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Skiffle is a music genre with jazz, blues, folk and roots influences, usually using homemade or improvised instruments. Originating as a term in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, it became popular again in the UK in the 1950s, where it was mainly associated with musician Lonnie Donegan. Skiffle played a major part in beginning the careers of later eminent jazz, pop, blues, folk and rock musicians and has been seen as a critical stepping stone to the second British folk revival, blues boom and British Invasion of the US popular music scene.
The origins of skiffle are obscure but are generally thought to lie in African-American musical culture in the early 20th century. Skiffle is often said to have developed from New Orleans jazz, but this claim has been disputed. Improvised jug bands playing blues and jazz were common across the American South in the early decades of the 20th century, even if the term skiffle was not used to describe them. They used instruments such as the washboard, jugs, washtub bass, cigar-box fiddle, musical saw and comb-and-paper kazoos, as well as more conventional instruments, such as acoustic guitar and banjo.
Various Artists - Essential Skiffle - 50 Original Hits Released 2012-08-24 on Not Now Music 1. 00:00:00 Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group Freight Train 2. 00:02:58 Lonnie Donegan Putting On the Style 3. 00:06:28 The Vipers Skiffle Group Don't You Rock Me Daddy O 4. 00:08:45 Bob Cort Skiffle Group Six-Five Special 5. 00:10:39 Avon Cities Skiffle Group Green Corn 6. 00:13:43 Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group Mama Don't Allow 7. 00:15:51 Alan Lomax Hard Case 8. 00:18:27 Johnny Duncan And His Blue Grass Boys Last Train to San Fernando 9. 00:20:55 Chris Barber's Skiffle Group Can't You Line 'Em 10. 00:22:58 Lorrae Desmond And Her Rebels Preacher Preacher 11. 00:25:20 The Vipers Skiffle Group The Cumberland Gap 12. 00:27:15 Ken Colyer Skiffle Group Down By the Riverside 13. 00:29:49 Jim Jackson's Rock And Ro...
Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group performing the Woody Guthrie song Gamblin' Man in 1958. (With Les Bennetts, lead guitar; Pete Huggett, bass; Nick Nicholls, drums.)
A short history from the Culture Show
Very rare video performance by british pioneers of skiffle. Taken from old Russian (!) music movie "Девушка с гитарой" ("A girl with guitar") (1958).
Maggie Mae - I Saw Her Standing There The Lew Dite Skiffle Group at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall Montreal Feb 6, 2004
Dedicated to the memory of Christine Hastings who plays "Aunt Bessie" who sadly passed away on 2nd March, 2012. She was a great friend to us and many others and will be remembered for her caring nature and selfless willingness to help where it was needed. She will be missed and her spirit lives on... ---- The Jive Aces Skiffle Combo present "Mama Don't Allow" from the CD "It's Skiffle Time!" order from iTunes at http://is.gd/skiffle or email sales@jiveaces.com to order the CD. http://www.facebook.com/jiveaces http://www.twitter.com/jiveaces Check out the ukulele tutorial at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzKHwy1-W8Y Massive thanks to the Satin Dollz for being continuously awesome ( http://www.satindollz.com ). Christine Hastings for use of her house and copious cups of tea. The Columbus...
Old Line Skiffle Combo performs "Hobo Blues" live at the LC King Factory during the 2013 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion in Bristol, Tennessee. For more awesome live performances from Old Line Skiffle Combo and other great bands, visit http://www.liveandbreathing.com
http://urbsmagna.wordpress.com Vipers Skiffle Group - mais tarde conhecido simplesmente como Os Vipers - foram um dos principais grupos britânicos de skiffle em meados dos anos 1950. Formavam o grupo: o apresentador de rádio e televisão Wally Whyton , o gerente de um café e bar Johnny Martyn , o vendedor Jean Van den Bosch , o reparador de instrumentos musicais Tony Tolhurst e o jornalista João Peregrino. O produtor musical era, nada mais nada menos, George Martin - o mesmo dos Beatles. O grupo foi formado na primavera de 1956 no centro de Londres, originalmente como um trio de cantores - guitarristas compreendendo Whyton, Johnny Martyn (nascido John Martyn Booker, 1934 - 2007) e Jean Van den Bosch . Mais tarde, os dois adicionaram uma secção rítmica , Tony Tolhurst ( baixo ) e John Pilgri...
Hounslow, Middlesex. M/S of the interior of a barber shop. A barber is applying shaving cream to customer's cheeks while two men sing. They are wearing traditional costumes, have false moustache and their old fashioned singing sounds terrible. C/U shot of barber shaving a customer. Voiceover states that choir singing in barber shops is luckily a thing of the past. Instead, for years there was no sound apart from "barber's gossip" but that is changing. L/S of the interior of a modern barber shop. There are several chairs with people having haircuts and manicures. Large mirrors and shelves with various cosmetic products are on the walls and in the corner - a band! "Hairdresser Leonard Pountney has a latest style Skiffle group laid on for the weekend rush." Several shots of the skiffle...
The rain is falling down
Along with the sky
The colors and remembered suns
Are pouring by
What will I do with the sky
When it is empty?
Come to the window
Put your arms around me again
If you don't hold me
I will wash away with the rain
What will I do with my arms
When they are empty?
I'll just stand here and watch
The sky fall while you put yourself together
While you gather up the time it took to
Make us think we would last forever
The window fills your face
With silver and grain
You're soaking up the sky
I'll never see it again
What will I do with the sky
When it is empty?
What will I do with my life