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Billy Boy Arnold Special

Cerys chats to one of her musical heroes the blues legend Billy Boy Arnold. Billy talks about growing up in Chicago, meeting Sonny Boy Williamson, and giving Bo Diddley his name.

Cerys chats to one of her musical heroes the blues legend Billy Boy Arnold. Billy talks about growing up in Chicago, meeting Sonny Boy Williamson, and giving Bo Diddley his name. He also reveals why he chose to wrote about his life in his new autobiography, The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold, out now.

From cutting edge contemporary sounds to scratchy old vinyl from the past, whether it’s from Memphis, Mali, or Manchester, no stone is left unturned in the search for the best of the blues. With live guest sessions and interviews, alongside blues voices from the archives.

57 minutes

Last on

Mon 28 Feb 2022 21:00

Music Played

  • Marcia Ball, Charles

    Party Town

  • Etran de L?AΒ‹r

    Karade Marhane

  • Billy Boy Arnold

    1-2-99

  • Tommy Dorsey

    Boogie Woogie

  • Glenn Miller

    Tuxedo Junction

  • Sonny Boy Williamson

    Got The Bottle Up and Gone

  • Lil Green

    Why Don?t You Do Right

  • Bo Diddley

    I?m A Man

  • Little Walter

    Juke

  • The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton

    I Wish You Would

  • Billy Boy Arnold

    Sweet Miss Bea

  • Sonny Boy Williamson

    Jivin? The Blues

  • Jackie Venson

    One Step Forward

  • Lady Blackbird

    Fix It

  • Gov’t Mule

    Snatch It Back and Hold It

Broadcast

  • Mon 28 Feb 2022 21:00