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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.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 20 Jan 2011 19:00

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  • Thu 20 Jan 2011 19:00