| Description | Track 1: Lonnie Donegan talks about Country and Western music in America, which is 'more genuinely folk inspired' and wonders why it has no sale in England; he talks about songs from other traditions such as Welsh, English, or the Appalachians in America that are not played by folk singers, he says that many 'negro' songs come from British white tunes, 3.02 mins
Track 2: He talks about slaves in America taking British tunes and mixing them with African music; he describes a gig he played in a folk cellar, 3.49 mins
Track 3: He says that folk will always be a minority interest because most people are not musicians, 1.48 mins
Track 4: The interviewer asks whether he thinks skiffle paved the way for rock, twist, and beat - he says that skiffle was the first introduction to England of 'strong Afro-American rhythm', he talks about the way this progressed and the rise of other performers, 2.50 mins
Track 5: He talks about the introduction of rhythm, which was missing from the English tradition, he says that music is 'becoming universal' and using other influences from all over the world, which is an improvement on the 'square', 'unmusical' English tradition, 1.58 mins
Track 6: Silence, 2.45 mins
Total: 16.14 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF534B0399380 |