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Let It Rock: Blues rock classics from Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Cream and Gary Moore

Continuing Radio 2's Bank Holiday rock theme with the best in classic blues rock sounds. Including Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company and Cream.

Continuing Radio 2's Bank Holiday rock theme with the best in classic blues rock sounds. Including Led Zeppelin's reinterpretation of Memphis Minnie's 1929 hit When The Levee Breaks, Big Mama Thornton's Ball And Chain in the version made famous by Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Robert Johnson's Crossroads as performed by Cream in 1968 at Winterland in San Francisco. Plus just a few of the blues sounds that pointed the way to what would become known as rock & roll as performed by Memphis Slim, Jimmy Preston and Chuck Berry.

57 minutes

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Mon 28 Aug 2017 19:00
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Music Played

  • Chuck Berry

    Let It Rock

    • Let It Rock (Just About As Good As It Gets).
    • Smith & Co.

  • Sean Chambers

    Bullfrog Blues

    • Trouble & Whiskey.
    • American Showplace.

  • Gov’t Mule

    Stone Cold Rage

    • Revolution Come Revolution Go.
    • Fantasy.

  • Led Zeppelin

    When The Levee Breaks

    • Led Zeppelin 4.
    • WArner.

  • Van Robinson

    Basis Of Rock & Roll

    • Unlock The Lock: The Kent Record Story Vol 1.
    • Ace.

  • Memphis Slim

    Rockin' The House

    • Race Records 1942-1955.
    • FREMAUX ET ASSOCIES.

  • Jimmy Preston

    Rock This Joint

    • Race Records 1942-1955.
    • FREMAUX ET ASSOCIES.

  • Bib Mama Thornton

    I Smell A Rat

    • Race Records 1942-1955.
    • Fremaux et Associes.

  • Big Brother & the Holding Company

    Ball & Chain (feat. Janis Joplin)

    • Cheap Thrills.
    • CBS.

  • Gary Moore

    Stone Free

    • Blues For Jimi.
    • Eagle.

  • Cream

    Crossroads

    • Wheels Of Fire.
    • Polydor.

  • Bernie Marsden

    Trouble (feat. David Coverdale)

    • Shine.
    • PROVOGUE.

Broadcast

  • Mon 28 Aug 2017 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2