"As Good As It Gets SKIFFLE" Vol. 2

Skiffle as a genre was effectively invented by Lonnie Donegan with some assistance from Chris Barber and Ken Colyer. Yes I know the term was used in the US for home-made and rent party music, but it had all but disappeared from the musical vocabulary when it re-appeared as a label on which to hang the acoustic guitar driven music played by Donegan and, fairly quickly, others. The music itself was largely based on American traditional forms, work songs, blues, gospel and even some country though it didn't ignore more topical folk performers such as Woody Guthrie. In terms of artists who've been influenced by the music, there's scarcely anyone who was to emerge in the early 60's Brit boom who wasn't touched by Skiffle in some way, with fleeting shards of American roots music getting into their psyches - does this in part account for the subsequent British R&B boom or am I fantasising? To the UK public it offered a vitality that was largely lacking in early homegrown attempts to emulate rock'n'roll. Indeed in some of the better efforts (by Donegan it has to be said) it actually had the urgency and passion found in the better rock performances from across the pond. However as British rock performers upped their game and the likes of Cliff Richard and Billy Fury started to dominate the UK charts, Skiffle lost favour. (AMAZON)

trax disc 1:
1. I Saw The Light - The Vipers Skiffle Group 2. Badman Stack-o-Lee - Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group 3. Stewball - The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group 4. I Heard The Bluebirds Sing - Johnny Duncan & The Bluegrass Boys 5. Sizzling Hot - Jimmy Miller & The Barbecues 6. Stormin' The Barn - Original Barnstormers Spasm Band 7. Levee Breakers - The Levee Breakers 8. Up There - Johnny Parker's Washboard Band 9. Good Morning Blues - Jimmy Jackson's Rock 'n' Skiffle 10. Pay Me My Money Down - The Vipers Skiffle Group 11. Yonder Comes A Sucker - Johnny Duncan & The Bluegrass Boys 12. When The Sun Goes Down - The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group 13. B. B's Blues - Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group 14. Dynamo - Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group 15. Fisherman's Blues - The Avon Cities Skiffle Group 16. Gypsy Davy - The Chris Barber Skiffle Group 17. Easy Rider - The Vipers Skiffle Group 18. Hard Travellin' - The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group 19. Mr. Freddy Blues - Johnny Parker's Barrelhouse Four 20. Roving Gambler - Don Lang & His Skiffle Group 21. Sporting Life - Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group 22. Press On - Johnny Duncan & The Bluegrass Boys 23. When The Morning Glories... - Original Barnstormers Spasm Band 24. This Land Is Your Land - The Vipers Skiffle Group 25. Ol' Riley - The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group 26. Goin' Home - Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group 27. Can't You Line 'Em - The Chris Barber Skiffle Group 28. Swing Down Sweet Chariot - Jimmy Jackson's Rock 'n' Skiffle 29. Roll The Cotton Down - Don Lang & His Skiffle Group 30. Kansas City Special - Lorrae Desmond & Her Rebels
trax disc 2:
1. Worried Man Blues - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group 2. Old Joe Clark - The Vipers Skiffle Group 3. My Old Man - Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group 4. Out Of Business - Johnny Duncan & The Bluegrass Boys 5. Free Wheelin' Baby - Jimmy Miller & The Barbecues 6. Jingle Bells - Original Barnstormers Spasm Band 7. Going To Germany - The Levee Breakers 8. Roll 'em Pete - Avon Cities Skiffle Group Feat. Ray Bush 9. New Burying Ground - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group 10. Hold That Thing - Johnny Parker's Barrelhouse Four 11. Across The Bridge - Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group w/Shirley Douglas 12. Midnight Train - Jimmy Jackson's Rock 'n' Skiffle 13. Precious Memories - The Vipers Skiffle Group 14. Two Ships - Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group 15. This Train - Don Lang & His Skiffle Group 16. Harmonica Blues - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group 17. Freight Train Blues - Johnny Duncan & The Bluegrass Boys 18. John B Sails - The Vipers Skiffle Group 19. Face In The Rain - Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group 20. Reckon I'll Go Too - Jimmy Jackson's Rock 'n' Skiffle 21. Dead Or Alive - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group 22. Jim Dandy - The Vipers Skiffle Group 23. Johnny's Blue Yodel - Johnny Duncan & The Bluegrass Boys 24. The Fox's Tail - Johnny Parker's Washboard Band 25. We Shall Walk Through The Valley - Chris Barber's Jazz Band 26. Shorty George - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group 27. Pick A Bale Of Cotton - The Saddlemen Skiffle Group 28. Streamline Train - The Grasshoppers Skiffle Group 29. I Shall Not Be Moved - The Black Rose Skiffle Group 30. I Know The Lord Laid His Hands On Me - The Saddlemen Skiffle Group
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