About 12 years ago Lonnie appeared at the Leeds City Varieties where I went to hear him. The audience were mostly grey haired men probably reliving their youth like me but there were a lot of younger people there as well. He started with new songs but in the second half he played all of his old skiffle hits.
I first met him on a Yorkshire TV show called the Birthday Show hosted by Anne Diamond It was the 30th anniversary of his hit Cumberland Gap. He signed two LPs' which I had brought in. As Allan B said before Donegan there was nothing which could be done in the music world without great expence in buying instruments but he taught us we could make misic with one guitar and some old junk.
Bill