by Bman | Apr 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
A field holler sung by Joe Savage, former muleskinner and Parchman Farm inmate, on the levee in Greenville, Mississippi. Shot by Alan Lomax, Worth Long, and John Bishop, on August 22, 1978.If you like what I’m doing, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m...
by Bman | Dec 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
"Dangerous Blues," sung by Joe Savage, former muleskinner and Parchman Farm inmate, on the levee in Greenville, Mississippi. Shot by Alan Lomax, Worth Long, and John Bishop, on September 2, 1978. Alan Lomax recorded another version of this holler in 1959 from a...
by Bman | Aug 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Joe Savage recalls breaking out of the Rosedale jail, his time spent at Parchman Farm (the Mississippi State Penitentiary) at Lambert Camp and Camp 1, and his work with a contrary white mule. He sings several field holler verses. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and...
by Bman | Jul 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Joe Savage is one of the four muleskinners--along with Walter Brown, William S. Hart, and Bill Gordon--that Alan Lomax interviews in the film about his experiences working as a laborer building the massive levee systems so prominent throughout Mississippi. Savage, who...
