by Bman | Jul 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Miles Pratcher, vocal and guitar; Bob Pratcher, fiddle. Recorded by Alan Lomax in Como, Mississippi. September 22, 1959. From "I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die," one of five albums commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lomax's "Southern Journey" field recording trip....
by Bman | Jul 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Fred McDowell, vocal and guitar. Recorded by Alan Lomax in Como, Mississippi. September 25, 1959. From "I'll Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down," one of five albums commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lomax's "Southern Journey" field recording trip. Released in 2011...
by Bman | Jul 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Rosalie (or Rosa Lee) Hill, guitar and vocal. Recorded by Alan Lomax in Como, Mississippi, September 25, 1959. From "Worried Now, Won't Be Worried Long," one of five albums commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lomax's "Southern Journey" field recording trip. Released...
by Bman | Jul 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Bessie Jones, lead vocal, with Nat Rahmings, drum; Hobart Smith, banjo; Ed Young, fife; and John Davis, Henry Morrison, Albert Ramsay, and Emma Ramsay, vocals. Recorded by Alan Lomax in Williamsburg, Virginia. April 28, 1959. From "Wave the Ocean, Wave the Sea," one...
by Bman | Jul 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ll Meet You On That Other Shore” is the third release from GlobalJukebox, the independent label set up by the Alan Lomax Archives to makeits vast holdings readily accessible to the music lovers via download-onlyreleases. It's also the third in the series of releases...