With the Dawn Patrol
Including at 6.15 Pause for Thought with Nick Baines.
including at 9.15
Pause for Thought with RoyJenkins.
PHONE the Comment Line on [number removed] or the Question Line on [number removed] between
11.45am and 1.45pm
In the run-up to tonight's CMA Awards - broadcast live from Nashville at 12.55am-
Barraclough is backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, accompanied by a line-up of some of the biggest acts in country, discussing the favourites and delivering the best gossip.
Featuring the best in folk, roots and acoustic-based music.
Last in a series in which Suzi Quatro presents classics from the late fifties to the early seventies. The final soul songwriter spotlight is on Don Covay (C/ia/n ofFoo/s and See Saw).
Paul Gambaccini pays musical tribute to the city of Philadelphia, exploring its contributions to soul, R'n' B and rock 'n'roll.
This chapter profiles early Philly-area rockers like Bill Haley, Danny and the Juniors (At the Hop) and Charlie Gracie.
Favourite sounds, guests and news.
including at 1.30
Pause for Thought from Scotland.
Nick Barraclough and Bob Harris broadcast from the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville with exclusive live coverage of this year's Country Music Association Awards, the most important event in the country music calendar. As well as guiding listeners through the ceremony, they will also be talking to some of the stars straight from the winners' podium. The awards ceremony features performances from nominated artists.
Choice
For once my money's on the favourites: the Dixie Chicks have been nominated for dozens of Country Music Association Awards (12.55am R2). They are funny, harmonious and just fayantayastic. Git on down to the ole Opry House at Nashville, real late, in the company of Vince Gill (above) - host for the ninth consecutive year - and see how they do.
Leaving Tennessee behind, travel at full velocity into the digital age and open up The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future with Douglas Adams (11.00am R4). Here you will discover that Mike Nesmith, a wizened old Monkee, knows how to aim songs directly into the net, as does David Bowie. Listen, and you'll come to it.
Somewhere between these two habitats, a plane takes a man home to his family. But brace yourself before asking How Was Your Flight? (3.30pm R4). SG
