"It's an Italian term and it's short for the word skiffle and skiffle means disgusting but it doesn't really mean disgusting in the way we use that word in English. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The new material was very promising - familiar surf/rockabilly/skiffle influences. From Wordnik.com. [FallNews - Hey Peasants!] Reference
Another of Ivan's pals was playing in a skiffle group that day in front of 400 villagers. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Lewis: Many Years From Then: Sir Paul McCartney Receives the Kennedy Center Honor] Reference
The goal was to play skiffle, a rudimentary musical genre that fused folk with jazz, blues, and country. From Wordnik.com. [Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture] Reference
My favourite clip was that one of Jimmy Page playing skiffle as a schoolboy, on some kind of kids TV show. From Wordnik.com. [Popping Out « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog] Reference
So John effects a truce with Aunt Mimi, who buys him a guitar to pursue his aspirations of starting a skiffle band. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Nowhere Boy] Reference
He started a skiffle group that guitarist Pete Townshend eventually joined, and it officially became The Who in 1964. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Bialas: Whodunit? Mile High Experience Leaves Roger Daltrey Breathless] Reference
But his spontaneous bursts ofguitar are fun ( "that was a little flashback to skiffle days") and his links between songs are novel. From Wordnik.com. [Radio review: The Ronnie Wood Show] Reference
This was true of Jimmy Page and his fellow skiffle players and also of the Winwood brothers, whose father was a semi-professional musician. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
Lonnie Donegan, the skiffle guy who was a big influence on Lennon and McCartney, changed it because the BBC wouldn't play stuff that used trademarks in it. From Wordnik.com. [Major Questions in Life] Reference
Although their first musical style was rooted in the 50´s rock and homemade skiffle, the group explored everything from Tin Pan Alley to psychedelick rock. From Wordnik.com. [Imagine a world without music.] Reference
The skiffle edge in 'Going Under' shares more with the the. From Wordnik.com. [This Is Fake DIY] Reference
Jimmy Page's first real gig, where he played with a skiffle band. From Wordnik.com. [All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com] Reference
Save for one little skiffle with you-know-who that haunts them to this day. From Wordnik.com. [Gizmodo] Reference
Another of Ivan's pals was playing in a skiffle group that day in front of 400. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
He is currently playing guitar in the panic-skiffle rock combo known as Hank IV. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Pakistan Calls for Lower Textile Tariffs] Reference
Hey Negrita!, who were fantastic fun with their blend of traditional - and skiffle-touched songs. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
Imelda May really got the crowd on their feet with some skiffle like numbers and her sultry voice. From Wordnik.com. [Virtual Festivals] Reference
I was in a skiffle group at the time and I learnt a lot of Buddy's guitar chords: the quick changes in. From Wordnik.com. [Expecting Rain] Reference
All styles of music are represented from skiffle - complete with a washboard - to reggae, punk and blues. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
They were also in a skiffle group called Rob Ferris & The Wild Cats, so they must have dug Lonnie Donegan. From Wordnik.com. [Word Magazine - Comments] Reference
Others include a quote from the band's first NME review - written in 1999, when they were still a skiffle outfit. From Wordnik.com. [NME.COM - News] Reference
His new-found passion for rock music, also, will lead him to found a skiffle group which will become The Beatles. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
In 1956 at Quarry Bank school I bought a banjo, and a friend of mine, Eric Griffiths, got me into John's skiffle band. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
"Look, I make no bones about it: I know about film and not really anything else, with the possible exception of skiffle.". From Wordnik.com. [feeling listless] Reference
But by the end of the 50s skiffle had lost its popularity and, shortly after that, The Beatles came along to change all our lives. From Wordnik.com. Reference
In Liverpool, an active skiffle scene and the infiltration of American rock'n'roll through the port led to the creation of a new sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
We see him here as a schoolboy on British TV playing with a skiffle band and explaining that he sees his future in "biological research.". From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
PETER Donegan leads the Lonnie Donegan Band at Pocklington Arts Centre tomorrow in an evening of blues, country, folk, gospel and skiffle. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Despite price boil, dairy industry most competitive globally] Reference
Now he’s into weird skiffle music and swears a lot. “ah feck it” Cool. From Wordnik.com. [Records Of The Week] Reference
Football Hall of Fame member George Allen in 1918; English skiffle group leader Lonnie. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference
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