At the end of JG's Saturday Show each week - all the musicians, who've usually not met prior to appearing on the programme - are given around 30 minutes to choose, rehearse and perform a collaborative song.

This is the 'End Of Show Jam' from Hamer & Isaacs Gypsy Swing Band, Club 2Gethr, Chris Woods and Aaron Douglas on Saturday 6th July 2013.

Smile...... :-)

JG JAM - SMILE

With just 15 minutes to choose a song, arrange and rehearse it before performing live on BBC Radio Devon, South Devon's Cydney Brown and North Devon's Daniel Adam joined forces with two young refugees; Chanda from Zimbabwe and 22 year old Kurd, Baro, - along with Hamish Murphy who teaches music at Devon and Cornwall Refugee Support - and they came up with this Michael Jackson cover.

None of them had met before appearing on John Govier's Saturday Morning Show that day.

JG JAM - MAN IN THE MIRROR

Woolacombe's Jenna Witts, Exeter's Emily Howard and Lukas Drinkwater and duo Matthew Calder and John Shaw - Sculpture Music - all performed individually on John Govier's Saturday Show on BBC Radio Devon.

They were then joined by folk legend Julie Felix for the end of show jam.

This is one of Julie's songs - the rest of the group had just 25 minutes to rehearse it before performing live on BBC Radio Devon.

JG JAM - PEACE IS A RIVER ft JULIE FELIX - 24 08 2013

There were around 20 musicians in the studio for JG Show on 31st August 2013. They all performed individually before being given just 30 minutes to come up with a collaboration. They chose Tom Petty's Free Fallin'.
The musicians - who hadn't met before the show - were The Casitas, Polly Money, Ivor Lander, Chris Davison and Razzamataz Theatre School from Plymouth.

JG JAM - FREE FALLIN' - 31 08 2013

Each Saturday on BBC Radio Devon, John Govier invites all the musicians on his show to perform individually, before asking them to collaborate on the 'end of show jam'.
They get around 30 minutes to decide on a song, arrange and rehearse it before performing it live on air.
Here's what North Devon's The Average Blues Band, Newton Abbot's Go Tell Alice, Exeter producer/beat boxer Alex (Audible1) Norgate, teenage singer songwriter Maz Totterdell from East Devon, South Devon's Jay Tamkin and Plymouth's Jack Tucker came up with on 14th Sept 2013

JG JAM - Stir It Up Medley - 14th September 2013

Plymouth based trio - Wild China, South West singer songwriter Amisee and East Devon duo Alan West and Steve Black collaborate on a song written by Cat Stevens.
They hadn't met before appearing on JG's Saturday Show on BBC Radio Devon on 12th October 2013 - and only had ELEVEN minutes to choose the song and rehearse it before going live on air.

JG JAM - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Land Of The Giants, Oli Hannaford, Adam Sweet and folk duo Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin collaborate on a song after spending the morning on JG's Saturday Show on BBC Radio Devon. They had about 30 minutes to come up with the song....

JG JAM - SUPERSTITION - 26 10 2013

A bespoke Christmas Jingle for JG's show on BBC Radio Devon recorded by Plymouth band The Rising

The Rising - JG Christmas Jingle

Jake and Sophie Downs, Jack Cookson, India Bourne and Harpe Noire collaborate after meeting for the first time on John Govier's Saturday Show on BBC Radio Devon on 22nd December 2012.

This song was decided upon, rehearsed and recorded in less than 30 minutes.

Hallelujah - JG Jam

Sam Thorpe, the founder of e-commerce underwear company; ONLY MENSWEAR, chat's to BBC Radio Devon's Rick Edwards about the success of a new company that was started when Sam was furloughed during the Covid 19 pandemic.

Only Menswear's founder Sam Thorpe is interviewed by BBC Radio Devon

The Simmertones from South Devon and The Casitas from Exeter collaborate on an end of show jam for JG's Saturday Show on BBC Radio Devon on 23rd March 2013. They had just 30 minutes to rehearse before performing live.

JG JAM - A MESSAGE TO YOU RUDI

One of the catchiest songs I have heard in a while - Jay Tamkin from south Devon

Ba Ba Diou - Jay Tamkin

The acts who collaborated on this End Of Show Jam hadn't met each other before appearing on JG's Saturday Show on BBC Radio Devon, 22nd June 2013. 

They had 40 minutes to come up with a song and rehearse it before performing live.

They are The Mona Lisa Twins - from Austria. Los No Boss from East Devon, Emma Lauran from Exeter and Jodie Ford and Calum Gibb who are appearing at the Chagstock Festival, 2013.

JG JAM - USE SOMEBODY

Every Saturday, the bands and musicians who appear on John Govier's show on BBC Radio Devon are given a short time - around 30-40 minutes - to collaborate on the 'end of show jam'.

This is the song chosen by jazz trio; The Cocktail Hour, Exeter FROP band (folk, rock , pop); The Jax and singer songwriter Karl Zumar decided on.

None of them had met before the show.

JG JAM - SUMMERTIME

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