Howlin' Wolf

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Howlin' Wolf — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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1990s

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Bob Geldof
John Lee Hooker
Loyd Grossman
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell
Robert Plant
Ronnie Wood

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Robert Plant
Robert Plant on driving to a rehearsal with a bandmate and driving back without him
Castaway · 13 March 2022Lauren Laverne

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell

Nancy Rothwell on realising she was wearing two left shoes

Castaway · 4 January 2015Kirsty Young

Loyd Grossman

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How being mistaken for Bevis Hillier got Loyd Grossman on TV

Castaway · 30 November 1997Sue Lawley

John Lee Hooker

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John Lee Hooker on leaving home with two dollars and a guitar

Castaway · 11 June 1995Sue Lawley

Bob Geldof

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Bob Geldof

Bob Geldof on the Live Aid moment he realised people in Shanghai or Tierra del Fuego were watching

Castaway · 6 September 1992Sue Lawley

Ronnie Wood

Robert Plant

Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell

Loyd Grossman

John Lee Hooker

Bob Geldof