The First Time With... Series 27 - 2. Brian Johnson

THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 27 - 2. BRIAN JOHNSON (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th November 2022

AC/DC's frontman chats to Matt Everitt about the pivotal musical moments that took him from the streets of County Durham to fronting one of the biggest rock bands of all time.

From stories of hearing Little Richard through a neighbours window as a young boy, finding his talent for singing in a Scout show, to joining AC/DC in 1980 and flying off to the Bahamas to record what would become one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, he also talks candidly about the difficulties he faced when he lost his hearing and the revelatory new technology that's brought it back.

Picking tracks from the likes of Little Richard and Dan McCafferty along the way, Brian shares the music and memories with the down to earth North East humour that's never left him.

AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long [Atlantic]
Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - A Picture Of You [Premier]
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti [EMI]
The Rolling Stones - Carol [ABKCO]
Bob Dylan - Girl From The North Country [Columbia]
Geordie - Don't Do That [Prism Entertainment]
Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits [EMI]
AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie [EMI]
AC/DC - Thunderstruck [ATCO]
AC/DC - Back In Black [Atlantic]
AC/DC - Hells Bells [Columbia]
AC/DC - Shot In The Dark [Columbia]
AC/DC - Through The Mists Of Time [Columbia]
Nazareth - Broken Down Angel [Salvo]