Customer Reviews

Into the 60s - By: Richard, 11 Mar 2008
Chris Barber's take on jazz was for the blues,folk & Gospel end which had influenced the earliest New Orleans model & via Lonnie Donegan he wasin at the ground floor of the skiffle movement-which directly influenced the pre Beatlesin Liverpool.
In 1969 Barber recorded a piece of music written by Paul McCartney called Catcall-which had been played by the Beatles at the Cavern.Their own version was to remain unissued until the CD Age
Barber was also responsible for a couple of American hits-the Lonnie Donegan hit Rock Island Line & 3 years later the instrumental Petite Fluer.
Unlike other Trad Jazzers-Acker Bilk & Kenny Ball-both to have American hits-Barber was not a singer-that was left to his wife Ottillie Patterson.
Who is possibly the only person to share a credit with William Shakepeare!