Guest (Posted: 19 Dec 2006 19:25 )
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"The Bo Diddley Story" is the title of a major new 3-part series to be broadcast in January 2007 by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Radio 2 network.
Narrated by The Who's Roger Daltrey, "The Bo Diddley Story" features a new interview with Bo Diddley along with conversations with harmonica player Billy Boy Arnold, drummer and harmonica player Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and guitarist Jody Williams, plus Dave Davies (The Kinks), Ray Fenwick (Spencer Davis Group, Ian Gillan Band, Syndicats etc), Wilco Johnson (Dr. Feelgood, Solid Senders etc) and Tom McGuinness (Manfred Mann, The Blues Band, John Mayall etc), among others.
Episode 1 of "The Bo Diddley Story" is scheduled to air on BBC Radio 2 on Tuesday January 16th 2007 from 9.30pm-10.00pm (GMT/UTC), Episode 2 on Tuesday January 23rd 2007 from 9.30pm-10.00pm (GMT/UTC) and Episode 3 on Tuesday January 30th 2007 from 9.30pm-10.00pm (GMT/UTC).
Listeners around the world will be able to listen on-line to this 3-part series streamed in RealMedia format by visiting the BBC Radio 2 Documentaries webpage located at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/documentaries/ and clicking the "Listen Live" link or, for an additional 7 days after each of the 3 programs has aired, by clicking the "Listen Again" link.
David Blakey, Webmaster,
BO DIDDLEY-The Originator
http://members.tripod.com/~Originator_2/index.html
A Celebration of his unique contribution to Popular Music.
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