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16/07/2016

Billy Sloan plays rock and pop including tracks written by Steve Earle, plus highlights the career of the late Scottish guitarist John McGeoch in Musical Chairs.

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. In this weekend's Musical Chairs feature Billy highlights the career of the late Scottish guitarist John McGeoch, credited with being one of the most innovative and influential guitarists of the post-punk era, he played in a number of bands, most notably Magazine, Visage, Siouxsie and The Banshees and Public Image Limited and also worked with Sugarcubes, Midge Ure & Ultravox, Heaven 17, Richard Jobson and Generation X. The Live and Dangerous tracks are from the live album 'The Concert For Bangladesh'. In Movie Moment Billy's playing 'Once I was' by Tim Buckley from the 1978 movie 'Coming Home' and in Classic Songwriters, there's tracks from the pen of Steve Earle.

2 hours, 55 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Jul 2016 22:00

Music Played

  • Ian Hunter

    Once Bitten, Twice Shy

    • Once Bitten Twice Shy (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Kevin McDermott Orchestra

    Are We Having A Good Time Yet?

    • Bedazzled.
    • Tula Records.
    • 003.
  • The Rolling Stones

    Bitch

    • Jump Back: Best Of The Rolling Stones.
    • Virgin.
  • Lissie

    Wild West

    • My Wild West.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
  • Scritti Politti

    Absolute

    • Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85.
    • Virgin.
  • The Armoury Show

    Castles In Spain

    • Waiting for The Floods.
    • Cherry Red.
    • 001.
  • Willie Nelson

    Always On My Mind

    • Willie Nelson - Collection.
    • Columbia.
  • Tim Buckley

    Once I Was

    • The Best Of Tim Buckley.
    • Rhino.
    • 008.
  • Kate Bush

    Sexual Healing

    • King Of The Mountain.
    • EMI.
    • 2.
  • Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters

    Money Honey

    • Atlantic Gold (Various Artists).
    • Warner.
    • 14.
  • David Bowie

    Star

    • The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.
    • EMI.
    • 007.
  • The Teardrop Explodes

    Treason (It's Just A Story)

    • Acoustic 80s (Various Artists).
    • Universal.
  • Teenage Fanclub

    I'm In Love

    • Here.
  • Jesse Garon and the Desperadoes

    I'm Up Here

    • C87.
    • Cherry Red.
    • 010.
  • Magazine

    The Light Pours Out Of Me

    • The Correct Use Of Soap.
    • Virgin.
    • 14.
  • Visage

    Visage

    • Best Of....
    • Polydor.
    • 001.
  • Future Islands

    Back In The Tall Grass

    • Singles.
    • 4AD.
    • 005.
  • Billy Preston

    That's The Way God Planned It

    • The Concert For Bangladesh.
    • Sony Music.
    • 006.
  • Faces

    Debris

    • A Nod Is As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse.
    • Warner Bros..
    • 6.
  • Stiff Little Fingers

    Barbed Wire Love

    • Assume Nothing. Question Everything.
    • EMI.
    • 011.
  • Beverley Knight & Jamie Cullum

    Private Number

    • Soulsville.
    • Rhino.
    • 003.
  • Frankie Valli

    You're Ready Now

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Mary J. Blige & U2

    One

    • U2 - Achtung Baby.
    • Island.
  • Pretenders

    Night In My Veins

    • The Pretenders - Greatest Hits.
    • Warner E.S.P..
  • The Strokes

    Hard To Explain

    • Is This It.
    • Rough Trade Records.
  • Steve Earle

    Copperhead Road

    • Steve Earle - Toe The Line.
    • MCA.
    • 1.
  • The Highwaymen

    The Devil's Right Hand

    • The Road Goes On Forever.
    • Liberty.
    • 001.
  • Martin Stephenson & Martin Stephenson and the Daintees

    Crocodile Cryer

    • Boat to Bolivia.
    • Metronome.
    • 001.
  • Cream

    Badge

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1969.
    • Premier.
  • Bow Wow Wow

    I Want Candy

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.
  • Adam and the Ants

    Physical

    • Dandy Highwaymen.
    • Music Club Deluxe.
    • 014.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Jul 2016 22:00