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09/01/2016

Billy Sloan plays the best in rock and pop music. In Musical Chairs, he highlights the career of Pete Townshend, while in Classic Songwriters he plays tracks written by Mike Scott.

Billy Sloan plays the very best in pop and rock music from Scotland's greats as well as the rest of the world with regular features Spin The Globe and Early Morning Soul. This weekend's Musical Chairs highlights the career of singer/songwriter and musician Pete Townshend, lead guitarist and songwriter for The Who, solo career and also collaborated with Thunderclap Newman, Alfie Boe, David Bowie & Prefab Sprout. In Movie Moment Billy's playing 'America ' from the Cast of West Side Story. The Live and Dangerous tracks are from Big Country's Live album 'Come Up Screaming', recorded at the Shepherds Bush Empire and Glasgow's Barrowlands in May 2000 and in Classic Songwriters, Billy plays tracks from the pen of Scottish singer/songwriter and musician Mike Scott.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sat 9 Jan 2016 22:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Joe Jackson

    I'm the Man

    • This Is It: The A&M Years – 1979–1989.
    • A&M Records.
    • 011.

  • R.E.M.

    Finest Worksong

    • The Best Of REM.
    • IRS.
    • 15.

  • Dan Dugmore, Edwards, Kenny, Don Grolnick, Rick Marotta, Waddy Wachtel & Linda Ronstadt

    Tumbling Dice

    • Greatest Hits, Volume Two.
    • Asylum Records.
    • 009.

  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

    Ohio

    • So Far.
    • Atlantic.
    • 005.

  • Woodenbox

    Life Decays

    • Foreign Organ.
    • Olive Grove Records.
    • 2.

  • Rickie Lee Jones

    J'ai Connais Pas

    • The Other Side Of Desire.
    • TOSOD.
    • 001.

  • Cast

    America

    • West Side Story.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

    Give My Compliments To The Chef

    • Tomorrow Belongs To Me.
    • Vertigo.
    • 006.

  • Ruby Blue

    Midnight Road

    • Down From Above.
    • Fontana.
    • 010.

  • The Nectarine β„–9

    Constellations Of A Vanity

    • Constellations Of A Vanity.
    • Beggars Banquet.
    • 001.

  • David Bowie

    I Can't Give Everything Away

    • Blackstar.
    • Columbia.
    • 007.

  • The Jam

    The Butterfly Collector

    • Acoustic 80's.
    • Universal.
    • 19.

  • Foggy City Orphan

    Rocket

    • Rocket.
    • 001.

  • The Who

    Eminence Front

    • Thirty Years of Maximum R&B.
    • MCA Records.
    • 017.

  • Thunderclap Newman

    Something In The Air

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • X-Phonics Records.

  • Emma Pollock

    Parks And Recreation

    • In Search of Harperfield.
    • Chemikal Underground.

  • Big Country

    King of Emotion

    • Come Up Screaming.
    • Track Records.
    • 002.

  • Big Country

    Fields Of Fire

    • Come Up Screaming.
    • Track Records.
    • 010.

  • Louise Rutkowski

    Help Me

    • Diary of A Lost Girl.
    • Jock Records.
    • 005.

  • Charles & Eddie

    Would I Lie To You?

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Jim Diamond

    Holy Cow

    • City Of Soul.
    • Camino Records.
    • 004.

  • CHVRCHES

    Empty Threat

  • Ian Dury & the Blockheads

    Inbetweenies

    • The Best of Ian Dury and The Blockheads.
    • Disky.
    • 008.

  • The Waterboys

    And a Bang on the Ear

    • And A Bang On The Ear.
    • Ensign.
    • 1.

  • Tom Jones

    Strange Boat

    • Carrying A Torch.
    • Dover.
    • 001.

  • Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith & Alice Cooper

    Under My Wheels

    • The Beast of Alice Cooper.
    • Warner Bros. Records.
    • 002.

  • Cream

    Born Under A Bad Sign

    • Those Were the Days.
    • Polydor.
    • 008.

  • Tina Turner

    I Don't Wanna Fight

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Bow Wow Wow

    Go Wild In The Country

    • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
    • Global Television.

Broadcast

  • Sat 9 Jan 2016 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland