This might be of interest for the Lonnie Donegan fans, there are five days left to listen. Rock Island Line Folk singer and musician Huw Williams tells the story of how Lonnie Donegan's recording of The Rock Island changed the course of popular music forever. Huw talks to The Quarrymen and Peter Donegan, tracing the origins of The Rock Island Line from the prisons of the southern American states via John Lennon's prized 78 to the railroad itself. The programme includes a new recording of The Rock Island Line featuring The Quarrymen and Pete Donegan.
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