Tales from the Tour Bus: Rock 'n' Roll on the Road
Rock legend and tour bus aficionado Rick Wakeman takes us on a trip through the decades in a first-hand account of rockers on the road from the late 50s to the 80s and beyond.
Rock legend and tour bus aficionado Rick Wakeman takes us on a time-travelling trip through the decades in this first-hand account of rockers on the road from the late 1950s to the 80s and beyond.
It's an often bumpy and sometimes sleepless ride down the A roads and motorways of the UK during the golden age of rock 'n' roll touring - a secret history of transport cafes, transit vans, B&Bs, sleepless roadies and of loved ones left at home or, on one occasion, by the roadside. And it's also a secret history of audiences both good and bad, and the gigs themselves - from the early variety package to the head clubs, the stadiums and the pubs.
This is life in the British fast lane as told by Rick and the bands themselves, a film about the very lifeblood of the rock 'n' roll wagon train. With members of Dr Feelgood, Suzi Quatro, The Shadows, The Pretty Things, Fairport Convention, Happy Mondays, Aswad, Girlschool, The Damned and many more.
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Clips
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Extra scene: Accidents
Duration: 02:40
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Extra scene: Away from home
Duration: 02:41
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Extra scene: Touring US style
Duration: 02:05
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Extra scene: Hotel mayhem
Duration: 01:14
Music Played
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Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
Road Runner Twice
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Bill Haley and His Comets
Rock Around The Clock
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Eddie Cochran
C'mon Everybody
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Gene Vincent
Be Bop a Lula
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Eddie Cochran
Summertime Blues
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Bill Haley
(Were Gonna) Rock Around The Clock
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The Shadows
The Rise and Fall of Flingle Blunt
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Eddie Cochran
Summertime Blues
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The Paramounts
Youve Got What I Want
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Fairport Convention
You're Gonna Need My Help
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The Shadows
Foot Tapper
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Harold Budd & Brian Eno
First Light
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The Rolling Stones
2120 South Michigan Avenue
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Harold Budd & Brian Eno
The Plateaux of Mirror
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The Paramounts
Turn on Your Love Light
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The Pretty Things
Road Runner
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Sandie Shaw
Tous Les Jours (Gotta See My Baby Every Day)
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Acker Bilk
Stranger on the Shore
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Acker Bilk
Stranger On The Shore
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The Spencer Davis Group
Keep on Running
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Percy Faith
Theme from A Summer Place
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The Spencer Davis Group
Keep On Running
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The Tornados
Globetrotter
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Harold Budd & Brian Eno
The Chill Air
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Chris Farlowe
Handbags and the Gladrags
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The Tremeloes
Here Comes My Baby
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The Searchers
Needles and Pins
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The Searchers
Don't Throw Your Love Away
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The Birds
Leaving Here
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The Searchers
Needles and Pins
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Pink Floyd
Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
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The Nice
Dawn
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Amen Corner
Bend Me, Shape Me
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Pink Floyd
Bike
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Wind Cries Mary
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Affinity
All Along the Watchtower
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Fairport Convention
Nottamun Town
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Pink Floyd
Bike
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Curved Air
Back Street Luv
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Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
Season of the Witch
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Harold Budd & Brian Eno
Pearl
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Fairport Convention
End of a Holiday
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Terry Riley
Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band
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Brinsley Schwarz
Surrender to the Rhythm
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Jethro Tull
Dharma for One
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Fanfare for the Common Man
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Fanfare for the Common Man
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Fanfare for the Common Man
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Rick Wakeman
The Battle. Journey to the Centre of the Earth
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Motörhead
We Are The Roadcrew
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Nina Simone
Sinnerman
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Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
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Kilburn and The High Roads
Huffety Puff
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Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
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Dr. Feelgood
Riot In Cell Block Number 9
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Dr. Feelgood
You Shouldn't Call The Doctor (If You Can't Afford The Bills)
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Suzi Quatro
Devil Gate Drive
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Girlschool
Baby Doll
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Headgirl
Please Don't Touch
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Harold Budd & Brian Eno
Among Fields of Crystal
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T. Rex
Children of the Revolution
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The Damned
New Rose
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The Upsetters
In These Times
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Aswad
Natural Progression
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Bill Haley and His Comets
A Rockin Little Tune
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Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Clever Trevor
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Happy Mondays
Loose Fit
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Souvenir
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Happy Mondays
Loose Fit
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Stephen Stills
Go Back Home
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Souvenir
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Harold Budd & Brian Eno
Failing Light
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Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
Gotta Travel On
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Producer | Chris Rodley |
Director | Chris Rodley |
Executive Producer | Mark Cooper |
Broadcasts
- Fri 24 Apr 2015 21:00
- Sat 25 Apr 2015 01:30
- Sun 26 Apr 2015 23:15
- Thu 16 Jul 2015 23:00
- Fri 9 Oct 2015 21:00
- Sat 10 Oct 2015 01:00
- Sun 11 Oct 2015 02:30
- Fri 27 May 2016 21:00
- Sat 28 May 2016 00:40
- Sun 29 May 2016 01:10
- Wed 15 Jun 2016 22:30
- Fri 14 Jul 2017 21:00
- Sat 15 Jul 2017 00:35
- Fri 8 Dec 2017 21:00
- Fri 21 Sep 2018 23:00
- Fri 5 Apr 2019 21:15
- Mon 25 Nov 2019 23:00
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