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Donegan reunited with the original Chris Barber band for a concert in Croydon in June 1975. A bomb scare meant that the recording had to be finished in the studio, after an impromptu concert in the car park.
These musicians included the blues singer Ottilie Patterson, who was at one time his wife, and Lonnie Donegan, whose appearances with Barber triggered the skiffle craze of the mid-1950s and who had his first transatlantic hit, "Rock Island Line", while with Barber's band.
Mar 11, 2021 · Donald Christopher Barber, jazz musician, born 17 April 1930, died 2 March 2021. Without his pioneering work, the careers of acts such as Lonnie Donegan and the Rolling Stones might never...
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Mar 3, 2021 · One of the leading figures in British and European jazz, the trombonist Chris Barber, has died at the age of 90. A champion of trad jazz, he also laid the foundations for the 60s rock scene by...
Mar 3, 2021 · One of the leading figures in British and European jazz, the trombonist Chris Barber, has died at the age of 90. A champion of trad jazz, he also laid the foundations for the 60s rock scene by...
Aug 18, 2019 · Chris also featured a skiffle group with singer/guitarist Lonnie Donegan, which led to a national craze for such blues-based music. The powerful blues singer Ottilie Patterson, who later married Chris, starred with his band for 20 years.
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Aug 1, 2018 · Another major event for Barber in 1954 was the recording by banjoist Lonnie Donegan (1931-2002) of the huge hit “Rock Island Line.” Donegan, who originally played guitar, was born Tony Donegan but changed his first name to Lonnie after Lonnie Johnson.
