Long Lost John source

[alphabeatles]

I cam across this while reviewing my Blues collection: Charlie Jackson - Long Gone Lost John (1928)

I think this is what John Lennon was covering during the POB sessions:

hxxps://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZwpzeCPa6kv1rR-G5DlV0BBMQwOWqWdw/view?usp=sharing

[C90]

I cam across this while reviewing my Blues collection: Charlie Jackson - Long Gone Lost John (1928)

I think this is what John Lennon was covering during the POB sessions:

hxxps://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZwpzeCPa6kv1rR-G5DlV0BBMQwOWqWdw/view?usp=sharing

Charlie Jackson's blues tune was surely a forerunner, but I'd bet that John, as a big skiffle fan, was more familiar with Lonnie Donnegan's song ( a hit in the UK):

[alphabeatles]

Good find! And I see Lonnie pinched the songwriting credit