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BBC Radio 2 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Light Programme.

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Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker 

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Music: Classic Pop & Rock

Johnnie Walker plays classic tracks from the Seventies

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Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker : Fairport Convention's Dave Pegg

Fairport Convention's Dave Pegg

08/03/2015

Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker, Fairport Convention's Dave Pegg

Fairport Convention's Dave Pegg talks to Johnnie about the influential folk group.

Fairport Convention's Dave Pegg talks to Johnnie about the influential folk group and his memories of the 1970s.

Fairport Convention's bassist Dave Pegg is in conversation with Johnnie talking about the influential folk group and his memories from the decade. 

He shares his stories of joining the band in the 1970s for their successful album Full House, and becoming the group's most constant member for the last four decades. Dave looks back at working on some of the significant records from the era including Nick Drake's Bryter Layter and John Martyn's Solid Air. 

Also on the show, Johnnie will revisit a moment from the decade courtesy of the BBC archive and another classic seven-inch single will be added into Johnnie's Jukebox.

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