Sorry to refresh this (NOT!), but this thread brought a few more fans out of the closet.
There seems to be a revival in the offing, in the UK, after veteran UK DJ John Peel included Lonnie D in his 60th birthday concerts and Jools Holland featured Lonnie on his New Year Hootenanny on tv. Van Morrison guested on the latter and on Lonnie's last CD and now there are reviews in the mainstream press of Van's latest CD to be issued later this month:Skiffle sessions live in Belfast (Virgin records) on which Lonnie and Chris Barber guest. Reviews quote Paul McCartney on the Quarryman starting out as a Lonnie-influenced skiffle group and Van M also starting as a schoolboy skiffler before joining a showband.
Now where did I put those thimbles...?
"Bring a little water,Sylvie"
RtS