Johnnie Walker, a former BBC Radio 2 DJ known for hosting the “Sounds of the 70s” show, died Monday. He was 79. The news was announced live on the station by Bob Harris, who took over Johnnie ...
Johnnie Walker joined BBC Radio 1 in 1969 and Radio 2 in 1997, where he built up a loyal fanbase on “Sounds of the 70s” and “The Rock Show.” Over the years, he championed artists like ...
The Band were the ultimate rock & roll fantasy of brotherhood, and Garth Hudson was the glue guy who made the fantasy real. Rob Sheffield pays tribute ...
Radio 2 head Helen Thomas said his two main shows, Sounds of the 70s and The Rock Show, were “appointments to listen to” because of Walker’s influence. “He loved radio and inspired a ...
For “Blow by Blow,” his first true solo album, Beck jettisoned the vocalists, teamed with epic producer George Martin and embraced a booming jazz-fusion scene for one of the Seventies’ finest ...