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Guitarist Jim Cregan remembers touring with Family, Steve Harley and Rod Stewart.

Guitarist Jim Cregan remembers touring with Family, Steve Harley and Rod Stewart.

At the start of the 70s, Jim was playing with the soft rock band Stud, who were popular in Germany and recorded two albums. The band dissolved however when Jim joined the band Family to tour North America as the support act for Elton John, in the autumn of 1972. Family recorded two singles and a final album It's Only a Movie (1973). A tour of the UK in the autumn of the same year preceded the demise of the band. Cregan was then briefly reunited with Chapman and Whitney on Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers (1974). He went on to work with British soul singer Linda Lewis, whom he would later marry. Cregan appears on four of her albums, also assuming a production role on Fathoms deep (1973) and Not A Little Girl Anymore (1975), which gave him the opportunity to work with the Tower of Power horn section.

In October 1974 Cregan was recruited as a guitarist by Steve Harley, as a member of a re-formed Cockney Rebel with whom he recorded "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" (1975) at Abbey Road Studios. The song rose to No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart during 1975. In 1976 he joined Rod Stewart's band and became Stewart's musical director, co-producer and co-writer. Cregan co-wrote many hits with Stewart, including "Passion" and "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)", winning the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) award for outstanding songwriting, with each.

Also on the show, Johnnie hears the stories from This Week In Music and adds another classic 7" single to Johnnie's Jukebox.

1 hour, 56 minutes

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Music Played

  • The Jimmy Castor Bunch

    Troglodyte (Cave Man)

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

    • Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • Queen

    Don't Stop Me Now

    • Jazz.
    • Island.
    • 12.

  • David Bowie

    Fame

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Mr. Blue Sky

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Frontiers Records.
    • T1.

  • T. Rex

    Solid Gold Easy Action

    • Marc Bolan & T Rex Essential Collectn.
    • Telstar.

  • The Three Degrees

    Take Good Care Of Yourself

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1975.
    • EMI.

  • Blondie

    Rip Her To Shreds

    • 1977 - The Spirit Of Punk (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Alicia Bridges

    I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Tumbling Dice

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.
    • 1.

  • Eddie & the Hot Rods

    Do Anything You Wanna Do

    • Beautiful Game (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • The Only Ones

    Another Girl, Another Planet

    • John Peel Right Time, Wrong Speed 1977-1987 (Various Artists).
    • Warner Music TV.

  • David Bowie

    The Jean Genie

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Alice Cooper

    School's Out

    • Sounds Of The 70's (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Paul Simon

    Loves Me Like a Rock

    • Paul Simon - Negotiations & Love Song.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 2.

  • McGuinness Flint

    Malt & Barley Blues

    • Heart On My Sleeve.
    • A&M.

  • Mott the Hoople

    All The Young Dudes

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1972 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Elton John

    Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

  • Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

    Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)

    • 20 Number 1's Of The 70's (Various).
    • MFP.

  • Buzzcocks

    Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Rod Stewart

    Blondes (Have More Fun)

    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Luke Combs

    Beer Never Broke My Heart

    • Download Single.
    • Sony Nashville.
    • 1.

  • Rod Stewart

    I Was Only Joking

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Murray Head

    Say It Ain't So (original version)

    • Say It Ain't So.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Brinsley Schwarz

    Peace Love And Understanding

    • EMI.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 6 Oct 2019 15:00
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  • Tue 8 Oct 2019 03:00
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