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Lonnie Donegan - King of Skiffle (1950-60s, CD 1999)

Genre: Skiffle/Roots Rock 'n' Roll / MP3 224 Kbps VBR / 66.9 MB / 45:13

Lonnie Donegan was the undisputed King of Skiffle with a string of top twenty hits during his career spanning the late '50s and early '60s. Lonnie's object was to raise a smile with his humourous numbers and intersperse them with well arranged ballad compositions and traditional songs.

Here is a showcase of his work from the sublime to the intentionally ridiculous. If you listen carefully, with a musician's ear, you can hear how professional the players are and how well Lonnie can modulate his voice from comedy to pathos through a very wide vocal range of timbre and pitch. One minute he's yelling at the top of his voice in a tempo race with his group and another he's lilting a romantic babllad with real feeling to a gentle and sparse accompaniment.

A cheeky Scot with a mock Cockney cum West Virginia accent putting on the style.

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Tracks:

01. Rock Island Line

02. Lost John

03. Bring A Little Water Sylvie

04. Dead Or Alive

05. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O

06. Cumberland Gap

07. Gamblin' Man

08. Puttin' On The Style

09. My Dixie Darling

10. Jack O' Diamonds

11. Grand Coolie Dam

12. Tom Dooley

13. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour

14. Battle Of New Orleans

15. My Old Man's A Dustman

16. Have A Drink On Me

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"Born in Glasgow on 29 April 1931, of Scots/Irish parents, Anthony James Donegan moved to London with his mother after his parents divorced. His father had been an amateur concert violinist but young Donegan's musical interests grew from the occasional BBC radio shows of the day featuring American Blues singers and New Orleans jazz bands.[...] He put together the Tony Donegan Jazzband and found a niche among the few jazz clubs around London at that time. A highlight came when he was asked to appear at the Royal Festival Hall as opening act for one of his boyhood idols and the person from whom he had borrowed his first name, Lonnie Johnson. [...] He was banjo-player and vocalist in the Chris Barber jazzband when they made their first album in the early fifties. Lonnie had built up a repertoire of American folk songs and Barber asked him to include a couple on what was basically an instrumental album. [...] Decca, who had only wanted instrumental tracks anyway, reluctantly released Donegan's version of a Leadbelly song, Rock Island Line and watched in amazement at the musical explosion that followed. BBC Radio played the record and it sold 3 million copies, shooting into the British & American top-ten. [...] His music was macho and appealed to teenage boys who decided they wanted to be Skifflers just like him. [...] Contrary to popular belief, Lonnie's skiffle group did not include a washboard or tea chest bass. [...] Lonnie's band comprised the best musicians around and was as electric as any of the rock'n roll groups that followed. [...] Over six years, every single he released was a chart hit [...] Soon after that, the Quarrymen Skiffle group became desperate for success and decided to change their name, to The Beatles. [...] These four Liverpudlians with their fresh harmonic sound made skiffle music old-hat overnight and instantly put paid to Donegan's recording career. He was wise enough to see that it was hopeless in trying to compete so he turned his sights to the huge cabaret scene of the time." www.lonniedoneganinc.com

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PLUS:

The Birth of British Rock 'n' Roll (Documentary) (1 hr x 2)

Broadcast on BBC Radio 2 - Tue 31 Oct., 2006, 7 Nov.,2006

This documentary tells the story of how UK musicians tried to emulate the excitement of American rock 'n' roll in the era before the arrival of the Beatles in 1962.

Presented by Steve Harley.

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In 2 parts, 56 min. x 2, 50.7 MB @ 64 kbps.

If you listen to this documentary, you'll know that UK Rock 'n' Roll, apart from Donegan & Billy Fury, was pretty dire.

This BBC Radio 2 programme gives a good idea of what was coming out of USA at the same time. Talk about chalk & cheese!

Shake, Rattle & Roll, presented by Mark Lamarr, BBC Radio 2, 31 Aug. 06.

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51.6 MB @ 128 kbps, 56:54

Playlist:

Rufus brown - Keep-a-Knockin'

Joe Poovey - Ten Long Fingers

The Hemlocks - Cora Lee

Little Butchie Saunders - I Wanna Holler

Johnny Walleen - Mystery Train

Joe Hughes - Make Me Dance, Little Ant

Al Jackson - It ain't gonna be like That

H-Bomb Ferguson - Good Lovin'

The Collins Kids - Mercy

Wanda Jackson - Baby Loves Him

The Collins Kids - Whistle Bait

Charlie Gracie - My Baby Loves Me

Bobby Lord - No More

Billy Strange - Let Me in there, Baby

The 5 Royals - Tell Me the Truth

Marino Choice - Cherry Juice

Bobby Vee & The Shadows - Flying High

The Marathons - Tight Sweater

Nolan Stron & Diablos - Baby, Be Mine

The Pretenders - Smile

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