When: 1949 Super Genre: Pop / Rock ‘n’ Roll Description: “Skiffle is one of the oldest popular music genres. Emerging in the twenties in the United States, early Skiffle can be seen as a Folk influenced form of Proto-Country ; just like Ragtime can be seen as Proto-Jazz and Gospel as Proto R&B. Skiffle was music for the poorest of people, who created a true jack-of-all-trades musical melting pot with whatever instrument they could lay their hands on, as long as it was cheap: fiddle, banjo, kanzoo , and household items such as washboards . The biggest challenge was an inexpensive alternative for bass, which they found in large jugs. Jug Bands (actually a synonym for early Skiffle) even had to throw pop-up homeparties to pay the rent and their instruments, which were called “Skiffles”. From 1949 until 1958 a Skiffle Revival takes place in the United Kingdom , parallel to the rise of early Rhythm ‘n’ Blues a...