[Dixielandjazz] Another place to find "young" OKOM musicians

[Rich Howard]

Didn't know Lonnie Donegan played an instrument.  Besides "Rock Island
Line", the main tune from him I remember is "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's
Flavor On the Bedpost Overnight".

Rich

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Harry Callaghan
<meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com>wrote:

> I was surprised to learn only within the past year that Lonnie Donegan had
> played banjo
> with Chris Barber's band before he went "skiffling" down the "Rock Island
> Line'.  I believe
> he then switched to guitar
>
> Anybody ever hear his rendition of "Frankie and Johnny"?
>
> Of course, I expect this to have been common knowledge for years among
> Europeans..
>
> And, for my money (which I don't have a lot of lately) one of the best
> blues
> singers we have
> around today came out of Jim Kweskin's Jug Band. I am speaking of Maria
> Muldaur.  While
> most people probably regard her as a one-hit wonder with her "Midnight at
> the Oasis", the lady
> can sing some fine blues when she sets her mind to it.
>
> She also recently recorded an album that was a tribute to Peggy Lee
>
> That's all for me for this Monday, June 21, 2010.  A Monday like many other
> Mondays, except
> YOU WERE THERE!
>
> Tides,
> HC.
>
>
> On 6/21/10, Graham Martin <grahmartin at bigpond.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > I was just thinking that your jug bands are what I would call a skiffle
> > group - from my youth, shades of Ken Colyer and Lonnie Donegan. A certain
> > very famous pop group from the 60s came out of a skiffle group called The
> > Quarrymen. No prizes for guessing who. But it does show that skiffle
> groups
> > or jug bands, whatever you want to call them, can be a good breeding
> ground
> > for any kind of music.
> >
> > I might be missing something but where are the jugs? I thought that was
> an
> > essential part of a jug band.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Grah
> >
> > Graham Martin
> > REDLAND BAY
> > Queensland, AUSTRALIA
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David M Richoux [mailto:tubaman at tubatoast.com]
> > Sent: Monday, 21 June 2010 12:28 PM
> > To: DJML Jazz
> > Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> > Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Another place to find "young" OKOM musicians
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Been traveling so I have not kept up on some threads, but I am on a
> > Jug Band list  ( jugband at yahoogroups.com ) and there are a lot of
> > young musicians playing that style of OKOM these days -
> > just saw some videos here: http://www.youtube.com/howlongjugband
> > and there have been a lot of other new groups forming all over North
> > America and the rest of the world.  While there is some strange
> > controversy among jug band musicians about what is "Jazz" and what is
> > "Jugband" I certainly can see a lot of cross-over potential.
> >
> > So maybe some OKOM societies could hire a local jug band as an opening
> > act for their monthly sessions or something - the young  followers of
> > the jug might also want to hear a more traditional jazz band - who
> > knows!
> >
> >
> > By the way, for those on the East Coast - the California Repercussions
> > (only somewhat of an OKOM band, but we do play Sacramento Festival)
> > will be in New York City on the 30th of June and Washington DC on the
> > 4th of July - if you are around, look for us...
> >
> > Dave Richoux
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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