Precious Lord Take My Hand-1954-Chris Barber &Lonnie Donegan

[gjulspep]

I love this. My first intro to Lonnie Donegan was the Dustman song et al, way back when and I'm only now discovering him as a marvellous jazz singer. I used to say that his problem was that he never took himself seriously, but like one of the other commentors said it was the money grabbers etc., who played up the wrong image. He had a beautiful voice and is still giving lots of pleasure.

[iainlongstaff2010]

What was this filmed on, blue nose, but what? Great song!

[maolchalium]

@iainlongstaff2010 The car. It's a Dutton Phaeton 3 with a 2 litre Ford Burton engine.

[drjazzisme]

I think all NO Jazz lovers will agree with me in saying this is is Lonnie and Chris Baber at their best,fantastic stuff,,and evoking such happy memories too. Many thanks for uploading and sharing.

 Deserves far more than 5 stars.

[bucaneromax1]

One of my favourite songs! Nice pix...

[drakey27]

Years ago, I had a 10" Lonnie Donegan LP with songs like Alabamy bound, Nobody's Child, House of the rising Sun etc but the showstopper for me was Frankie and johnny, sung with such soul and sincerity never since matched. I think it would have been priceless now.

[AeronwyLlewellyn]

My all-time favourite video on You Tube, to date!

Thank you for a great track and fab pictures of darling Maenclochog, it evokes many happy memories of the place. I am of Pembrokeshire stock and these beautiful and timeless lanes are so representative of the character of the county as a whole. Nothing much has changed over the past four decades....thank goodness!

Thanks for such a unique little video, it has brought a lot of pleasure.

[APPRENTICE5703]

Can't remember how many times I have seen Lonnie et al at the Fishmongers Arms Wood Green in the 50's very happy days

[maolchalium]

@APPRENTICE5703 - Good Grief, We probably met. That's where I used to sit on the stage and listen to him, drink cider and eat cockles from the stall out the front then be ill on the bus back to Winchmore Hill. They were truly happy days. I think the door man was called 'Art'. But weren't they all.

[APPRENTICE5703]

@maolchalium He was'nt the doorman, he was the guy that ran the show and you were right his name was Art,,,,Art Farmer. Funny how somr things stick in your mind, like, Pat Halcox ows me a pint that I bought him lol Nice to hear from someone in the area. I used to live in Harringay. Have you visited the web site Harringay Online?

[maolchalium]

@APPRENTICE5703 I'll have to look at the website. I used to ice skate at Harringay and supported the Racers speedway team I still have a pile of stockcar programmes from Harringay. Blue and Gold.

[LaaksonLilja]

Barber´s band at its very best - and isn´t Lonnie a versatile performer! Thanks for posting the favourite music of my teen years!

[1510Ronald]

Hello Lonnie you are sitting now on a big white cloud, I send you Greetings from Germany-South,

do you singing now with wings??? I hope.

Yours faithfully, Ronny

[0ldblueslover]

I've followed Lonnie from his early days. I don't know how many of his (genuine) skiffle numbers I've listened to - got to be a couple or three dozen. I still think where he really excelled was as a brilliant banjo player and a fabulous blues singer. Has anyone heard him playing and singing Levin' blues. Wow!

What a terrible tragedy that he ended up playing and singing such rubbish as My old man's a dustman.

[maolchalium]

Must admit I agree with you. Pity but he had dreams of becoming an 'All round entertainer'. I used to listen to him with Barber on base at Wood Green Jazz Club back when he was Great.

[alanthedrum]

@0ldblueslover I think he enjoyed doing the funny bit in the same way that a lot of serious performers will tell funny stories and goon about between numbers. I think the managers and money grabbers were the ones who pushed it up front.

The trouble is that once they had stuck the label on him it stuck too firmly.

I have only just rediscovered him. What a delight.

[patrickdoherty1000]

@0ldblueslover I think that Lonnie is one of the most under-rated SINGERS that the UK has ever produced. Whether it be Folk, Skiffle, Blue, Comedy etc...he could pull you in with that great voice/vocal !

[redhebog]

Brilliant version. My brother was in to Chris Barber so I was introduced ti this music when I was young. This one of my favourite ever recordings. Donegan was a star. Thanks for this superb recording.

[iwasagasman]

This is the style of music that i love to hear Donnegan play. He can put such feeling into his voice. I was at a Barber concert in 1956 at the Royal Festival Hall at the birth of Lonnie's skiffle period. He brought the house down.

When you hear jazz like that at a young age, you love it for life.

It's tragic that Lonnie's no longer with us. Thank God for the technology that enables us to still see and hear him.

[Corrie121]

Great music. I had this on an L.P "Jazz Sacred and Secular". It is many years since I heard this rendition, and I thank you for sharing it.

[xorionmoonx]

Great music!

[kristifercolumnbus]

If they played music like this in church i might be inclined to go ;-)

[Ninisgrands]

Don't go because of music, go because He deserves to be worshipped!!!

[kristifercolumnbus]

Sorry but I think that is a fantasy.I prefer it when something gets my foot tapin & I believe that is more what God intended.

[madwelshlive]

It's a 2 litre Dutton Phaeton III Special. Very rare.

[23546298]

Does anyone know the MAKE of the blue car?

[1donsunshines]

Looks like a frog-eyed Sprite. (Austin Healey)

[guywolff]

Great music .. I did an apprentcship for my trade of pottery partly in Haverfordwest and drove around on a bonnieville on a lot of roads that looked like this .. Glad the countryside looks the same 40 years later.. All the best , Guy

[brenkei]

just great wow

[periurbansdad]

just love it

[mauve33]

extreme sensibilitée!

[tamla1942domino]

thanks very much for this brilliant song,many years ago i went into a record shop to get lonnies latest hit , they didnt have it but had this one which strangely was on the columbia label backed by "on a christmas day" and i never thought i would hear this particular recording again THANKS MAOICHALIUM

[ulsterstan]

Brilliant  , great recording.

[DADRENO]

Cwm by heah! See John Henry. Al.

[23546298]

it must be sunday, the roads empty, must be soul searching time, great song lonnie.

[23546298]

rest in peace my son

[maolchalium]

It was Saturday mid-day. The roads at it's busiest Sundays with all the chapel go'ers.

[23546298]

wales, let me see, saturday, no traffic, yes rugby, lol. i'd love to have that song on mp3, and any others if possible maolchalium, any ideas?

[BowdenCable]

I don't have a program to convert to wav but I could send you a wav file and let you worry about it.

Can any one recommend a wav to mp3 convert program? Has to be free of course [ I'm on a pension :-( ]

[madwelshlive]

Running fine now.

[BowdenCable]

Something wrong here. It stopped after 2 minutes.

[Suzito]

I think your depressed because you can t smoke in the bar anymore I know I would be. Great video!