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In reply to the discussion: Alan Lomax's Massive Archive Goes Online [View all]lovemydog
(11,833 posts)58. Yeah, no kidding cemaphonic.
I can see from your Tom Waits avatar that you also enjoy music. I bet Tom was influenced by Dock Boggs and a lot of other music Lomax brought to the world.
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Back in 1979 I spent all my spare time trying to clawhammer like Wade Ward
HereSince1628
Mar 2015
#40
Love me some Pretty Boy Floyd. The "six-gun and fountain pen" line sums up our world.
Hoyt
Mar 2015
#8
An amazing feat! Congratulations to all who participated, librarians of culture.
Dont call me Shirley
Mar 2015
#12
Yay! Have you listened to any of it yet? It's a really easy site to navigate.
lovemydog
Mar 2015
#28
I've got an amazing cd of his Christmas special in the UK. Has ancient folk tunes
KittyWampus
Mar 2015
#31
Lomax as a person was questionable...his work with archiving folk music extraordinary!
HereSince1628
Mar 2015
#38