John Lee Hooker Documentary

LINK ]John Lee Hooker on Desert Island Discs (1995)

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Desert Island Discs is a biographical and factual radio programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Its first broadcast was on 29 January 1942, making it the longest-running British radio show, celebrating its 70th anniversary in early 2012.

Each week a distinguished guest ("castaway") is asked to choose eight pieces of music, a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be castaway on a desert island, whilst discussing their lives and the reasons for their choices.

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Man, I have never heard of "Desert Island Discs" before.
That archive is really cool.

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There are hundreds of shows available. I've listened to about 40-50. Music ones I've listened to:

Randy Newman
Charlie Watts
Paul McCartney
Stephen Sondheim
Emmylou Harris
Elvis Costello did one but for some reason I haven't listened to it yet

Whenever there's an OT thread asking for podcast suggestions I always recommend DID. There are great interviews with writers, singers, movie stars, directors, even philosophers and statesmen... I think the most curious episode I ever heard was Field Marshall Montgomery (from 1969). It seemed so odd listening to him talk about his favorite records...