John Bishop (filmmaker, ethnologist, and Lomax's nephew-by-marriage) shooting R.L. Burnside driving a tractor for "The Land Where the Blues Began." Photo by film's producer Paula Tadlock, Independence, Mississippi, August 1978.
"Land" was a documentary made by Lomax, Bishop, and Worth Long under the auspices of Mississippi Authority for Educational Television,...
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Clyde "Judas" Maxwell sings "You Got to Cross That River of Jordan" with his wife Bea and friends Lilian Simpson and Fannie McCullough. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long at Maxwell's farm in Madison Co., Mississippi, September 3, 1978.
Happy holidays from your friends at the Association for Cultural Equity! Here is a classic performance of Vera Ward Hall singing Last Month of the Year
This session of oral history and songs represents the only time that Vera Ward Hall left her home state of Alabama. She was invited...
