The Skiffle Sessions – Live in Belfast 1998
| The Skiffle Sessions – Live In Belfast 1998 | ||||
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| Live album by Van Morrison | ||||
| Released | January 18, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | November 20–21, 1998 | |||
| Venue | Whitla Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||
| Genre | Skiffle | |||
| Length | 46:25 | |||
| Label | Pointblank | |||
| Producer | Van Morrison | |||
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| Singles from The Skiffle Sessions – Live in Belfast 1998 | ||||
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The Skiffle Sessions – Live In Belfast 1998 is a live album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, with Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). Lonnie Donegan had played with the Chris Barber jazz band when he had his first hit with "Rock Island Line"/"John Henry" in 1955. He had been a childhood influence on Van Morrison, who had first performed in his own skiffle band with schoolmates when he was twelve years old in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This would be Donegan's first studio album in twenty years; reviving his career until his death in 2002.
Recorded on November 20 and 21, 1998, at Whitla Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1977, Morrison had discussed recording an album of skiffle music with Dr. John, "because I started off in a skiffle group and there must be millions of other musicians who also began their careers playing that kind of music..." In preparation for this recording, he went to see Donegan perform and invited him to dinner and after a second meeting they arranged to record the sessions live.Dr. John, who was playing in concert in the city's Ulster Hall the same evening, arrived toward the end of the recording to play piano on the final few tracks.
All songs traditional except as indicated.
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