Tag Archives: Library of Congress

This Historic Day In Music: John & Alan Lomax Meet Huddie Ledbetter – Take 3

Posted on July 16, 2020 by sixstrstories

In early June, 1933, Texas-based Folk song collector John Lomax and his 18-year-old son Alan drove out of Dallas on a mission. They were going on “the first major trip in the United States to capture black folk music in … Continue reading →

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A Song For Now, Verse 3 – “Hard Times Come Again No More”

Posted on March 28, 2020 by sixstrstories

“Hard Times Come Again No More” was written by Stephen Foster. Firth, Pond & Co., Foster’s publishing company at that time, registered the title page for copyright on December 16, 1854. They deposited the music for the complete song on … Continue reading →

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The Ballad of “Wayfaring Stranger”

Posted on January 19, 2020 by sixstrstories

Ballad: “A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas, or verses.” Verse 1 I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger, a traveling through this world of woe But there’s no sickness toil or danger in that bright land to … Continue reading →

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Walkin’ Blues

Posted on January 20, 2019 by sixstrstories

It was a Saturday morning in the middle of January. I was out for a long walk with my favorite accompaniment: my iPod classic, set to “Shuffle Songs,” playing through my Sony headphones. I’d been serenaded by Billie Holiday, The … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts with Audio, Random Topics | Tagged Acoustic Guitar, Alan Lomax, Blues Guitar, Four O'Clock Flower Blues, Library of Congress, Mississippi Blues, The Land Where The Blues Began, William Brown, Willie 61 Blackwell, Willie Blackwell | 5 Comments

Rewriting The Record For The Electric Guitar

Posted on August 6, 2018 by sixstrstories

The book was called: Discography Of Western Swing And Hot String Bands, 1928-1942 by Cary Ginell and Kevin Coffey. It had been published in 2001. I found it one afternoon a few months ago in the Performing Arts Reading Room, … Continue reading →

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This Historic Day In Music: Georgia Turner & The Rising Sun Blues (Yes, again.)

Posted on September 15, 2017 by sixstrstories

I love this story. In September of 1937, Alan Lomax and his wife, Elizabeth, took a song-collecting trip through the mountains of Kentucky. Alan had recently been appointed as the Assistant in Charge of the Archive of Folk Song of … Continue reading →

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Two Days In New York City

Posted on March 26, 2016 by sixstrstories

I’ve written about days like this before: days that are pinpoints on the timeline of music history, when paths crossed and discoveries were made. Days that changed lives and (ultimately) changed music. For instance… August 1, 1927: The day that … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Topics | Tagged A Grapes of Wrath Evening, Alan Lomax, American Folk-music Revival, American School of the Air, Forrest Theater, Huddie Ledbetter, John Steinbeck Committee for Agricultural Workers, Lead Belly, Library of Congress, Mecca Temple, Mordecai Bauman, Pete Seeger, Why Do You Stand There In The Rain?, Will Geer, Woody Guthrie | 1 Comment

This Historic Day In Music: John & Alan Lomax Meet Huddie Ledbetter

Posted on July 16, 2015 by sixstrstories

This is a reprise of a post that originally appeared on sixstr stories in July, 2010. In early June, 1933, Texas-based Folk song collector John Lomax and his 18-year-old son, Alan, drove out of Dallas on a mission. They were … Continue reading →

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