Tom Page brought his ukulele and sang and played three contemporary folk songs. He has only being playing just over two years. His set included Romeo and Juliet, written by his friend Ron Truman-Border and a very dark version of Widdicome fayre. He chose a late seventies rock tack, Crying to the sky by Be Bop Deluxe. He said this included a guitar solo that inspired him to learn guitar. He has dabbled with a number of instruments over the years, but has settled on the ukulele. Apparently if you know four cords there are hundreds of songs that can be played. We had another exclusive track from Lisa Harman, Mother and daughter. This was written from the point of view of the mother. You can find out more about her music by searching Lisa Harman-music on Facebook. With his death during the week, we had a feature on Rock and Roll pioneer Chuck Berry. Jonty continued his survey of Beach Boys classics with I get around. We also looked in depth at the music of Hunter Hayes, who is seen as the rising star of the young breed of country musicians. His single Wanted sold over three million copies. We introduce the music of jazz-rock fusion band Blood, Sweat and Tears. More of their music is guaranteed in future weeks. We heard the hit single for 2005 by Bo Bice, who now fronts the touring version of Blood, Sweat and Tears.

Tonight’s playlist.
Booker T & MGs – Crazy
Fleetwood mac – Never going back
Darius Rucker – Learn to live.
Tom Page – Romeo and Juliet – played and sung live in the studio
Tom Page – Widdicombe Fayre – live in the studio
Tom Page – If I had a boat – live in the studio
James Morrison – Please don’t stop the rain – requested by Chris
Be Bop Deluxe – Crying to the sky – chosen by Tom
Renaissance – Northern lights – requested by Patrick
Vera Lynn – Sailing – requested by Phyl
Barrington Phelounge – Inspector Morse theme – played because of the passing of author of the book, Colin Dexter, this week.
Rick Astley _ Wish away
Lisa Harman – Mother and daughter
Chuck Berry – You never can tell
Chuck Berry – Brown eyed hansom man
Peter Sellars – A hard days night, Help. Requested by Derek. Has the humour travelled fifty plus years?
Alison Krauss – Windy city
Beach Boys – I get around
Hunter Hayes – Amen
Hunter Hayes – Wanted
Blood Sweat and Tears – You made me so very happy
Bo Bice – Inside heaven
Rick Wakeman – Space Oddity

Join me next week, when my guest is Ben Lacey from Community Agents Essex.

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