I just listened to the full program. Rock Island Line had as much to do with me getting into folk music as any song I ever heard. I enjoyed the program very much but in their enthusiasm they went a wee bit overboard. If it wasn't for Rock Island Line we never would have had sliced bread and Barack Obamma would never have become President. Hey, I LOVE Rock Island Line and Lonnie Donnegan, but I still would have become a folk singer. And I can't buy that the Beatles never would have existed except for the Rock Island Line. A cruel irony for those folkies who think the Beatles killed folk music. :-)

Thanks so much for posting this.

The Beatles did record a Lonnie Donnegan song, though... Nobody's Child.

Jerry