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Jane Taylor plays live

Last Christmas, Bob played a track by Jane Taylor. Now she explains how it changed her life and has become the opening to a new seasonal musical.

Having been championed by Johnnie Walker on Radio 2 and then opening for Paulo Nutini and Jools Holland, Jane Taylor and her band started playing a Christmas song on her tour last December.

Mr Claus seemed to engage the imagination of her audiences so much that Jane decided to turn it into an actual story.

That story grew into a proverbial tale about a down and out Santa Claus who found himself quite lost in the high tech, order on line, modern world. The story then launched a series of songs that blossomed into a musical.

Bob played the opening song from the musical Oh December on Christmas Day 2011 and Jane returns tonight to play live and talk about her extraordinary year.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Sun 25 Nov 2012 00:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Jimi Hendrix

    Purple Haze

    • Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix.
    • MCA.
    • 112383-2.

  • The Gaslight Anthem

    Mae

    • Handwritten.
    • Mercury.
    • 2789417.

  • The Killers

    Miss Atomic Bomb

    • Battle Born.
    • Island.
    • n/a.

  • Marillion

    Beautiful

    • Afraid Of Sunlight.
    • EMI.
    • CDEMD-1079.

  • Bonnie Raitt

    The Road's My Middle Name

    • Nick Of Time.
    • CAPITOL.
    • CDP-7 91268 2.

  • Trampled by Turtles

    Midnight on the Interstate

    • Stars and Satellites.
    • Thirty Tigers.
    • BR09.

  • J Shogren & Shangai'd

    I Will See You Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    • God Bless These Crooked Little Songs.
    • JAHA.
    • 004.

  • The Monkees

    Daydream Believer

    • The Monkees.
    • RHINO.
    • R2-75269.

  • Simon Johnson

    Love to Watch You Laugh

    • CD Single: Mighty Village.
    • not.
    • given.

  • Yusuf Islam

    If I Laugh

    • Teaser & The Fire Cat.
    • ISLAND.
    • IMCD-104.

  • Mike Farris

    The Night The Cumberland Came Alive RECORDING

    • The Night The Cumberland Came Alive EP.
    • EOne Music.
    • CDREF-1.

  • Ben Harper

    Well, Well, Well

    • There Will Be A Light.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 7087-618752 25.

  • The Swan Silvertones

    Stand Up and Testify

    • Get Your Soul Right.
    • CHARLY.
    • CD CHARLY-221.

  • Johnny Nash

    I Can See Clearly Now

    • Perfect Day.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • SONYTV-42.

  • Elvis Costello

    Watching The Detectives

    • Girls! Girls! Girls!.
    • DEMON RECORDS.
    • D FIEND CD-160.

  • Diana Krall

    A Garden In The Rain

    • Love Scenes.
    • IMPULSE.
    • IMP-12342.

  • Bon Iver

    Down In The Willow Garden

    Artist: The Chieftains

    • Voices Of Ages.
    • UMC.
    • 7233437.

  • Jane Taylor on Bob Harris part One

    • Jane Taylor

      I Will Run To You

    • Jane Taylor

      Mr Claus

  • Elbow

    Scattered Black And Whites

    • Asleep In The Back.
    • V2.
    • VVR-1015882.

  • Ryan Adams

    Sylvia Plath

    • Gold.
    • Lost Highway Recordings.
    • 1702352-na.

  • Jane Taylor on Bob Harris Part Two

    • Jane Taylor

      Under A Sky

  • Patterson Hood

    Better Off Without

    • Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance.
    • Play It Again Sam.
    • PIASR 580 CDX.
    • 4.

  • Neil Young

    From Hank To Hendrix

    • Harvest Moon.
    • REPRISE.
    • 09362-45057-2.

  • The Storys

    Bob Harris Jingle

    • Single.
    • NA.
    • na-00.

  • Buddy Holly

    Peggy Sue

    • Buddy Holly.
    • SEQUEL RECORDS.
    • NEM CD-630.

  • Jeff Finlin

    Angel In Disguise

    • Angels In Disguise.
    • Korova.
    • NFI-NFI.

  • Ryan Bingham

    The Road I'm On

    • Tomorrowland.
    • Axster Bingham Records.
    • Thirty Tigers.

  • Shawn Colvin

    Someday

    • Cover Girl.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • COL-477240 2.

  • The Moody Blues

    The Land of Make Believe

    • Seventh Sojourn.
    • Threshold.
    • 984-550-7.

  • Midlake

    Small Mountains RECORDING

    • The Courage of Others.
    • Cooperative Music.
    • cdref-1.

  • Kate Rusby

    The Lark

    Artist: Nic Jones

    • 20.
    • Island Records.
    • Island Records 21-9-12 41.

  • Tracy Grammer

    Winter When he Goes

    • Flower of Avalon.
    • Signature Sounds.
    • SIG-1292.

  • Spillane, Davy With Mairtin O'connor And Milladoir

    Callow Lake

    • A Place Among The Stones.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 476-9302.

  • Traffic

    Holy Ground

    • Far From Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.
    • VIRGIN.
    • CDV-2727.

  • Joe Brown

    I'll See You In My Dreams

    • The Ukulele Album.
    • Joe Brown Records.
    • UGCD 008.

  • George Harrison

    Got My Mind Set On You

    • The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992.
    • Parlophone.
    • Darkh-002.

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  • Sun 25 Nov 2012 00:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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