Sony Gold

BIG GEORGE SOUND OF MUSIC BBC 3CR - PRODUCED AND PRESENTED
** Sony Radio Academy Gold Award: Music Broadcaster 2002 **

The judges verdict … "Big George has an absolutely peerless passion for music of
all varieties and he communicates that passion brilliantly. He's one of those unique broadcasters who just keep you listening - you can't walk away from the radio when
he's talking."

$What the boss reckoned … "Big George isn't your average broadcaster. He has no time for "celebrity tosh" and no patience with music that has been manufactured, marketed and manipulated for short -term financial gain. Instead, he is a consummate storyteller, using some of the world's greatest musicians as the central characters in a daily odyssey through the history of music. Some of them are household names. But there are many more whose names would previously have meant nothing to BBC 3CR listeners. For example, Bob and Dick Sherman are hardly instantly recognisable as having made a significant contribution to musical history; yet, as you will hear, their compositions are better known - and have been enjoyed - by more people than have those of The Beatles. Not for Big George a glorified discography or salacious muso gossip. Rather, his programmes dig deeper into the psyche of his subjects, explaining what drove them to make their music and how it has left a lasting impact on the world. George shuns the easy option. Who else but this engaging Londoner would do an hour on John Lennon without playing Imagine? From Mozart to Malcolm Arnold, Chuck Berry to the music of the Carry On films, Bob Marley to Beethoven and Edith Piaf to the Ealing Comedies, George has catalogued the lives of more than 250 artists, of which a fraction are presented here, with real passion and enthusiasm. His Managing Editor has received three complaints about George - all bemoaning his "common" accent. But with thousands of letters and emails of praise, Big George's Sound of Music has attracted the greatest response of any single programme in the station's history. Enjoy."$

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