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'''Skiffle''' was a kind of do-it-yourself up-tempo [[country music]] for a while popular in Britain in the late 1950s. [[Lonnie Donegan]] was its archetypal star and instrumentation contained a washboard for percussion. [[Johnny Duncan]]'s country hit 'Last Train to San Fernando' may have been an inspiration. | '''Skiffle''' was a kind of do-it-yourself up-tempo [[country music]] for a while popular in Britain in the late 1950s. [[Lonnie Donegan]] was its archetypal star, and instrumentation contained a washboard for percussion. [[Johnny Duncan]]'s country hit 'Last Train to San Fernando' may have been an inspiration. | ||
Revision as of 20:06, 7 March 2008
Skiffle was a kind of do-it-yourself up-tempo country music for a while popular in Britain in the late 1950s. Lonnie Donegan was its archetypal star, and instrumentation contained a washboard for percussion. Johnny Duncan's country hit 'Last Train to San Fernando' may have been an inspiration.