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And the thing that I always tried to do with important singers when I met them was to sit down and record everything they knew, give them a first real run-through of their art.
He learned through the way that my father and I felt about his songs, his country songs, that they were great songs. And then he went out and sang them for the audiences that we found, and he found a tremendous reaction to that.
I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me... (more Alan Lomax quotes)
Child (first marriage): Anne.
One of the first songs Lomax recorded on return to the USA in 1959, "Po' Lazarus", was featured in "O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)".
Musicologist who recorded thousands of songs, in Appalachia and other places, to preserve America's folk music heritage.
Son of John A. Lomax Sr..
He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1986 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.... (more Alan Lomax trivia)
| Alan Lomax: Selected Writings, 1934-1997 by Ronald D. Cohen | |
| Biography - Lomax, Alan (1915-2002): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online by Gale Reference Team | |
| Alan Lomax Selected Writings 1934-1997 by Ronald D. (editor) Cohen |
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