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Thread: Album Club, March 2017: Van Morrison, Lonnie Donnegan - 'The Skiffle Sessions'

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    Default Album Club, March 2017: Van Morrison, Lonnie Donnegan - 'The Skiffle Sessions'

    The Album Club choice for March 2017, comes courtesy of Grant (struth) who has stepped in with his suggestion: 'The Skiffle Sessions, Live in Belfast', featuring Van Morrison, Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber.

    As always please listen to the album in its entirety before you comment and/or vote.



    The Skiffle Sessions



    The Skiffle Sessions – Live In Belfast 1998 is a live album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, with Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). Lonnie Donegan had played with the Chris Barber jazz band when he had his first hit with "Rock Island Line"/"John Henry" in 1955. He had been a childhood influence on Van Morrison, who had first performed in his own skiffle band with schoolmates when he was twelve years old in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This would be Donegan's first studio album in twenty years; reviving his career until his death in 2002.

    Track list.

    "It Takes a Worried Man" – 3:40
    "Lost John" – 3:33
    "Goin' Home" (Antonín Dvořák) – 3:08
    "Good Morning Blues" (Lead Belly, John Lomax) – 2:52
    "Outskirts of Town" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 4:20
    "Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O" – 1:51
    "Alabamy Bound" (Buddy DeSylva, Bud Green, Ray Henderson) – 2:22
    "Midnight Special" – 2:53
    "Dead or Alive" (Woody Guthrie) – 2:33
    "Frankie and Johnny" – 4:31
    "Goodnight Irene" (Lead Belly, Lomax) – 2:46
    "Railroad Bill" – 1:57
    "Muleskinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughn) – 3:06
    "The Ballad of Jesse James" – 3:07
    "I Wanna Go Home" – 3:46


    Personnel

    Van Morrison – vocal, acoustic guitar
    Lonnie Donegan – vocal, acoustic guitar
    Chris Barber – vocal, trombone, double bass
    Paul Henry, Big Jim Sullivan – acoustic guitar
    Nick Payne – harmonica, saxophone, background vocal
    Dr. John – piano
    Nicky Scott, Chris Hunt – electric bass
    Alan "Sticky" Wicket – washboard, percussion


    Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/album/1f9WJoiZClviYftoA2UPIJ

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    As I picked it, albiet in a rush, I will start.. I think its a great album. Stellar performers all, and it shows. Van Is in form and as he started life in skiffle, these 2 were his idols. Not all skiffle though and some nice bles and other stuff there. well recorded for a live album in front of an apreciative Irish crowd. strong 9 from me to kick it off
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    Didn't think i was going to like this as much as i did as i'm not a skiffle fan, but surprisingly it's a real toe tapper, good choice Grant


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    Glad you liked it Mike. Skiffle is long forgotten now but was immensely popular in the 50's. There were about 50,000 skiffle bands in Britain..
    A large number of British musicians began their careers playing skiffle in this period, and some became leading figures in their respective fields. These included leading Northern Irish musician Van Morrison and British blues pioneer Alexis Korner, as well as Ronnie Wood, Alex Harvey and Mick Jagger; folk musicians Martin Carthy, John Renbourn and Ashley Hutchings; rock musicians Roger Daltrey, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Robin Trower and David Gilmour; and popular beat-music successes Graham Nash and Allan Clarke of the Hollies. Most notably, the Beatles developed from John Lennon's skiffle group the Quarrymen. Similarly, the Bee Gees developed from Barry Gibb's skiffle group the Rattlesnakes.
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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    i was born in 1970, so long before my time Grant, one person you didn't mention that i knew played skiffle Joe Brown


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    Quote Originally Posted by Jac Hawk View Post
    i was born in 1970, so long before my time Grant, one person you didn't mention that i knew played skiffle Joe Brown
    Joe is an astounding pro. Got a few of his albums(hes still going) very well thought of by other musicians. Joe brown and the spacemen i think.. lol
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    Joe is an astounding pro. Got a few of his albums(hes still going) very well thought of by other musicians. Joe brown and the spacemen i think.. lol
    Seen Joe Brown a couple of times over the last 5 years at The Stables Wavendon and Milton Keynes theatre. Both concerts very enjoyable and he is such an accomplished musician.

    Great choice of album Grant, not heard it before. A real easy listen and it takes me back. Thanks.

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    Joe Brown. Blimey, he must be about eighty.
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    Joe Brown. Blimey, he must be about eighty.
    Still got his hair -a long crew cut - I suppose it could be a wig...

    He is 76 now and still going strong.
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    Seems to have died a death this ..quick bump
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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