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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.
Singer/songwriter Billy Bragg gained fame as a punk rock and folk musician in the 1980s. Now nearing 60, he’s still singing songs of protest and passion, but also singing the gospel of skiffle, a folk and blues-inspired genre that helped propel a generation of British rockers. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Bragg to discuss his new book, “Roots, Radicals and Rockers.”
http://www.lonniedonegan.com Lonnie Donegan performs "Rock Island Line" live on "Putting on the Donegan" 15/6/1961
Old Line Skiffle Combo performs "Big Wheels Roll" 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
A Larry Perez Media production. Visit Knobtown Skiffle Band at http://knobtownskiffleband.com
Long before Led Zeppelin, a 13 year old Jimmy Page and his skiffle group play 'Mama Don't Want To Skiffle Anymore' and 'Cottonfields' on Huw Weldon's tv show 'All Your Own'. This is the complete version, and not the shorter one that's uploaded here on You Tube.
18. Hamburger Skiffle Festival 25.01.2015 in der Fabrik Altona The Old Boys Skiffle Corporation - "Worried Man Blues" Singer: Tilman Video und Schnitt: Jörg-Peter Staebe The Old Boys Skiffle Corporation: Volker Blädel, Waschbrett Günter Middeldorf, Gitarre Hermann Christiansen, Banjo Tilman Virgin, Gitarre Carsten Rick, Teekistenbass
Very rare video performance by british pioneers of skiffle. Taken from old Russian (!) music movie "Девушка с гитарой" ("A girl with guitar") (1958). Song written by Joe "King" Oliver in 1926, lyrics slightly modified
Второй концерт SKIFFLE в новом составе и с обновленным репертуаром прошел в клубе Live Stars 12 сентября. В репертуар вошла также песня "Нажми на тормоз" - группы FRED, участниками которой в далеких 90-х были Артём Макаров, Александр Никольский и Иван Ратников. Группа SKIFFLE: Артём Макаров (вокал+акустика) Иван Ратников (гитара) Олег Ломовцев (бас-гитара) Александр Никольский (ударные) Сет-лист: 00:05 Intro 03:00 Ветер 05:35 Рывок 10:50 Эвакуация 15:00 Канатоходец 20:03 Остров 23:43 One Day 27:00 I've Found God 33:55 Coming Home 37:53 Waltz 42:40 Chains 46:04 Hey Man 49:40 Otherside 54:05 Нажми На Тормоз --------- 59:41 Coming Home
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Charted in Jan 1957 in UK - peaked at # 10
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.
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
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