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Left to Right: Ken Wright, Paul Degville, Bev Pegg, Harry Rowlands

The Railroad Skiffle Group began as a brief interlude within Bev's Good Time Jazz Gang's regular shows, and has grown from there.

The UK skiffle craze of the mid to late 1950's, popularised by Lonnie Donegan, Chas McDevitt, Chris Barber, Ken Colyer, The Vipers and a host of other, was instrumental to many teenagers taking up the guitar as their preferred instrument.

The Railroad Skiffle Group play a wide selection of skiffle songs with meaningful stories about jail, trains, bank robbery, adultery etc. that were generally sung in the 1920's and 1930's by folk, blues, country and jug band musicians. These songs include "I Shall Not Be Moved", "Freight Train", "Down By The Riverside" are known by all.

The Railroad Skiffle Group generally plays as a four-piece outfit comprising of two guitars, bass, and drums. On certain occasions the line-up changes to violin, guitar, bass and drums. However it can grow when required, with the addition of an extra guitar, violin, harmonica, mandolin and accordion. In addition to the conventional skiffle songs, the groups programme is interspersed with a few interludes of acoustic guitar jazz in the Hot Club of France style. To meet lower budget engagements, the group can reduce to a duo, or Bev can even perform gigs as a solo artist. Whatever the line-up, there is always the addition of loads of laughs with Bev's anecdotes between songs.

Pegg & His Railroad Skiffle Group