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VA - Banjo's, Tea Chests, Thimbles & Washboards: The Great UK Skiffle Boom (2023)

VA - Banjo's, Tea Chests, Thimbles & Washboards: The Great UK Skiffle Boom (2023)

BAND/ARTIST: Various Artists

  • Title: Banjo's, Tea Chests, Thimbles & Washboards: The Great UK Skiffle Boom
  • Year Of Release: 2023
  • Label: Jasmine Records
  • Genre: Skiffle, Folk, Rhythm & Blues
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 2:37:08
  • Total Size: 527 MB
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Tracklist:

1. The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group – Rock Island Line (02:28)
2. The Chas Mcdevitt Skiffle Group – Greenback Dollar (02:23)
3. Dickie Bishop & His Sidekicks – No Other Baby (02:57)
4. The Bob Cort Skiffle Group – 6-5 Special (01:54)
5. The Vipers Skiffle Group – Maggie May (01:54)
6. Johnny Duncan & Blue Grass Boys – Footprints In The Snow (02:22)
7. The Avon Cities Skiffle Group – Fisherman's Blues (02:44)
8. Alexis Korner's Breakdown Group – Roundhouse Stomp (02:51)
9. The Ken Colyer Skiffle Group – Mule Skinner Blues (03:01)
10. Sonny Stewart & The Skiffle Kings – The Northern Line (02:21)
11. The Soho Skiffle Group – Give Me A Big Fat Woman (02:48)
12. Les Hobeaux – Dynamo (02:06)
13. The City Ramblers Skiffle Group – Keep Your Pistol Good And Loaded (02:30)
14. The Lea Valley Skiffle Group – Streamline Train (03:21)
15. The Old Timers Skiffle Group – The Woman Who Loved A Swine (02:37)
16. The Barnstormers Spasm Band – Storming The Barn (02:20)
17. The Frog Island Skiffle Group – Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (03:09)
18. The Eden Street Skiffle Group – Raise A Ruckus Tonight (02:10)
19. The Original Soho Skiffle Group – The Ash Grove (01:49)
20. Jimmy Jackson – Midnight Train (02:51)
21. The 2.19 Skiffle Group – Railroad Bill (02:50)
22. Johnny Christmas & The Sunspots – I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing (02:14)
23. The Tin Pan Skiffle Group – Poor Howard (01:42)
24. The Delta Skiffle Group – Ain't You Glad (02:01)
25. The Coffee Bar Skifflers – Bad Man Stack-O-Lee (02:40)
26. Bob Wallis's Washboard Beaters – Crawdad Hole (02:12)
27. The Worried Men – Fraulein (02:11)
28. The Chas Mcdevitt Skiffle Group – House Of The Rising Sun (New Orleans) (02:44)
29. The Chris Barber Skiffle Group – Gypsy Davy (feat Dickie Bishop) (02:12)
30. Nancy Whiskey & Her Skifflers – He's Solid Gone (02:33)
31. The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group – Bring A Little Water, Sylvie (02:27)
32. The Vipers Skiffle Group – Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O (02:15)
33. The Chas Mcdevitt Skiffle Group – Freight Train (feat Nancy Whiskey) (02:58)
34. The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group – Lost John (02:43)
35. The Vipers Skiffle Group – Cumberland Gap (01:55)
36. The Chris Barber Skiffle Group – Where Could I Go? (02:45)
37. The City Ramblers Skiffle Group – Midnight Special (feat Ramblin' Jack Elliott) (02:32)
38. Dickie Bishop – Worried Man Blues (feat Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group) (02:10)
39. The The Original Barnstormers Spasm Band – Tiger Rag (02:34)
40. Les Hobeaux – Mama Don't Allow (02:08)
41. The Ken Colyer Skiffle Group – This Sportin' Life (02:29)
42. The Bob Cort Skiffle Group – School Day (01:55)
43. Sonny Stewart & The Skiffle Kings – Black Jack (02:22)
44. The Eden Street Skiffle Group – Ain't It A Shame (02:16)
45. The Hallelujah Skiffle Group – I Saw The Light (feat Clinton Ford) (02:49)
46. Lorrae Desmond & Her Rebels – Preacher, Preacher (02:22)
47. Alexis Korner's Skiffle Group – Kid Man (feat Cyril Davies) (02:23)
48. The Arthur Baird Skiffle Group – Union Train (02:50)
49. Bob Wallis's Washboard Beaters – It's Tight Like That (03:28)
50. Johnny Parker's Washboard Band – Canine Stomp (02:35)
51. The Delta Skiffle Group – Skip To My Lou (02:15)
52. The Avon Cities Skiffle Group – This Little Light Of Mine (02:08)
53. The 2.19 Skiffle Group – Union Maid (03:01)
54. Unknown Skiffle Group – Washboard Special (01:20)
55. The Station Skiffle Group – Steamboat Bill (02:33)
56. The Westcott Skiffle Group – Good Mornin' Blues (02:23)
57. Jimmy Jackson's Rock'n'Skiffle – California Zephyr (02:55)
58. The Don Lang Skiffle Group – Whiskey (01:36)
59. The Brian Newey Skiffle Group – Toll The Bell Easy (02:31)
60. Betty Smith's Skiffle – There's A Blue Ridge Round My Heart, Virginia (02:34)
61. Beryl Bryden's Backroom Skiffle – Kansas City Blues (02:56)
62. Jimmy Miller & The Barbecues – Sizzlin' Hot (02:15)
63. Liz Winters & Bob Cort – Jessamine (feat The Bob Cort Skiffle Group) (01:52)
64. Johnny Duncan & Blue Grass Boys – Last Train To San Fernando (02:26)

Very nearly seventy years after the event, it's impossible to convey just how big an impact SKIFFLE had upon the teenaged youth of an austere, sepia-tinted, post-WW2 UK.

It was an almost exclusively British phenomenon, propelled by home-made, DIY simplicity; a cheap, bottom-of-the-range banjo or acoustic guitar; a stand-up tea chest bass; a washboard; a handful of thimbles; and a kazoo, from Woolworths (optional).

It's no exaggeration to say that Lonnie Donegan's frantic 'Rock Island Line', which made the charts in January 1956, changed everything; it threw the 'rule book' out of the window.

Following Lonnie's breakthrough, along came The Vipers, Chas McDevitt & Nancy Whiskey, Johnny Duncan, Dickie Bishop, Alexis Korner & Cyril Davies, and dozens more.

This compilation features all the singers, strummers, strokers and scratchers at the forefront of the UK Skiffle Boom - more than 40 different groups/artists are featured - and includes many of the genre's biggest hits.


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  • whiskers
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