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Johnnie revives the spirit of freeform American FM radio and plays artists nurtured by 'underground' stations.

Johnnie revives the spirit of freeform American radio heard in the late '60s and the 1970s and plays a selection of the records heard on FM rock stations.

Tonight's show includes tracks by Country Joe & The Fish, The Doobie Brothers, The Doors and Tonto's Expanding Headband. There is also an archive recording of the founding father of FM radio - DJ Tom Donahue broadcasting on KSAN in San Francisco.

57 minutes

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Sat 3 May 2014 20:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Van Morrison

    DOMINO

    From His Band and the Street Choir (1970) - Top Ten American hit

  • The Doors

    STRANGE DAYS

    Title track of their second album Strange Days (1967)

  • Judee Sill

    JESUS WAS A CROSS MAKER

    From her debut LP released 1971

  • The Beach Boys

    SURFΓ•S UP

    From the album SurfΓ•s Up (1971)

  • Chicago

    WISHINΓ• YOU WERE HERE

    From Chicago VII (1974)

  • The Band

    LIFE IS A CARNIVAL

    From the album Cahoots (1971)

  • Country Joe and the Fish

    HERE I GO AGAIN

    From the album Here We Go Again (1969)

  • Santana

    OYE COMO VA

    From their second album Abraxas (1970)

  • Stoneground

    RAINY DAY IN JUNE

    From their debut album Stoneground (1971)

  • The Kinks

    CELLULOID HEROES

    From the album EverybodyΓ•s In Show-Biz (1974)

  • Tonto’s Expanding Head Band

    CYBERNAUT

    From the album Zero Time (1971)

  • The Doobie Brothers

    SOUTH CITY MIDNIGHT LADY

    From their third album The Captain And Me (1973)

  • Frankie Miller

    BE GOOD TO YOURSELF

    From the album Full House (1977)

Broadcast

  • Sat 3 May 2014 20:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2