So much love on the air @BBCRadio2 for Johnnie Walker - Very few people broadcast with the integrity and passion that Johnnie did. I first listened to Johnnie in 1971. So grateful to have been a colleague and a friend. @WhisperingBob doing absolutely the best job. RIP Johnnie.
December 31, 2024 at 5:24 PM
So much love on the air @BBCRadio2 for Johnnie Walker - Very few people broadcast with the integrity and passion that Johnnie did. I first listened to Johnnie in 1971. So grateful to have been a colleague and a friend. @WhisperingBob doing absolutely the best job. RIP Johnnie.
June 4, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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In the beginning...here is @WhisperingBob interviewing Simple Minds on their 1st visit to New York in 1979. This was filmed just outside Hurrah's nightclub where they played their 1st gig in America, later that night.
All filmed for the OGWT.
#RIPRuthPolsky
In the beginning...here is @WhisperingBob interviewing Simple Minds on their 1st visit to New York in 1979. This was filmed just outside Hurrah's nightclub where they played their 1st gig in America, later that night.
All filmed for the OGWT.
#RIPRuthPolsky
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November 17, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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In the beginning...here is @WhisperingBob interviewing Simple Minds on their 1st visit to New York in 1979. This was filmed just outside Hurrah's nightclub where they played their 1st gig in America, later that night.
All filmed for the OGWT.
#RIPRuthPolsky
In the beginning...here is @WhisperingBob interviewing Simple Minds on their 1st visit to New York in 1979. This was filmed just outside Hurrah's nightclub where they played their 1st gig in America, later that night.
All filmed for the OGWT.
#RIPRuthPolsky
DJ Johnnie Walker dies at the age of 79 I’m so sorry to hear @WhisperingBob announce this sad news on @BBCRadio2 just now RIP Johnnie a outstanding broadcaster of 70s/80s/90s/2000s
December 31, 2024 at 4:37 PM
DJ Johnnie Walker dies at the age of 79 I’m so sorry to hear @WhisperingBob announce this sad news on @BBCRadio2 just now RIP Johnnie a outstanding broadcaster of 70s/80s/90s/2000s
December 1, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Should be asleep, but @WhisperingBob is choosing his #desertislanddiscs - so very awake & loving it
November 24, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Should be asleep, but @WhisperingBob is choosing his #desertislanddiscs - so very awake & loving it
So time to get your ears around @KaceyMusgraves #goldenhour sublime chilled out country goodness #countrymusic @WhisperingBob #nashville #KaceyMusgraves
November 26, 2024 at 1:35 PM
So time to get your ears around @KaceyMusgraves #goldenhour sublime chilled out country goodness #countrymusic @WhisperingBob #nashville #KaceyMusgraves
Suggest you post this on X/Twitter and you might catch the attention of @WhisperingBob who doesn't yet seem to have succumbed to the joys of BlueSky
April 14, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Suggest you post this on X/Twitter and you might catch the attention of @WhisperingBob who doesn't yet seem to have succumbed to the joys of BlueSky
30/30 RIP @RoryGallagher.com • 30 for 30.
30 tracks to the lead up to Rory’s 30th Anniversary 1995.06.14
To finish, the ultimate Rory ENCORE——
The same BBC OGWT Special on 1976.03.02 (Rory's 28th birthday) MC'd by @whisperingbob.
Encore 02. "Bullfrog Blues" (Junior Wells)
youtu.be/3GvQ5gNKsQ4?...
30 tracks to the lead up to Rory’s 30th Anniversary 1995.06.14
To finish, the ultimate Rory ENCORE——
The same BBC OGWT Special on 1976.03.02 (Rory's 28th birthday) MC'd by @whisperingbob.
Encore 02. "Bullfrog Blues" (Junior Wells)
youtu.be/3GvQ5gNKsQ4?...
Rory Gallagher - Bullfrog Blues
YouTube video by jeffjn
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June 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
30/30 RIP @RoryGallagher.com • 30 for 30.
30 tracks to the lead up to Rory’s 30th Anniversary 1995.06.14
To finish, the ultimate Rory ENCORE——
The same BBC OGWT Special on 1976.03.02 (Rory's 28th birthday) MC'd by @whisperingbob.
Encore 02. "Bullfrog Blues" (Junior Wells)
youtu.be/3GvQ5gNKsQ4?...
30 tracks to the lead up to Rory’s 30th Anniversary 1995.06.14
To finish, the ultimate Rory ENCORE——
The same BBC OGWT Special on 1976.03.02 (Rory's 28th birthday) MC'd by @whisperingbob.
Encore 02. "Bullfrog Blues" (Junior Wells)
youtu.be/3GvQ5gNKsQ4?...
I asked your mother for you
She told me that you was too young ...
Ry Cooder
On #OGWT, 1977
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2e1...
With the great #FlacoJiménez on squeezebox - wonder if #WhisperingBob is on #BlueSky
She told me that you was too young ...
Ry Cooder
On #OGWT, 1977
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2e1...
With the great #FlacoJiménez on squeezebox - wonder if #WhisperingBob is on #BlueSky
Ry Cooder - Goodnight Irene - Live 1977
YouTube video by HoneyboyWalter
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October 27, 2024 at 9:23 PM
I asked your mother for you
She told me that you was too young ...
Ry Cooder
On #OGWT, 1977
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2e1...
With the great #FlacoJiménez on squeezebox - wonder if #WhisperingBob is on #BlueSky
She told me that you was too young ...
Ry Cooder
On #OGWT, 1977
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2e1...
With the great #FlacoJiménez on squeezebox - wonder if #WhisperingBob is on #BlueSky
Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone ...
Ry Cooder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiq6...
On #ReadySteadyGo in 1966 - #WhisperingBob was the RSG maître d' - #FlacoJimenez on accordion - song was originally a hit for #JimReeves
Ry Cooder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiq6...
On #ReadySteadyGo in 1966 - #WhisperingBob was the RSG maître d' - #FlacoJimenez on accordion - song was originally a hit for #JimReeves
Ry Cooder - He'll Have To Go - Live 1977
Ry Cooder and the Chicken Skin Band play 'He'll Have To Go' (written by by Joe and Audrey Allison) live at Shepherd's Bush Television Theatre, London in 1977.
Band Lineup: Guitar, Vocals - Ry Cooder, Alto Saxophone - Pat Rizzo, Drums - Isaac Garcia, Bass - Henry 'Big Red' Ojeda, Bajo Sexto - Jesse Poncé, Accordion - Flaco Jimenez, Vocals - Eldridge King, Terry Evans, Bobby King
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March 7, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone ...
Ry Cooder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiq6...
On #ReadySteadyGo in 1966 - #WhisperingBob was the RSG maître d' - #FlacoJimenez on accordion - song was originally a hit for #JimReeves
Ry Cooder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiq6...
On #ReadySteadyGo in 1966 - #WhisperingBob was the RSG maître d' - #FlacoJimenez on accordion - song was originally a hit for #JimReeves
#HERESHEIS #TIMMYALEXISCARRINGTONWARD talking to #THEOLDGREYWHISTLETEST #WHISPERINGBOB aka #BOBHARRIS about his #PROSTATECANCER diagnosis on #GOEXPLORERADIO #ISAIDIT ❤️
OUT V SOON...! #SHOULDADONE 😋
Please donate to #PROSTATECANCERUK on the link below:
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OUT V SOON...! #SHOULDADONE 😋
Please donate to #PROSTATECANCERUK on the link below:
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August 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
#HERESHEIS #TIMMYALEXISCARRINGTONWARD talking to #THEOLDGREYWHISTLETEST #WHISPERINGBOB aka #BOBHARRIS about his #PROSTATECANCER diagnosis on #GOEXPLORERADIO #ISAIDIT ❤️
OUT V SOON...! #SHOULDADONE 😋
Please donate to #PROSTATECANCERUK on the link below:
justgiving.com/page/here-sh...
OUT V SOON...! #SHOULDADONE 😋
Please donate to #PROSTATECANCERUK on the link below:
justgiving.com/page/here-sh...
January 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Saturday nights on @BBCRadio2 since 1967 - now @Fearnecotton leads a nostalgia-drenched celebration of the 90s. Previous highlights between 10 and midnight include @martinkelner, @WhisperingBob and @CCfunkandsoul. (no.27 in a series of Radio 2 timelines) #SoundsOfThe90s
November 20, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Saturday nights on @BBCRadio2 since 1967 - now @Fearnecotton leads a nostalgia-drenched celebration of the 90s. Previous highlights between 10 and midnight include @martinkelner, @WhisperingBob and @CCfunkandsoul. (no.27 in a series of Radio 2 timelines) #SoundsOfThe90s
Tim is introduced on #OGWT by #WhisperingBob a.k.a. Bob Harris
May 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Tim is introduced on #OGWT by #WhisperingBob a.k.a. Bob Harris
Those of a certain vintage will maybe enjoy this:
#OGWT #WhisperingBob #WhistleTest #YetAnotherAppearanceByWishboneAsh
#SkyMusic
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#OGWT #WhisperingBob #WhistleTest #YetAnotherAppearanceByWishboneAsh
#SkyMusic
pinkforyouractualpterodactyl.com/2024/09/03/d...
No longer old, no longer grey – The story of Whistle Test. (Part One)
This is the story of the final years of Whistle Test (previously Old Grey Whistle Test) (BBC 1971 – 87)
pinkforyouractualpterodactyl.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Those of a certain vintage will maybe enjoy this:
#OGWT #WhisperingBob #WhistleTest #YetAnotherAppearanceByWishboneAsh
#SkyMusic
pinkforyouractualpterodactyl.com/2024/09/03/d...
#OGWT #WhisperingBob #WhistleTest #YetAnotherAppearanceByWishboneAsh
#SkyMusic
pinkforyouractualpterodactyl.com/2024/09/03/d...
On This Day in History 75 years ago: The Axeman Cometh: http://bit.ly/NnyBBe #rickenbacker @WhisperingBob @toddzwillich @thetakeaway
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November 25, 2024 at 3:22 AM
On This Day in History 75 years ago: The Axeman Cometh: http://bit.ly/NnyBBe #rickenbacker @WhisperingBob @toddzwillich @thetakeaway
Shades of Kenny Everett here? http://bit.ly/12EA9B4 @duckworthlewis via @WhisperingBob @divinecomedyhq
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November 24, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Shades of Kenny Everett here? http://bit.ly/12EA9B4 @duckworthlewis via @WhisperingBob @divinecomedyhq
So that’s November taken care of - @NickyAACampbell @WhisperingBob @EmperorRosko #Radio1 #275285 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-radio-1-vintage-interviews/id1289251606?mt=2
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November 22, 2024 at 2:06 AM
So that’s November taken care of - @NickyAACampbell @WhisperingBob @EmperorRosko #Radio1 #275285 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-radio-1-vintage-interviews/id1289251606?mt=2
Making time for timeless magic "There's a disc jockey in Hartlanberg, who works at W.A.N.T." via @WhisperingBob @NickyAACampbell & Mark Germino https://youtu.be/AYQZMtLv9ng
November 20, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Making time for timeless magic "There's a disc jockey in Hartlanberg, who works at W.A.N.T." via @WhisperingBob @NickyAACampbell & Mark Germino https://youtu.be/AYQZMtLv9ng
@WhisperingBob Seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uibb7dVGWMU
December 1, 2024 at 5:12 PM
@WhisperingBob Seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uibb7dVGWMU
www.instagram.com/whisperingbo... what a nice interview
Bob Harris OBE on Instagram: "I was privileged to spend some time with Jimmy Carter in the summer of 1976, chatting with him in Macon Georgia when we were filming there for @ogwt
We were at the @cap...
1,444 likes, 64 comments - whisperingbob on October 2, 2024: "I was privileged to spend some time with Jimmy Carter in the summer of 1976, chatting with him in Macon Georgia when we were filming there...
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December 29, 2024 at 10:51 PM
www.instagram.com/whisperingbo... what a nice interview