Ken Colyer and the Birth of Skiffle
Various Writers, Goin' Home (The Ken Colyer Trust), December 2010
This an excerpt from Goin' Home: The Uncompromising Life and Music of Ken Colyer, published by the Ken Colyer Foundation.
Total word count of piece: 6119
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