Top photo of the pardon Lead Belly received by Pat NeffLead Belly's ticket to get out of jail,and the next picture is
Alan Lomax as a young folk singer,third photo
is John Lomax the one who "discovered" Lead Belly.
The fourth photo shows John Lomax's trunk of his car
outfitted with the latest live recording gear as he travels
throughout the south searching for music from folk and
blues artists for the Library of Congress in Washington,DC.
This is a really fascinating story, It needs to be told. Much of Lomax's efforts yeilded truely great recodings & interest in our musical backgrounds that probably would have been lost without millions of folks ever having known what this great music felt & sounded like. Thanx!
ReplyDeleteHey, I just stumbled on your blog and I think I may have found my lost mojo (they don't call me "white&uptight" for nothin'! :)
ReplyDeleteBut wow, this is really cool having this post about John & Alan Lomax- they were the first ones to record and "discover" Muddy Waters, too, weren't they??
Very glad I found your blog!