As soon as he heard folk singers he knew it was all pure gold. Alan Lomax was the man, he was an American giant, and he embodied or became embroiled in every twist and turn and up and down of every phase of American folk music in the 20th century. He was too impatient for the academics, he attempted gargantuan feats of research with no resources, he lived like a bohemian If you’re American, Alan Lomax probably recorded your grandma. There was no money in anything he did but it didn’t stop him. If you’re American, Alan Lomax probably recorded your grandma.
This authoritative work reveals how Lomax changed not only the way everyone in the country heard music but also the way they viewed America itself.more Now John Szwed, the acclaimed biographer of Miles Davis and Sun Ra, presents the first biography of Lomax, a man who was as influential as he was controversial-trailed for years by the FBI, criticized for his folk- song-collecting practices, denounced by some as a purist and by others as a popularizer. One of the most remarkable figures of the twentieth century, Alan Lomax was best known for bringing legendary musicians like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, and Burl Ives to the radio and introducing folk music to a mass audience. Now Joh The definitive biography of Alan Lomax-from John Szwed,"the best music biographer in the business" ("L.A. The definitive biography of Alan Lomax-from John Szwed,"the best music biographer in the business" ("L.A.
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