Surely Lonnie is the perfect example of a British singer trying to sing American! Lonnie singing Rock Island Line is fine, I suppose - until you hear Leadbelly sing it! Lonnie was there first, but if you want to hear a fantastic example of the British singer singing roots American, listen to Jo Anne Kelly; again, the fact that she is indeed British, and not a black woman from the Deep South, rules her out of being considered a true great, but she does a marvelous impersonation.