The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #8896   Message #619544
Posted By: GUEST,Big Jim
01-Jan-02 - 04:15 PM
Thread Name: Lonnie Donegan
Subject: RE: Lonnie Donegan
As a disk jocky on a small public radio station in the middle of the USA, I regularly play Lonnie Donegan, The Vipers, and a number of other off-beat (in the USA, at least)artists. The Wurzels, Shag Connors and the Carrot Crunchers, et al. And I play stuff that is more tradional like the Copper Family and more modern like Gary and Vera Aspey. Johnny McEvoy, Sweeney' Men, Martyn Wyndham-Read, Ian Campbell Folk Group, and a bunch of others have a place on my show. But, of them all, Lonnie remains my favorite. The audience seems to appreciate these performers, and I am constantly trying to find material by them. Needless to say, I search eBay often since none of the stuff is available in the USA!