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The Rock Island Railroad Video Series #4: Quite a Surprise, Mate!

Program Type:

Movie

Age Group:

Adult, Family

Event Details

Is British Rock 'n Roll really based on the Rock Island Railroad's theme song?  Come, and see.

Billy Bragg on how one song - Rock Island Line - kickstarted the skiffle craze in 50s Britain and gave birth to the great British bands of the 60s. Narrated by Billy Bragg and featuring contributions from The Quarrymen (filmed on location in the Church Hall where McCartney and Lennon first met), Peter Donegan and Chas McDevitt among others, this charts the journey of one song that arguably gave birth to British Rock N Roll.