Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group - London Conway Hall 1957

[auguritutto]

Beautiful "THANK YOU".

[ZAGGLETON]

"Precious Memories" has also been recorded by Bob Dylan.

[potrezeb1]

my first LP !1EVER BOUGHT was More Tops With Lonnie and a few years ago I bought his complete singles ..and a few days later he died !!

[auguritutto]

This is lovely thank you very much. I also know C H very well. C H is a touch straight laced and this is a lovely contrast.

[micklowndes]

waylon jennings sings this song he makes a better song

[MrRockabilly95]

What is the name of the song ?

[wizardalvin]

precious memory [i think]

[hiboz]

couldn't make out what Lonnie said at the start of this song,anybody enlighten me thanks, great music this.

[wizardalvin]

precious memories

[harrykee]

@hiboz

he says:"right now id like to introduce Dickie bishop. How about a big hand for him"

[OneMoreDawkinsFan]

Oh yeah! Thanks!

[poparthur]

just lovely!

[walsham]

Thanks for posting ; drew a smile and a tear.

[LforLearner]

Thanks for this lovely reminder. Oh yes it was Denny- the guitar player's "guvernor"- now replaced by Albert Lee who remembered him with great fondness when we met in Glasgow a couple of years back. I met Denny briefly as a schoolboy in Edinburgh late 50's- what a guy- was playing with Johnny Duncan then- remember the guitar solo on Last train to San Fernando? Thanks for keeping those great artists alive for us birdman

[murrmac]

does anybody know who the guitarist would be in this line-up ?

the guitar break sounds to me like the work of the incomparable Denny Wright, who certainly worked with Lonnie later on, but I don't know if he was in the group in 1957 ...

[Markone10]

Yes it was Denny. Denny was the first guitarist, followed by Jimmy Currie, then Les Bennetts. I played drums in the band from 68-73. I was lucky enough to a couple of gigs with Denny, but most of my time was with Les. Sadly both Les and Denny are no longer with us, God bless em!

Mark G

[MikeJimmyThompson]

Mark

Do you know where Jimmy Currie is now, as I know an old friend of his from Scotland, who would love to get in touch.

Thanks for your contribution to the band

Regards

Mike Thompson

[Markone10]

Mike

No I'm sorry I don't where Jimmy is. You could check out the Lonnie Donegan site, there is a forum on there and lot's of knowledgeable people ready to divulge a lot of the LD history.

Cheers

Mark

[rublea12xk]

Thanks must go to ppl who put these on line. My goodness what a treasure.Sometime during my R.A.F. service May 1956 to 1960, we Police Dog Handlers formed a group and played mainly on camp. I remember Les Townsend, from Yorks, big Harry, and Josh who I used to sing Everley Bros with, and argued who had got the words mixed up. I know that such a show was in my home town of Darwen, Lancs, in about 1902, and have pics of a concert in our local park. , in a book about my town. Best wishes John B