CHAS McDEVITT The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group

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1-CD with 28-page booklet, 28 tracks. Playing time approx. 71 mns. Like its near-relation, Rock... more

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CHAS McDEVITT: The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group

1-CD with 28-page booklet, 28 tracks. Playing time approx. 71 mns.

Like its near-relation, Rock 'n' Roll, Skiffle came like a breath of fresh air to the British pop music scene in the 1950s. Drawing inspiration mostly from folk, country and blues music, the commercial skiffle groups soon became role-models for every teenager in the country, and washboards, tea-chests and guitars were soon in short supply. Some skifflers were purists, like Ken Colyer, some, like the Vipers, were enthusiastic amateurs when they first stepped into a studio, but the Chas McDevitt group was popular in style, professional in approach and almost scholarly in their knowledge of the roots music that made up their repertoire.

Despite being signed to Oriole, one of the smallest labels in the business, the Chas McDevitt group met with almost instant success in the UK and USA with their first outing, Freight Train. They followed this hit with a succession (if not always successful) string of singles, which nearly always showed originality, even in their treatment of the old traditional songs. For the first time on one album here are all of the
Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group's recordings for Oriole, featuring both Nancy Whiskey and Shirley Douglas. Also included are several recordings made for the Oriole subsidiary, Embassy (which sold 'two hits for less than the price of one' in Woolworth’s stores) on which you will hear Chas and the group 'cover' their own hit record together with those by Lonnie Donegan and the Vipers. Whether you're planning a Skiffle Party or some serious musical research on the Roots of British Rock, this album is the Real Thing!

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Interpret: CHAS McDEVITT
Album titlle: The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group
Label Bear Family Records
Preiscode AH
Genre Jazz
Artikelart CD
EAN: 4000127161567
weight in Kg 0.115

McDevitt, Chas - The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group CD 1
01	Freight Train	CHAS McDEVITT
02	Cotton Song	CHAS McDEVITT
03	New Orleans (The House Of The Rising Sun)	CHAS McDEVITT
04	Don't You Rock Me Daddy O	CHAS McDEVITT
05	Banana Boat Song	CHAS McDEVITT
06	Worried Man	CHAS McDEVITT
07	Freight Train	CHAS McDEVITT
08	Cumberland Gab	CHAS McDEVITT
09	Greenback Dollar	CHAS McDEVITT
10	I'm Satisfied	CHAS McDEVITT
11	Face In The Rain	CHAS McDEVITT
12	Sportin' Life	CHAS McDEVITT
13	Poor Howard	CHAS McDEVITT
14	The Fireman's Not For Me	CHAS McDEVITT
15	The Riddle Song	CHAS McDEVITT
16	Bad Man Stackolee (1. version)	CHAS McDEVITT
17	Farewell	CHAS McDEVITT
18	Every Day Of The Week	CHAS McDEVITT
19	My Old Man	CHAS McDEVITT
20	Sing, Sing, Sing	CHAS McDEVITT
21	Johnny O	CHAS McDEVITT
22	Bad Man Stackolee (2. version)	CHAS McDEVITT
23	Across The Bridge	CHAS McDEVITT
24	Deep Down	CHAS McDEVITT
25	Real Love	CHAS McDEVITT
26	Juke Box Jumble	CHAS McDEVITT
27	Sad Little Girl	CHAS McDEVITT
28	Teenage Letter	CHAS McDEVITT

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