| Description | Track 1: Lonnie Donegan talks about the origins of the term 'skiffle', which was 'jazzed up' folk played at 'skiffle' parties in the Southern USA, he talks about the influence of Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie, Sonny Terry, and Muddy Waters, 2.35 mins
Track 2: The interviewer asks why this music appealed to him; he says he had 'a natural ear for folk sounds', perhaps because he has Scottish origins - he says that the English and the Germans are unmusical; the interviewer asks about protest songs, whether the skiffle movement led to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Committee of 100; he talks about 'negro' protest songs, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie, 3.46 mins
Track 3: He talks about 'genuine protest' in America and the violence against people who protested in the 1930s; the interviewer asks about protest in England and how songs like 'Rock Around the Clock' might express protest; Lonnie Donnegan talks about adolescent and student protest, 4.08 mins
Track 4: They discuss whether there is a difference between protest when he was young and the Stones and the Beatles now, Lonnie Donnegan talks about starting his chain of folk clubs, which dwindled when he was not involved, they talk about the rise of folk clubs in the 1960s, 3.12 mins
Track 5: He says that he does not believe that there will never be a great folk tradition in England because English people are unmusical, 2.30 mins
Track 6: The interviewer asks whether he has changed what he sings - he says that he has 'broadened', he used to sing only folk songs, but he is now an entertainer, 1.23 mins
Total: 17.36 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF534B0399280 |