Tom Dooley/Michael Row The Boat Ashore/Lively/Bring A Little Water Sylvie/Dead Or Alive/Jack O’Diamonds/ Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour/Lonesome Traveller/Talking Guitar Blues/Don’t You Rock Me Daddy-O/Jimmy Brown The Newsboy/Gamblin’ Man
This final chart appearance for the King of Skiffle includes the novelty hit Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour. After over six years solid chart success, Lonnie's relatively unsophisticated musical style quickly went out of fashion with the arrival of the beat groups. (UK:15)
"This music was at the forefront of all subsequent pop music. I will listen to it time and time again."
"His use of simple 'instruments' like tea chests, tins, washing boards and a cheap Spanish guitar gave the impression that anyone could do it." "You either like it or hate it."
"The early skiffle on this album, a blend of trad jazz and folk, is great."
"Lonnie Donegan, whose hopped-up, folky sound, which came to be known as skiffle, inspired legions of youngsters to form their own bands. Donegan adapted American folk and country tunes to his acoustic guitar, but backed himself with a bassist, washboard player and drummer. The result was a rootsy, propulsive sound that brought the simplicity of folk together with the driving rhythms of uptempo bluegrass and rockabilly."
“Vol. 2, was very much a rear-guard action, sweeping up the lesser early successes and a few of his later hits. As such, it was a less powerful collection, but in tandem with the earlier set, provided a neat summary of the skiffle king's career so far."
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