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Old 01-20-2012, 07:32 AM   #1
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Default The Lonnie Donegan Appreciation Thread
One of my biggest regrets was not seeing this guy before he died. He's an underated genius and people forget that without him, there would have been no Beatles. Skiffle rules!
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Old 01-20-2012, 01:44 PM   #2
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Mark knopfler did a nice tribute
To him
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Old 01-20-2012, 01:45 PM   #3
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Got a link to it?

Just found these quotes which back up what a legend the guy was

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“ I'm trying to sing acceptable folk music. I want to widen the audience beyond the artsy-craftsy crowd and the pseudo intellectuals - but without distorting the music itself. ” NME - June 1956[7]

  • "In England, we were separated from our folk music tradition centuries ago and were imbued with the idea that music was for the upper classes. You had to be very clever to play music. When I came along with the old three chords, people began to think that if I could do it, so could they. It was the reintroduction of the folk music bridge which did that." — Interview, 2002.
  • "He was the first person we had heard of from Britain to get to the coveted No. 1 in the charts, and we studied his records avidly. We all bought guitars to be in a skiffle group. He was the man." — Paul McCartney
  • "He really was at the very cornerstone of English blues and rock." — Brian May.[2]
  • "I wanted to be Elvis Presley when I grew up, I knew that. But the man who really made me feel like I could actually go out and do it was a chap by the name of Lonnie Donegan." — Roger Daltrey
  • "Remember, Lonnie Donegan started it for you." — Jack White's acceptance speech at the Brit Awards.[8]
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Old 01-20-2012, 02:50 PM   #4
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[QUOTE=Peter Parka;2087559]Got a link to it?

Just found these quotes which back up what a legend the guy was

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