Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show
Before They Were Famous
podcast
This Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show takes a look at what Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Marc Bolan and David Bowie were up to… in this Before They Were Famous podcast.
This Before They Were Famous podcast is the original radio broadcast and includes all the music played in the show.
Originally broadcast on Access North West on 3 June 2019
PLAYLIST – Before They Were Famous
Eric Clapton – Telephone Blues
Rod Stewart – Shake
Marc Bolan – The Wizzard
Davy Jones – You’ve Got a Habit of Leaving
Before They Were Famous
What Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Marc Bolan and David Bowie were up to – before they were famous…
ERIC CLAPTON: started out in the Roosters, before playing a handful of gigs with Casey Jones and the Engineers. His next step was with the Yardbirds but parted company with them for the more blues focused John Mayall’s Blues Breakers. International fame came with Cream…
Toby Tyler
DAVID BOWIE: slogged away throughout the 1960s without finding any commercial success. He scored his first hit single with Space Oddity in 1969 but he was very nearly a one-hit wonder. He found sustained fame after his next hit single Starman – in 1972…
MARC BOLAN: started out in a school band, Susie and the Hoola Hoops, with Helen Shapiro. He performed as Toby Tyler and had a brief stint with John’s Children. Cult fame came with psychedelic-folk duo Tyrannosaurus Rex. In the early 1970s he found fame as a glam-rock pioneer with T.Rex…
ROD STEWART: was in a succession bands throughout the 1960s, including Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions, Long John Baldry and the Hoochie Coochie Men, Steampacket and the Jeff Beck Group. In 1969 he joined Faces and progressively eclipsed the rest of the group to become in international star…
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In its unique three-part format Rock’n’Roll Unravelled tells the story of rock’n’roll from its roots to mid-1970s punk. Not just the music but also the social events which shaped the sounds of the times, the Vietnam War + Civil Rights struggle + much more.
THE ROCK’N’ROLL UNRAVELLED SHOW
We’ll be looking at how rock’n’roll came about. It’s development into rock music in the mid-1960s the array of rock genres in the late 1960s and ‘70s. Blues, R&B, rock’n’roll, rock, prog, folk rock, country rock, psychedelia, glam, early metal, punk, new wave… will all find their way into the shows. Plus artists and bands some well known, some more on the cult side. Stories behind classic singles and albums, record labels, venues, gigs… Not forgetting the people behind the scenes, managers, promoters, writers, Svengalis – the people who made it all happen.
If it’s relevant to the music of the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s I’ll be talking about it.
There will be some great music, some you’ll recognise and some that you might well be hearing for the first time.
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Before They Were Famous podcast
A look at what Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Marc Bolan and Rod Stewart were up to – before they were famous…
