BBC 4 TV tonight - R&B - including one of Peel's narrated Rock Family Trees

[Paul Webster]

All on BBC 4 (TV) tonight.

The Beat Room
Time: 20:30 to 21:00
The BBC's legendary pop performance show from 1964 with an R+B influence,
featuring John Lee Hooker and the Groundhogs, Tom Jones and The Kinks.

Long John Baldry
Time: 21:00 to 21:50
In the Shadow of the Blues
The story of the pioneering British musician whose enthusiasm for blues in
the late 50s and 60s inspired The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Eric
Clapton amongst many others. Baldry also was responsible for discovering Rod
Stewart after he saw him busking, and Elton John. In later years he moved
Canada, yet continued to tour and record right up to his death in 2005.

Rock Family Trees
Time: 21:50 to 22:40
The British R+B Boom
John Peel narrates the story of the British R+B boom of the 60s, when young
people, tired of home-grown pop music started listening to American blues.
This was absorbed and channeled into a new type of rock. Including
contributions from Bluesmen Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Paul Jones, Manfred
Mann and John Mayall. Contains some strong language.


John Mayall
Time: 22:40 to 23:40
40 Years Of The Blues
Tracing John Mayall's colourful and highly influential career culminating in
his 70th birthday reunion concert, held earlier this year, when he played
for the first time again after 38 years, with Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor
at the UNICEF concert in Liverpool. Strong language.

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Paul