tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1144750012536318472006-04-11T11:06:00.000+01:002006-04-11T11:06:00.000+01:00Nick Drake's producer and mentor, Joe Boyd, was the guest on BBC Radio 3's <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/privatepassions/" REL="nofollow">Private Passions</A> programme on April 6th 2006.<BR/><BR/>The programme can be heard via the BBC <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/radio3/live.shtml" REL="nofollow">'listen again'</A> service until April 13th.<BR/><BR/>Joe Boyd produced and managed many of the greatest pop and folk bands of the Sixties, from Pink Floyd and Eric Clapton to Nick Drake, Fairport Convention and Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Joe has just written a book about his experiences, called <A HREF="http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/welcome.jsp?action=search&source=3266474136&type=isbn&term=1852429100" REL="nofollow">White Bicycles: Making Music in the Sixties.</A><BR/><BR/>His personal choices were predictably eclectic, from Dinu Lipatti to the Comedian Harmonists.<BR/><BR/>They also included a track from Jan Johansson's <I>Jazz på svenska (Jazz in Swedish</I>), which was featured here in my article <A HREF="http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2005/10/swedens-best-kept-secret-jan-johansson.html" REL="nofollow">Sweden's best kept secret - Jan Johansson</A>, an article which is consistently one of the most popular destinations <I>On An Overgrown Path</I> - just follow that link and listen to the audio files to find out why.<BR/><BR/>I will post the full playlist for the programme here when it is available.Pliablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com