1. La Rocca, Nic, 1;
   1. see also Original Dixieland Jazz Band
2. Ladnier, Tommy, 1
3. lagerphones, 1
4. Laine, Cleo, 1
5. Laine, Frankie, 1
6. Laine, ‘Papa’ Jack, 1, 2
7. Lane, Steve, 1
8. Lang, Don, 1
9. Lapthorne, John, 1;
   1. see also City Ramblers
10. Lardner, Keith, 1, 2
11. Latimer, Hugh, 1
12. Laurie, Cy, 1, 2, 3
13. Lawrence, Ron, 1, 2
14. Lawrence, Steve, 1
15. Lead Belly, 1;
    1. life, 1;
    2. New York shows, 1;
    3. Crane River Jazz Band covers song, 1;
    4. and the Seegers, 1, 2;
    5. Greenfield complains he is plagiarising Donegan, 1;
    6. funeral, 1;
    7. books about, 1;
    8. Korner and Davies cover songs, 1;
    9. Eden Street Skiffle Group covers songs, 1;
    10. Seeger covers song, 1
    11. songs: ‘Diggin’ My Potatoes’, 1;
    12. Goodnight Irene’, 1;
    13. ‘I’m Alabamy Bound’, 1;
    14. ‘Midnight Special’, 1, 2, 3;
    15. ‘Ol’ Riley’, 1;
    16. ‘On a Christmas Day’, 1;
    17. ‘Rock Island Line’, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
    18. ‘Stewball’, 1;
    19. ‘Take This Hammer’, 1
16. Leader, Bill, 1
17. Lee, Dave, 1
18. Lee, Robert E., 1
19. Leese, Arnold, 1
20. Lenniz, Johnny, 1
21. Lennon, John, 1, 2, 3
22. Les Hobeaux, 1, 2
23. Lewis, Edward, 1
24. Lewis, George, 1;
    1. plays with Bunk Johnson, 1;
    2. takes over his band, 1;
    3. works as stevedore, 1;
    4. Ken Colyer tracks him down and plays with his band, 1, 2, 3;
    5. and Eclipse Alley Five, 1
25. Lewis, Jerry Lee, 1
26. Lewisohn, Mark, 1
27. Liberace, 1
28. Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song, 1, 2, 3, 4
29. Lightfoot, Terry, 1
30. Lilley, Arthur, 1, 2
31. Lincoln, Abraham, 1
32. Lincoln, Paul, 1, 2, 3
33. Lipsitz, Solly, 1
34. Liston, Virginia, 1
35. Little Abner, 1
36. Little Richard, 1
37. Littlewood, Joan, 1, 2
38. Liverpool: Cavern Club, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    1. Empire Theatre, 1, 2;
    2. folk club below Sampson and Barber’s restaurant, 1;
    3. Jacaranda cafe, 1, 2
39. Living for Kicks (documentary), 1
40. Lloyd, A. L. (Bert), 1, 2, 3, 4
41. Lloyd, Freddy, 1;
    1. see also Vipers Skiffle Group, the
42. Lomax, Alan, 1;
    1. background and character, 1;
    2. records Lead Belly, 1, 2;
    3. meets Jelly Roll Morton, 1, 2;
    4. recordings of traditional songs made by, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    5. moves to England, 1;
    6. life there, 1, 2, 3;
    7. on Stewball’, 1;
    8. and ‘Rock Island Line’, 1
43. Lomax, John, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
44. London: Ballad and Blues Club, 1;
    1. Blues and Barrelhouse Club, 1, 2;
    2. Breadbasket cafe, 1, 2, 3;
    3. Club Creole, 1;
    4. Cy Laurie’s Club, 1, 2, 3;
    5. Ealing Club, 1, 2;
    6. early jazz scene, 1, 2, 3;
    7. Les Enfants Terribles cafe, 1;
    8. Forty-four Skiffle and Folksong Club, 1, 2;
    9. Good Earth club, 1, 2;
    10. Gyre and Gimble coffee bar, 1, 2, 3; 4
    11. Club, 1, 2;
    12. Jigs club, 1;
    13. Levy’s music store, 1;
    14. London Jazz Club, 1;
    15. Marquee, 1, 2, 3;
    16. Mecca Dance Hall, 1;
    17. Moka Bar, 1;
    18. Nucleus Coffee Bar, 1;
    19. Orlando’s coffee bar, 1, 2;
    20. Princess Louise, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    21. Round House Skiffle and Blues Club, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
    22. Skiffle Cellar, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    23. Soho overview, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
    24. Stork Club, 1;
    25. strip clubs, 1;
    26. Studio 51 club, 1;
    27. Studio Skiffle club, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    28. Theatre Royal, Stratford, 1, 2, 3;
    29. 2 I’s coffee bar, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
    30. Unity Theatre, 1;
    31. Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1;
    32. Wood Green Jazz Club, 1, 2
45. London, Laurie, 1
46. London Youth Choir, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
47. London’s First Big Skiffle Session (1957), 1
48. Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group (version 1; formed 1955), 1, 2, 3;
    1. Backstairs Session, 1, 2, 3, 4;
    2. ‘John Henry’, 1;
    3. ‘Midnight Special’, 1;
    4. New Buryin’ Ground’, 1;
    5. ‘Rock Island Line’, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;
    6. ‘Where the Sun Goes Down’, 1;
    7. ‘Worried Man Blues’, 1
49. Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group (version 2; formed 1956): formed, 1;
    1. first UK tour, 1;
    2. second US tour, 1;
    3. last song credited to, 1
    4. ALBUMS AND SONGS: ‘The Battle of New Orleans’, 1;
    5. ‘Bring a Little Water, Sylvie’, 1;
    6. ‘Cumberland Gap’, 1, 2;
    7. ‘Dead or Alive’, 1;
    8. ‘Don’t You Rock Me Daddy-O’, 1, 2;
    9. ‘Fort Worth Jail’, 1;
    10. ‘Frankie and Johnny’, 1;
    11. ‘Glory’, 1;
    12. ‘The Grand Coulee Dam’, 1;
    13. ‘I Shall Not Be Moved’, 1;
    14. ‘I’m Alabamy Bound’, 1;
    15. ‘Jack o’Diamonds’, 1;
    16. Live at Conway Hall, 1;
    17. Lonnie Donegan Showcase, 1, 2, 3;
    18. ‘Mule-Skinner Blues’, 1;
    19. Nobody’s Child’, 1;
    20. ‘Sal’s Got a Sugar Lip’, 1;
    21. ‘Sally Don’t You Grieve’, 1;
    22. San Miguel’, 1;
    23. ‘Tom Dooley’, 1, 2;
    24. ‘Wabash Cannonball’, 1;
    25. ‘Wreck of the Old 1’, 2
50. Louis XV, King, 1
51. Louisiana Territory, 1
52. Lymon, Frankie, 1
53. Lyons, Billy, 1
54. Lyragon record label, 1
55. Lyttleton, Humphrey: background and character, 1;
    1. plays with Dixielanders, 1;
    2. records session with Freddy Grant, 1;
    3. on skiffle term, 1;
    4. ‘Bad Penny Blues’, 1, 2, 3;
    5. plays on soundtrack of It’s Great to Be Young, 1;
    6. Six-Five Special appearance, 1;
    7. signs Melody Maker statement condemning Notting Hill racial attacks, 1