PREVIEW • REMEMBERING RUSS REGAN | ENCORE!

<p><strong>SHOW NOTES:</strong></p><p>Recorded: 7 August 2026  Released in full to REJ Platinum subscribers: 8 August 2026. Released on REJ Silver on 22 August 2026.</p><p>Presenter: George Matlock, Executive Producer: Hezikor Kadouri</p><p>Welcome to ENCORE! on REJ.World.</p><p>FULL EPISODE: Russ Regan opened the door for Elton John in the USA and saved the budding pianist&#39;s global career. As we mark the 56th anniversary of Elton&#39;s landmark Troubadour Club appearance on 25 August 1970, we pay tribute to Russ, with special guests Russ&#39;s son Daniel, journalist and record executive George Saadi and Troubadour eyewitness Rick Frio. Also enjoy Pinner&#39;s latest offering <em>The Night the Troubadour Took Off</em> as well as their 4th of July tribute <em>Freedom (Stars and Stripes in the Sky)</em>.</p><p>Photo: L-R: Elton, Russ, Neil Diamond</p><p>Read more about this episode on <a href="https://eltonjohn.world/preview-steve-wrights-jonathan-ruffle-encore/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠<strong>eltonjohn.world</strong>⁠⁠</a></p><p>To get this show the way the guests experienced it, sign up to <a href="https://rej.world/subscription/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠<strong>Platinum </strong>⁠⁠</a>today!</p>