BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th December 2017
As the 15th anniversary of Joe Strummer's death approaches, there's a chance to enjoy twelve programmes the former Clash frontman recorded when he became a DJ for the BBC World Service.
Joe Strummer died on 22nd December 2002, aged just 50. His World Service programmes began in 1999, and show his great enthusiasm for music from all over the world, his eclectic tastes, ranging from Big Youth to the Beatles and Ray Charles to the Wu-Tang Clan.
Johnny Clarke - Top Ranking (I'm The Toughest) [Blood & Fire]
The Pogues - The Sunnyside Of The Street [Warner Specials Products]
Lee Hazelwood/Nancy Sinatra - Some Velvet Morning [Paradiso]
Thu Zahina - Sanga Mbele Mbele [Fiesta]
Wu-Tang Clan - Gravel Pit [BMG]
Jules Allen - Long Side Of The Sante Fe Trail [Yazoo]
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Pennsylvania 6-5000 [Interscope]
Huey Smith & His Clowns - Free, Single & Disengaged [Ace]
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