Mance Lipscomb: Texas Sharecropper & Songster-1960 Arhoolie 1st Edition Mono LP
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1960 Arhoolie Red & Black Label Mono Release of Composer/Guitarist/Violinist/Pioneering Acoustic Blues Vocalist Mance Lipscomb Entitled Texas Sharecropper and Songster, Recorded by Chris Strachwitz and Mack McCormick at Navasota, Texas in 1960, All Original Song Material Copyright Tradition Music B.M.I. - "Like Leadbelly and Mississippi John Hurt, the designation as strictly a blues singer dwarfs the musical breadth of Mance Lipscomb. Born on April 9, 1895 in Navasota, TX, Lipscomb was a sharecropper/tenant farmer all his life who didn't record until 1960, "songster" fits what Lipscomb did best. A proud, yet unboastful man, Lipscomb would point out that he was an educated musician, his ability to play everything from classic blues, ballads, pop songs to spirituals in a multitude of styles and keys being his particular mark of originality. He appeared at numerous blues and folk festivals throughout the '60s, released several albums on Arhoolie and even one for a major label, Reprise, in 1970, Trouble in Mind. Four years later, Lipscomb retired from the festival circuit and passed away on January 30, 1976 in his hometown of Navasota, TX. He was 81. With a wide-ranging repertoire of over 90 songs, Lipscomb may have gotten a belated start in recording, but left a remarkable legacy to be enjoyed." - Selections on Side A Are the Mance Lipscomb Penned Freddie, Sugar Babe, the Jimmy Oden Classic Going Down Slow, the Big Joe Williams Standard Baby Please Don't Go, Traditional Compositions Rock Me All Night Long, Ain't Gonna Rain no More and Mance Lipscomb's Jack O'Diamonds Is a Hard Card to Play - Tracks for Side B Consist of the Mance Lipscomb Song Shake Shake Mama, the Traditional Ella Speed, Original Mance Lipscomb Compositions One Thin Dime, the Traditional Going to Louisiana(See See Rider), Mama Don't Allow & the Mance Lipscomb Penned Ain't It Hard, 'Bout a Spoonful - Used Copy, Cover Very Good++, Record Very Good++ - Mono Recording, Product Code F 1001 - California Residents Add 9.75% Sales Tax - International S & H Extra -
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