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Roger Waters

Pink Floyd founder member Roger Waters shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2016.

Roger Waters shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2016.

Roger Waters is a singer, songwriter and composer, who was a founder member of Pink Floyd, one of the most acclaimed and beloved British bands of all time. He helped lead the group in the creation of some of the best, biggest-selling and most ambitious albums in popular music history. He's also made his mark as a solo artist and currently holds the record for the highest grossing tour for a solo musician ever.

Roger remembers a youth obsessed with blues, jazz and R&B, and his early songwriting influences such as Hoagy Carmichael, Bob Dylan and John Lennon. He looks back at his relationship with his childhood friend Syd Barrett, who would join the Pink Floyd in 65. He recalls the post-Syd Floyd, the creation of Dark Side of the Moon and his uneasy relationship with the fame that followed. Roger also focuses on The Wall - the 1979 concept album inspired by that relationship -- and how he revisited the album in 2010 for his epic record breaking Roger Waters: The Wall tour, which also inspired a live album and a feature movie. He also talks about his famously acrimonious split from Pink Floyd, and, more positively, his new material.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 22 Jun 2020 04:00

Music Played

  • Pink Floyd

    SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND

    • WISH YOU WERE HERE.
    • EMI.
    • CDP-780567 2.
  • Glyndebourne Chorus

    THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL

    • THE MIKADO.
    • EMI.
    • CDC 7-47773 2.
  • Tommy Steele

    SINGING THE BLUES

    • THE ROCK 'N' ROLL YEARS.
    • SEE FOR MILES.
    • SEECD-203.
  • Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry

    I Love You Baby

    • New York Blues 1945-1956: Rub a Little Boogie.
    • JSP Records.
    • JSP-77108D.
  • Bob Dylan

    Subterranean Homesick Blues

    • Bringing It All Back Home.
    • Sony Music/Columbia.
    • 512353-2.
  • Ray Charles

    GEORGIA ON MY MIND

    • RAY - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE S/T.
    • WARNER.
    • 8122-765402.
  • The Rolling Stones

    Route 66 (Live)

    • On Air.
    • Polydor / Â鶹Éç.
    • Â鶹Éç CD RS 1.
  • Pink Floyd

    Bike

    • Echoes.
    • EMI.
    • 536-1112.
  • LENNON, JOHN & THE PLASTIC ONO BAND

    MOTHER

    • SHAVED FISH.
    • EMI.
    • CDP-7466422.
  • Pink Floyd

    Money

    • A Collection of Great Dance Songs.
    • emi.
    • emi-5262452.
  • Pink Floyd

    ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (PART 2)

    • A COLLECTION OF GREAT DANCE SONGS.
    • EMI.
    • 526-245-2.
  • Rogers Waters

    5:01 Am (The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking, Part 10)

    • The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking.
    • Harvest.
    • Harvest CD 10.
  • Rogers Waters

    Out Side The Wall (Live)

    • The Wall (Live).
    • Mercury.
    • CDEP12.
  • Curtis Mayfield

    People Get Ready

    • Legends of Soul.
    • m+S.
    • na-na.
  • The Triffids

    Wide Open Road

    • BORN SANDY DEVOTIONAL.
    • Domino.
  • Leonard Cohen

    The Partisan

    • Columbia.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 24 Jul 2016 13:00
  • Tue 27 Feb 2018 01:00
  • Sun 15 Jul 2018 04:00
  • Wed 24 Jul 2019 01:00
  • Mon 22 Jun 2020 04:00

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