongside them.

There are tales of recording sessions and landmark albums, private moments with globally famous musicians, eccentric behaviour behind studio doors, the realities of life on the road and the personalities behind some of rock and pop’s most recognisable names.

Just as importantly, Stuart tells them with warmth and humour. His style is conversational, unpretentious and refreshingly human. Rather than putting rock stars on a pedestal, he reveals the talented, funny, complicated and occasionally chaotic people behind the mythology.

What Music Does Stuart Cover?

Stuart’s career provides a soundtrack spanning some of the most important decades in British and international popular music. His stories naturally move through classic rock, rock ’n’ roll, singer-songwriter music, blues, soul, pop and Britpop, with particularly strong connections to the music of the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s.

The music isn't simply a theme for Stuart's talk. It is his working life.

What Can Your Audience Expect?

Booking Stuart gives guests access to the side of music history most people never get to see.

He can take an audience from a teenage office boy discovering unreleased Beatles records at Dick James Music to the birth of Elton John’s career; from multimillion-pound recording studios and analogue tape machines to Led Zeppelin sessions; and from the excesses of 1970s rock to Britpop and the modern digital recording industry.

The result is part after-dinner entertainment, part music history and part extraordinary personal memoir.

Audiences can expect:

• First-hand stories about some of the biggest artists in music history
• Rare photographs, recordings, music and video woven into the presentation
• Funny and unexpected stories from studios, tours and life behind the scenes
• Fascinating insight into how famous records were actually made
• Stories charting recording technology from analogue tape to today's digital world
• A candid look at the personalities behind the celebrity image
• Lessons from more than 50 years spent surviving and adapting in an ever-changing creative industry
• The opportunity to hear music history from somebody who actually helped make it

There is nostalgia here, certainly - but Stuart offers considerably more than a greatest-hits trip down memory lane. His perspective on creativity, talent, technology, resilience, collaboration and adapting to change gives his story relevance far beyond dedicated music fans.

Perfect For

Stuart is well suited to informal after dinner speaking engagements, golf clubs, theatres, cruise ships, music-industry events, universities and specialist music audiences.

And for music schools, universities and industry audiences, Stuart can go deeper into recording, production, engineering and the changing business of music - drawing on experience that stretches from cutting discs and copying tape in the 1960s to producing artists in the digital era.

Booking Options

After-Dinner Speaker

An entertaining, story-led appearance designed for dinners, corporate hospitality and private events. This is an excellent choice when you want a recognisable music-industry name who can hold a mixed audience without requiring everyone in the room to be a music obsessive.

Working With Elton John & Other Legends

Stuart’s multimedia live show takes audiences through his remarkable career using stories, photographs, music and video. Ideal for theatres, arts centres, cruises and longer-form entertainment where audiences can properly immerse themselves in the characters and events he encountered.

Fireside Conversations

Stuart’s experiences can be shaped around the wider lessons of a lifetime in the creative industries -  including innovation, changing technology, collaboration, identifying talent and remaining relevant through more than five decades of disruption. A strong option for conferences and business audiences wanting something very different from a conventional corporate speaker.

Music Industry Talk / Masterclass

For colleges, universities, music schools, producers and aspiring artists, Stuart can draw more deeply on the practical side of his career: recording, engineering, production, artist development and the transition from analogue recording to the modern digital industry.

Q&A / Audience Conversation

With a career containing this many artists, albums and encounters, a Q&A is a natural addition. It gives audiences the opportunity to dig into the artists, records and periods they are most fascinated by and can make Stuart's appearance feel especially personal and interactive.

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