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Johnnie's guest is the revered guitar player, Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, who was in Booker T and the MGs. And Janis Ian recalls her favourite music of the decade.

Johnnie's guest is the revered guitar player, Steve "The Colonel" Cropper. As guitarist in the iconic Stax Records house band, Booker T and the MGs, he's the axeman on classic hits from Otis Redding, Rufus and Sam & Dave with writing credits that include In The Midnight Hour, Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay and Knock On Wood.

Johnnie takes Steve back to the start of the 70s, when he left Stax to plough his own furrow. He talks about working with Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck and John Lennon and the short-lived reunion of Booker T & The MGs before the devastating murder of drummer Al Jackson. The 70s also saw the birth of the Blues Brothers with "The Colonel" backing Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi first for a sketch on Saturday Night Live and then in a major Hollywood film.

Also on the show singer-songwriter Janis Ian recalls the 70s, a decade of Grammy - winning success with the hit At Seventeen, which she also performed on the first ever episode of the hit US TV show, Saturday Night Live. She picks her favourite music of the decade and recalls her foray into disco with Giorgio Moroder and Fly Too High.

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Music Played

  • Sweet

    Fox On The Run

  • Emmylou Harris

    C'est la vie

    • Profile.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Featured Album: Out Of The Blue

    • Electric Light Orchestra

      Summer And Lightning

  • The Undertones

    Jimmy Jimmy

    • The Undertones - Teenage Kicks.
    • Castle.

  • Yvonne Fair

    It Should Have Been Me

    • The Motown Collection (Disc 2).
    • Telstar.

  • Poco

    A Good Feelin' To Know

  • My 70s: Janis Ian

    • Janis Ian

      At Seventeen

  • Melanie

    Brand New Key

  • Paul Simon

    Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover

  • Carole King

    It's Too Late

  • David Bowie

    Fame

  • The Pioneers

    Let Your Yeah Be Yeah

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • Lou Reed

    Sweet Jane (Live)

  • Featured Album: Out Of The Blue

    • Electric Light Orchestra

      Mr. Blue Sky

  • Hour 2

    • Steve Miller Band

      Take The Money And Run

      • Ultimate Hits (Deluxe Edition).
      • Virgin EMI Records.
      • 12.

  • Buggles

    Video Killed The Radio Star

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artist.
    • Telstar.

  • Kraftwerk

    Autobahn

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • David Bowie

    Heroes

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Pretenders

    Brass In Pocket

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Helen Reddy

    I Am Woman

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Capitol.
    • 8.

  • In conversation with Steve Cropper

    • John Lennon

      Be Bop A Lula

  • Blues Brothers

    Soul Man

  • Rod Stewart

    Stone Cold Sober

  • Featured Album: Out Of The Blue

    • Electric Light Orchestra

      Sweet Talkin' Woman

  • Albert Hammond

    Free Electric Band

    • The Very Best Of Albert Hammond.
    • CBS.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Sun 16 Oct 2011 15:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2