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Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker 

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Johnnie Walker plays classic tracks from the Seventies

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16/12/2012

Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker, It's coming on Christmas

Johnnie looks at the career of Joni Mitchell in the '70s and talks to Deacon Blue.

Johnnie looks back at the incredible body of work by Joni Mitchell in the 1970s, and talks to Deacon Blue about their musical education during that decade.

This week Johnnie catches up with Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh from Deacon Blue. 

The band had huge hits in the 1980s and 90s including Dignity and Real Gone Kid and, in My 70s, they tell us all about their musical education in the - growing up separately in Scotland, forming Deacon Blue and getting married. They talk about listening to Johnnie on the radio, what featured in their record collections and how they first discovered music.

Johnnie also revisits the life and music of Joni Mitchell. For many, she defined the era of the singer-songwriter. As her studio albums from 1968-1979 are re-issued in a new boxset, Johnnie picks his favourite tracks, plays archive audio of Joni herself and tells the story of the albums that have influenced countless artists such as Patti Smith, Chrissie Hynde and Courtney Love.

Amazing music. Played by an amazing line up.

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