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[Music] Sounds of the 70’s with Johnnie Walker



Icy Gull

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
Up there with the best radio programmes imo.

Always has decent music and interesting guests, today Jim Cregan. Played guitar in Family and Cockney Rebel as well as co writing and playing on Rod Stewart songs

Great Sunday afternoon radio although I accept you may have to be of a certain age :shrug:

Any other old codger fans of this programme on here?
 






Icy Gull

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
sams dad said:
I like Sounds of the Seventies, but my personal favourite is Sounds of the Sixties with Tony Blackburn
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Yeah I like TB but I also liked Brian Matthew who was the one who made the programme imo.

Fluff Freeman on a Saturday afternoon was also good listening, but many years ago now
 


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sams dad

I hate Palarse
Feb 7, 2004
6,383
The Hill of The Gun
Icy Gull said:
Yeah I like TB but I also liked Brian Matthew who was the one who made the programme imo.

Fluff Freeman on a Saturday afternoon was also good listening, but may years ago now
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Yes, Pick of the Pops with Fluff was great listening, especially if the featured years were in the 60’s or 70’s.
 


GT49er

GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
49,186
Gloucester
Icy Gull said:
Up there with the best radio programmes imo.

Always has decent music and interesting guests, today Jim Cregan. Played guitar in Family and Cockney Rebel as well as co writing and playing on Rod Stewart songs

Great Sunday afternoon radio although I accept you may have to be of a certain age :shrug:

Any other old codger fans of this programme on here?
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Family and Cockney Rebel? Wow - that's quit a mix!
 








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tigertim68

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Sep 3, 2012
2,624
Only trouble with Jonny walker show , the man does not like soul or disco music that was so popular in the 70s , I used to listen to him on Sunday afternoons but unless you like rock music , don’t listen
 




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FindonFan

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Jul 15, 2014
2,682
Yep, good show. Good selection of music and relevant info, plus very interesting guests.
 


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FindonFan

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Jul 15, 2014
2,682
tigertim68 said:
Only trouble with Jonny walker show , the man does not like soul or disco music that was so popular in the 70s , I used to listen to him on Sunday afternoons but unless you like rock music , don’t listen
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You are wrong. 3 or 4 weeks ago he devoted a whole Sunday afternoon show to Soul/Disco Music.
 








Ooh it’s a corner

Ooh it’s a corner

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Aug 28, 2016
5,542
Nr. Coventry
Yes - great programme - for me ‘63 to ‘84 was the best music period so JW’s show is spot on. Remember him on the lunchtime Radio 1 spot in this era and still have a cassette recording of his last programme - he went very West Coast of USA at that time and was always plugging the Eagles et al.
 


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tigertim68

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Sep 3, 2012
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FindonFan said:
You are wrong. 3 or 4 weeks ago he devoted a whole Sunday afternoon show to Soul/Disco Music.
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What one show in 10 years big deal , he does not like soul music , and the 70s was full of great soul music , all he is interested in is guitar based music , where as all the clubs played soul and disco
 






studio150

studio150

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Jul 30, 2011
30,229
On the Border
tigertim68 said:
What one show in 10 years big deal , he does not like soul music , and the 70s was full of great soul music , all he is interested in is guitar based music , where as all the clubs played soul and disco
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Has to take its turn with Prog Rock, Rock, Hard rock, Metal, Glam, Folk Rock, Pub Rock, Punk, New Wave, Synth, Pop, Reggae so there are far more guitar based genres.
 




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AnotherArch

Northern Exile
Apr 2, 2009
1,198
Stockport & M62
tigertim68 said:
What one show in 10 years big deal , he does not like soul music , and the 70s was full of great soul music , all he is interested in is guitar based music , where as all the clubs played soul and disco
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He used to play Percy Sledge's 'Warm and tender love' at the same time every night when he was on Radio Caroline, and I am sure he played more soul back then. I think going to America bent his brain and he sold out, trying to be cool.
 






LamieRobertson

LamieRobertson

Not awoke
Feb 3, 2008
48,421
SHOREHAM BY SEA
Not good news…headline of a DT article

BBC Radio 2 DJ Johnnie Walker told to ‘prepare to die at any moment’​

Presenter, 79, who has idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, says he’s ‘only got a finite amount of time’ as he pays tribute to wife Tiggy


…..more here

The couple spoke on a special BBC Sounds exclusive show, Walker and Walker: Johnnie and Tiggy, which aired to mark Carers Week.
 


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