cool song
Early Lonnie Donegan 1957.....
The concealed 'pig iron' might be referring to smuggling slaves to freedom.
"Rock Island Line" is an American blues/folk song, which was performed and first recorded by Lead Belly in the 1930s. Versions of the song have been recorded by many other artists. While the song is ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island a...
Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group performing the Woody Guthrie song Hard Travelling in 1958. Who said that folk-rock began in the late-1960s?
Skiffle King Lonnie Donegan and his group play the Woody Guthrie song Grand Coulee Dam in 1957. Who said that folk-rock began in the late-1960s?
Apologies for the sound quality.. I recently converted this to digital from a homemade cassette recording done about 20 years ago.
Fallecido en 2002, The King of skiffle.
Born Anthony James Donegan in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, the son of a professional violinist. He moved with his mother to East Ham, Essex (now Greater London), at an early age, after his parents divorced. Inspired by blues music and New Orleans jazz bands he heard on the radio, he resolved to learn the guitar, and bought his first at the age of ...
Lonnie Donegan's version of this Leadbelly classic.
Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group - London Conway Hall 25.01.1957
Precious Memories & Ella Speed
Too late the bars shut. You can buy the next one.
Very early recording of the Skiffle King at the National Jazz Festival singing the vocal with the Chris Barber Skiffle Group.
The amazing Dorothy Donegan in an archival clip from 1945 shown on Night Music.
Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group performing the Woody Guthrie song Gamblin' Man in 1958.
Funny song, also known as Mr. Froggie Went a-Courting (Good Bye Mister Froggie) and i think 'Crawdad Hole' (as recorded by Jack Earls in the 50's for Sun Records) is also based upon this one and has been covered by many rockabilly singers since then.
One more by the king of skiffle.
With Head, Donegan ushered in a new era of brash, low-tech performance video. Here she confronts sex, fantasy, and voyeurism in an autoerotic work-out performed to pop music. The tape records a direct performance action: Donegan unplugs the spout of a plastic container; a stream of milk spurts out. She catches the liquid in her mouth, swallows it, ...
Please enjoy this clip from Arkadia DVD's upcoming Ad Lib series. This clip features Dorothy Donegan performing her song "Pandemonium," from the soon to be released DVD, "Dorothy Donegan: Pandemonium."
The Ad Lib Series is a collection of 46 television episodes showcasing the best in Popular Jazz and Blues. Recorded circa 1980 and 1981, the histor...
Lonnie Donegan performing the traditional folk song Jack O' Diamonds with his Skiffle Group in 1960.
After Hours
Please enjoy this clip from Arkadia DVD's Ad Lib series. This clip features Dorothy Donegan performing the Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn song "Take the A Train," from the DVD, "Dorothy Donegan: Pandemonium."
The Ad Lib Series is a collection of 46 television episodes showcasing the best in Popular Jazz and Blues. Recorded circa 1980 and 1981, t...
Lonnie Donegan feat. Rory Gallagher - Rock Island
In the audience: Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Brownie McGhee, Esther Phillips, Joe Williams, .....
http://www.peterdonegan.com - Recorded live at Whitley Bay Playhouse, UK, October 2006. The band consists of Lonnie's Sons, Peter (vocals/guitar/banjo/piano) and David (drums/percussion), Mark Anderson (guitar/vocals), Rachael Bailey (violin/accordion/organ) and Michael Bailey (bass/vocals) paying tribute to Lonnie's music - it's eletric skiffle th...
solo
Musical drive through the snowdrops cwms (valleys) of Pembrokeshire
Lonnie Donegan - 1960
"John Henry was a steel-driver, an' he died with his hammer in his hand..." - a powerful one from Lonnie, taken from a '78' from the mid-fifties.
The video material was randomly selected by the PC programme from stuff taken at Cleethorpes when they slewed the old track to meet the new, from the new station. I also filmed the last train on the old ...
Ottilie Patterson & Lonnie Donegan sing "When I Move to the Sky". Since Lonnie introduces Ottilie, I assume it's from a TV show of his. Anyone know any more?
Taken from a '78' bought at the time.
"Rock Island Line" is an American blues/folk song, which was performed and first recorded by Lead Belly in the 1930s. Versions of the song have been recorded by many other artists. While the song is ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, from the lyrics there is evidence to suggest tha...
Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber
