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UK country duo The Shires guest

UK country duo The Shires join Jools Holland in the studio, singing live with the band and picking some of their favourite records.

UK country duo The Shires are Jools' guests, singing live with the band

The Shires, who formed in 2013, are a UK country pop duo composed of singer-songwriters Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes. They hail from Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. Ben sings vocals and plays guitar and Bedford native Crissie Rhodes shares lead vocals. The duo fittingly took the band name in order to maintain an English identity and take a small part of England back to America. After playing hardly half a dozen shows together The Shires caught the attention of Decca Records who signed them in the UK and they secured a contract with American based record label Universal Music Group Nashville thus becoming the first ever UK country act to be signed to a major Nashville label.

57 minutes

Last on

Mon 15 Sep 2014 23:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOLLAND, JOOLS & HIS RHYTHM SECTION

    JOOLS SIG TUNE

  • Howlin’ Wolf

    HOWLIN' WOLF BOOGIE

    • THE BEST OF HOWLIN' WOLF 1951-1958.
    • PROPER.
    • PROPERBOX-154.

  • Harmonica Frank Floyd

    STEP IT UP AND GO

    • Rockin Memphis/ Memphis Bounce.
    • Proper Box.
    • P1670.

  • The Beatles

    I Should Have Known Better

    • The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night.
    • Parlophone.
    • CDP-746437 2.

  • Billie Holiday

    The Very Thought Of You

    • Billie Holiday: The Legacy 1933-58.
    • Columbia.
    • CD-47724.

  • Mary Lou Williams

    Night Life

    • Stride Piano.
    • Saga.
    • 066464-2.

  • Otis Redding

    Free Me

    • Love Man.
    • rhino.
    • 511-093.

  • Moon Mullican

    Seven Nights To Rock

    • Old Texan.
    • King.
    • 1-629.

  • The Shires

    Tonight

    • promo single.
    • Decca.
    • 00602537929788.

  • Gary Allan

    WATCHING AIRPLANES

    • LIVING HARD.
    • Humphead.
    • HUMP-029.

  • Faith Hill

    THERE YOU'LL BE

    • THERE YOU'LL BE.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 9362-482402.

  • The Shires with Jools Holland and band

    DREAMS

  • The Shires

    Nashville Grey Skies

    • CD Single.
    • Decca.
    • White Label 000.

Broadcast

  • Mon 15 Sep 2014 23:00
    BBC Radio 2