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Encyclopedia > Skiffle music

Skiffle music is a type of folk music with a jazz and blues influence, usually using homemade or improvised instruments such as the washboard, tea-chest bass, kazoo, cigar-box fiddle, or a comb and paper, and so forth. Skiffle and jug band music are closely related. It was particularly popular in Britain during the 1950s and 1960s. It has been suggested that Folkies be merged into this article or section. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. ... A washboard (left) and a piano player A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. ... The washtub bass is a folk instrument that uses a metal washtub as a resonator. ... Two examples of the kazoo A metal kazoo The kazoo is a simple musical instrument (membranophone) that adds tonal qualities when the player hums into it. ... A modern plastic comb with a handle A comb is a device made of solid material, generally flat, always toothed, used in hair care for staightening and cleaning hair or other fibers. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A jug band is a band employing a jug player and other traditional and homemade instruments, such as rhythm guitar, washtub bass, washboard, jug, mandolin, spoons, and kazoo. ...


Skiffle first became popular in the early 1900s in the US, starting in New Orleans. The Oxford English Dictionary states that skiffle was a term used for rent party. // Events and Trends Technology Lawrence Hargrave makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air aircraft Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first documented flight in a powered heavier-than-air aircraft Mass production of automobile Wide popularity of home phonograph Panama Canal is built by the United... ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a comprehensive dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). ... For a rent party (sometimes called a house party or house-rent party), tenants hire a musician or band to play for a party and pass the hat to raise money to pay their rent. ...


Originally, skiffle groups were referred to as spasm bands. By the 1920s and 1930s, a form of skiffle was being played in Louisville and Memphis. Skiffle's roots are also found in the jazz bands of the 1940s and 1950s. Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... Louisville (usually pronounced ; see Pronunciation below) is Kentuckys largest city and one of the largest cities in the United States (see Official naming and population statistics below). ... Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, of which it is the county seat. ... // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ...


The first use of the name on records was in 1925 by the otherwise unknown Jimmy O'Bryant and his Chicago Skifflers. In 1948 Dan Burley & His Skiffle Boys, led by barrelhouse piano player and journalist Burley, brought together New Orleans bassist Pops Foster, and guitar-playing brothers Brownie and Sticks McGhee. 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... George Murphy Foster, almost always known as Pops Foster (18 May 1892 (?) - 30 October 1969) was a jazz musician, best known for his vigorous string bass playing. ... A guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... Walter Brownie McGhee (November 30, 1915 - February 16, 1996) was a folk-blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry. ...


Skiffle became extremely popular in the UK in the late 1950s. Skiffler Lonnie Donegan had major international success with the Leadbelly song, "Rock Island Line" and the novelty song "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's [sic] Flavour on the Bedpost Over Night?" Other well-known British skiffle groups include The Gin Mill Skiffle Group, and The Quarry Men, who later became the The Beatles. In the mockumentary This is Spinal Tap, the fictitious rock group Spinal Tap had its beginnings in skiffle. // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ... Lonnie Donegan MBE (April 29, 1931 – November 3, 2002) was a skiffle musician, possibly the most famous of them all. ... Leadbelly, circa 1942; shown with an accordion, though he typically played guitar Leadbelly (born Huddie William Ledbetter; January 29, 1885 – December 6, 1949) was an American folk musician, notable for his strong, clear voice, for his forceful singing, and for his virtuosity as a twelve string guitar player. ... A novelty song is a usually intentionally humorous song, usually in published or recorded form. ... The Quarry Men were a little-known skiffle group formed around Liverpool, England in March 1957 by John Lennon. ... The Beatles were a British rock/pop group from Liverpool, England. ... Mockumentary, a portmanteau of mock documentary (also fictional documentary or false documentary), names a film and TV genre, or a single work of the genre. ... This Is Spinal Tap is a 1984 mockumentary directed by Rob Reiner and starring members of Spinal Tap. ... Spinal Tap (from left to right): Smalls, St. ...


Mick Jagger was a member of the Barber-Colyer Skiffle Band but claims he didn't really like skiffle. Nonetheless, it was the popularity of simple skiffle music that opened young Britons' eyes to the idea that they could play music and have hit records. The result, several years later, was the musical explosion called the British Invasion. Mick Jagger, seen here on Box of Pin Ups, 1964. ... The appearance of The Beatles on the The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, marked the dramatic start of the British Invasion. ...


Several decades following the British Invasion, American Indie Rock bands like Guided By Voices would imitate the 60's Brit Pop with affected faux-English accents. Only some would go as far as the Strapping Fieldhands and actually mimic their skiffle roots (even going so far as to have a song named "Lonnie Donegan's Mum's Tea Chest"). Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Bob Pollard, lead singer and songwriter for Guided by Voices, drinking next to a sign inspired by the popular line from A Salty Salute, the bands drinking anthem. ...


See also

// Skiffle bands in Australia Rock Island Linesmen, The Skiffle bands in Austria Worried Men Skiffle Group (Vienna) Skiffle bands in Denmark Modvind (central Jutland) Skiffle bands in Germany Anyway (Leverkusen) Black Bear Skiffle Company Black Bottom Skiffle Group (Munich) Bourbon Skiffle Company (Hannover) Caddy Skiffle Group (Hannover) Die Popel (Essen...

External links

  • Skiffle.net (German-language website.)
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