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breakdownsessions [2019/04/28 11:30] givanbelabreakdownsessions [2019/04/28 11:31] givanbela
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 The origin of the name is to be found in the early skiffle music. In between full evening Jazz concerts, little 'breakdown sets' where introduced, to keep the audience in the bars while the musicians were having a drink. The breakdown sets also allowed the musicians to rest their tired embouchures or introduce other songs to their audiences. Usually the drummer, double bass and guitar/ukelele continued with covers and new songs. For the reason of entertainment, sometimes weird self-built string and percussion instruments were introduced. As so often happens, the other thing became the thing, and skiffle was born!  The origin of the name is to be found in the early skiffle music. In between full evening Jazz concerts, little 'breakdown sets' where introduced, to keep the audience in the bars while the musicians were having a drink. The breakdown sets also allowed the musicians to rest their tired embouchures or introduce other songs to their audiences. Usually the drummer, double bass and guitar/ukelele continued with covers and new songs. For the reason of entertainment, sometimes weird self-built string and percussion instruments were introduced. As so often happens, the other thing became the thing, and skiffle was born! 
  
-More details can be found in [[http://easyretirement.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-first-skiffle-recordings.html | Billy Bragg's book about skiffle]].  +More details can be found in [[http://easyretirement.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-first-skiffle-recordings.html | Billy Bragg's book 'Roots, Radicals and Rockers - how skiffle changed the world']].  
  
 ===== What are Breakdown Sessions? ===== ===== What are Breakdown Sessions? =====
breakdownsessions.txt · Last modified: 2020/10/26 08:58 by givanbela