In 1959 and 1960, Alan Lomax revisited the American South to record the still-living stream of traditional music in newly developed stereo sound. The collection features some of the region's most representative musicians and styles: Delta blues...
Songs--United States--19th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of the Christy Minstrels performing, with smaller drawings of African Americans dancing and playing music; text reads: ""Music of the original Christy Minstrels, the oldest established band in the United States, as arranged and...
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of an African American male singing and playing a five-string banjo; description reads ""a rag-time fantasy"" [only the cover and first page of music remain]
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of rural African Americans dancing to music made by a banjo player, an accordionist, and by wood blocks; photo inset of jack Connors Jr.(see 417)
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: caricature of an African American male playing banjo and serenading an African American female who is looking out from her window; a photo inset shows singer Edgar Atchison-Ely dressed as a woman
In 1959 and 1960, Alan Lomax revisited the American South to record the still-living stream of traditional music in newly developed stereo sound. The collection features some of the region's most representative musicians and styles: Delta blues...