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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on April 6, 2012 at 8:44am

Woo Hoo!

Mine that sucker, people!

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Permalink Reply by 3 String Blues on April 6, 2012 at 12:02pm

any cigar box guitrar referneces??? I found one from Bessie jones on "homemade instruments"

 

anyone else?

 

lets all dig people!

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Permalink Reply by Lonman on April 6, 2012 at 12:56pm

very cool.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on April 6, 2012 at 1:42pm

Awesome nice work

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Permalink Reply by turtlehead on April 6, 2012 at 3:05pm

This is huge and in the spirit of what Alan Lomax was trying to accomplish. 

I dig. 

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Permalink Reply by Mark Bliss on April 7, 2012 at 2:22am

I saw this and really enjoyed the history in the story as well as some of the early recordings. Upon further research, also found that there was some even earlier recordings from the American south here. Gordons collection has some stuff on metal cylinder starting in the mid 1920's.

Also some of you might be interested in this collection of fiddle tunes, many of which are from the 19th century, recorded by Allan Jabbour in the mid sixties, played by Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia, then in his eighties.

Much more early Americana, history and pictures here.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on April 7, 2012 at 2:44am

I wanna download the whole thing!!!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Lindsay on December 17, 2013 at 9:16am

I know this is an old thread, but I thought I'd dredge it up from the past to let folks know that the Alan Lomax archive has a You Tube channel. They haven't posted the entire archive, as I'm sure that would take a couple of decades, but as of today they have posted 358 videos. Some videos are live performances by the artists, while others are phonograph and tape recordings of performances accompanied by pictures. You'll find everything from RL Burnside and John Lee Hooker to Sid Hemphill in the archive. Most of the sessions appear to have been recorded in the 70s and 80s, but there are performances dating back to the 30s as well.

Here's a link to the Alan Lomax Archive You Tube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/AlanLomaxArchive/videos

Some awesome stuff for blues and folk fans!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Bliss on December 17, 2013 at 3:58pm

There are some really cool nuggets archived there, I enjoyed browsing them. Thanks for the lead!

I just wish there was a way to index and sort through them better!

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Permalink Reply by Omar on December 18, 2013 at 4:39am

If you go to the YouTube channel, then click on the "Uploads" button, you'll be able to choose "Playlists".  There are only 13 playlists (each with multiple videos) that are sorted into specific topics.  It's helpful...  

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on December 17, 2013 at 11:31pm

thanks voodoo,looks like some late nights coming

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