Lonnie Donegan

Donegan was the father of the British skiffle movement of the '50s and early '60s. He combined jugband music, New Orleans jazz, country, folk, and blues in a driving, highly rhythmic style that relied strictly on acoustic instruments including banjo, washboard, and washtub bass. Donegan's sound--sort of a parallel universe version of early rock & roll--was one of the primary influences on the Beatles and other British Invasion acts.

• Alexis Korner
• Beryl Bryden
• Chas McDevitt
• Chris Barber
• Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
• Vipers Skiffle Group

• Cannon's Jug Stompers
• Hoosier Hotshots
• Jimmie Rodgers (Country)
• King Oliver
• Leadbelly
• Lonnie Johnson
• Louis Armstrong
• Memphis Jug Band
• Mound City Blue Blowers
• Woody Guthrie/Leadbelly

• Jeff Beck
• Jim Kweskin
• Jimmy Page
• Mark Knopfler
• Mick Moloney
• Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• Peter White (Jazz)
• Strawbs
• Sunshine Skiffle Band
• The Beatles
• The Hollies
• The Lovin' Spoonful
• Van Morrison

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