The roots of Skiffle music can be traced to the 1890s. It was first recorded in the 1920s and 1930s and was somehow resurrected in the late 1950s in England. If it weren't for SKIFFLE music there would be no Beatles. This episode explores SKIFFLE'S early roots and recording

From wash tub bass, kazoos, tin can drums to cigar box fiddles - the specific brand of American Folk Music helped launch the  1960s British Invasion 

YOU WILL HEAR:   The Five Harmainiacs - SADDIE GREEN ( The Vamp Of New Orleans - 1926)

                             Mississippi Jook Band - BARBECUE BUST ( 1936)

                             Mobile Strugglers - FATTENING FROGS FOR SNAKES ( 1950s)

                             also, Bobby Leacan's Need More Band, Dallas String Band and much more!