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Garry Roberts from The Boomtown Rats
Roger Day talks to Garry Roberts from The Boomtown Rats about their tour and being the first New Wave band to claim a UK number one. Grant James is also here for an hour of big band and swing music.
They were the first Irish rock band to have a number one single and Roger Day talks to one of their original members. The Boomtown Rats are about to hit the road and guitarist Garry Roberts joins us to chat about how they took Britain by storm in the late 1970s. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan is the Classic Album Of The Week, plus Grant James is here from 9pm with an hour of the best big band and swing music.
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Thu 20 Jan 201119:00
BBC Radio Oxford, BBC Radio Kent, BBC Radio Berkshire, BBC Radio Surrey & BBC Radio Sussex
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- Thu 20 Jan 201119:00BBC Radio Oxford, BBC Radio Kent, BBC Radio Berkshire, BBC Radio Surrey & BBC Radio Sussex
