The definitive biography of Alan Lomax-from John Szwed,"the best music biographer in the business" ("L.A. Weekly"). 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 B[...]
This practical book by two cidermakers of national repute, explores both modern and traditional approaches, and has been designed to enable the enthusiast using any type of apples to make real cider with skill and confidence. The book also includes a set of superb scaled plans for building an inexpe[...]
In 1933, John Lomax and his young son Alan traveled by car to a number of prisons scattered throughout Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. In the nation s most restricted spaces, they recorded African-American convicts, who Lomax thought would be some of the last singers of traditional fol[...]