I enjoyed the article, which I saw as more plugging skiffle music in general than Mark Kermode's band in particular. It reminded me of playing with a skiffle band for a while just a couple of years ago.

My expectation when I first joined the band was that skiffle was all about 'novelty' songs like 'My old man's a dustman' - fine in their way but not something that bears too much repetition. I was pleasantly surprised by most of the repertoire - some great old Seeger, Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie songs, plus some wonderful spirituals. It was amazing to think that someone had a hit record with the the lines
'Where could I go, Oh lord where could I go, seeking a refuge for my succour and where to go'
in the chorus! And to my way of thinking, this type of skiffle lived on after Lonnie Donegan's heyday and can be heard in performers like the Band, the McGarrigles, and the Pogues.

Memorable moments included playing for perhaps the oldest (but definitely not the quietest) audience at the Edinburgh fringe, and sharing a venue with a school's production of Macbeth, walking on through pools of stage blood. Great fun!