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The Skiffle Sessions - Live In Belfast 1998 is a live album by Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, with Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber, released in 2000. Lonnie Donegan had played with the Chris Barber jazz band when he had his first hit with "Rock Island Line"/"John Henry" in 1955. He had been a childhood influence on Van Morrison, who had first performed in his own skiffle band with schoolmates when he was twelve years old in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This would be Donegan's first studio album in twenty years; reviving his career until his death in 2002.
[edit] Reissue and remastered album
In January 2009, Exile/Polydor will release this album as part of Series four of four catalogue reissues of Morrison's albums dated from 1971 through 2002.
[edit] Recording history
Recorded on November 20 and 21, 1998, at Whitla Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1977, Morrison had discussed recording an album of skiffle music with Dr. John. "because I started off in a skiffle group and there must be millions of other musicians who also began their careers playing that kind of music....." In preparation for this recording, he went to see Donegan perform and invited him to dinner and after a second meeting they arranged to record the sessions live.[1]
[edit] Track listing
- "It Takes a Worried Man" (Traditional) – 3:40
- "Lost John" (Traditional) – 3:33
- "Goin' Home" (Dvorak) – 3:08
- "Good Mornin' Blues" (Leadbelly, John Lomax) – 2:52
- "Outskirts of Town" (Andy Razaf, Waller) – 4:20
- "Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O" (Traditional) – 1:51
- "Alabamy Bound" (Buddy DeSylva, Bud Green, Ray Henderson) – 2:22
- "Midnight Special" (Traditional) – 2:53
- "Dead or Alive" (Woody Guthrie) – 2:33
- "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) – 4:31
- "Goodnight Irene" (Leadbelly, Lomax) – 2:46
- "Railroad Bill" (Traditional) – 1:57
- "Muleskinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughn) – 3:06
- "The Ballad of Jesse James" (Traditional) – 3:07
- "I Wanna Go Home" (Traditional) – 3:46
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Charts
Album - UK Album Chart (United Kingdom)
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 2000 |
UK Album Chart |
14 |
- ^ Heylin, Can You Feel the Silence, p. 480
[edit] References
- Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press ISBN 1-55652-542-7
[edit] External links
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